Finlandia (film)

Finlandia
Finlandia
Directed by	Erkki Karu ; Eero Leväluoma;
Production; company	Suomi-Filmi
Release date	1922;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Finland
Languages	Silent film ; Finnish and Swedish intertitles ;

Last updated October 11, 2025

Finlandia is a 1922 Finnish documentary and propaganda film.^[1]^[2]

Production

Finlandia was a major early Finnish documentary. Both it and another film, Finland [ fi ] (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 [ fi ]. It was commissioned by the Foreign Ministry of Finland.^[1]

Content

Finlandia (1922)

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.

Impact

The film achieved some success abroad.^[5] It was screened in around 40 countries.^[6] Versions were made in various languages.^[1]

Reconstructions

The original version of the film has been lost. However, it has since then been reconstructed.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "Ulkoministeriön tuhoutunut propagandaelokuva koottiin uusiksi pienistä paloista – RSO säestää miljoonien näkemän Finlandian". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
↑ Nygård, Mari. "Amerikansiirtolainen ja suomalaiset filmit 1921–1939" (PDF). Turku: Siirtolaisuusinstituutti. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
↑ John Sundholm (31 August 2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8108-5524-3.
↑ "Tältä näyttää Suomen katsotuin elokuva - katso kuvat!". 9 April 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
↑ Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (1997). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-19-874242-5.
↑ Annette Kuhn; Guy Westwell (21 June 2012). A Dictionary of Film Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-19-103465-7.

External links

Finlandia at IMDb
Finlandia at the Elonet film database (in Finnish) – includes the full film, available to stream for free

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[YLE-1] 1 2 3 4 "Ulkoministeriön tuhoutunut propagandaelokuva koottiin uusiksi pienistä paloista – RSO säestää miljoonien näkemän Finlandian". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[2] Nygård, Mari. "Amerikansiirtolainen ja suomalaiset filmit 1921–1939" (PDF). Turku: Siirtolaisuusinstituutti. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[Sundholm2012-3] John Sundholm (31 August 2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8108-5524-3.

[4] "Tältä näyttää Suomen katsotuin elokuva - katso kuvat!". 9 April 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[Nowell-Smith1997-5] Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (1997). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-19-874242-5.

[KuhnWestwell2012-6] Annette Kuhn; Guy Westwell (21 June 2012). A Dictionary of Film Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-19-103465-7.

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