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Finlandia is a 1922 Finnish documentary and propaganda film. [1] [2]
Finlandia was a major early Finnish documentary. Both it and another film, Finland (1911), were made to market Finland abroad. Before independence of Finland, most of the film production consisted of non-feature films. [3] Finlandia was directed Erkki Karu and Eero Leväluoma . It was commissioned by the Foreign Ministry of Finland. [1]
The film is 95 minutes long and it is divided in six acts. [4] It is a government-produced propaganda film that introduces the nature, sports, military, agriculture and capital of Finland.
The film achieved some success abroad. [5] It was screened in around 40 countries. [6] Versions were made in various languages. [1]
The original version of the film has been lost. However, it has since then been reconstructed. [1]