Koskenlaskijan morsian
About Koskenlaskijan morsian
In Nuottaniemi, Iisakki blames his neighbor Heikki for the death of his son in a timber-rafting accident. Heikki's son Juhani wants to marry Iisakki's daughter Hanna. She wants the lumberjack Antti. The rafts keep working the rapids, including a rescue when one is caught.
Cast & crew
More about Koskenlaskijan morsian
Erkki Karu wrote, directed, and produced his first feature, from Väinö Kataja's 1914 novel. Suomi-Filmi made it. It opened on January 1, 1923, at Kino-Palatsi in Helsinki. Studio work was on Vironkatu. The rafting was shot at Tapola in Iitti and at Mankala Rapids, later the site of a hydroelectric plant built in 1950. IMDb lists 87 minutes. Konrad Tallroth plays Iisakki. Heidi Blåfield plays Hanna. Jaakko Korhonen plays Heikki. Einar Rinne plays Juhani. Oiva Soini plays Antti. It was sold to ten countries, including Japan. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Making
Karu put the raft rescue on the real Mankala water, not a tank.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Swedish title is Forsfararens brud. The English title used on Wikipedia is The Rapids-Rider's Brides.
- Aku Käyhkö is also billed.
- The most popular Finnish film of the 1920s, by the Wikipedia account.
- The Mankala plant came decades after the shoot.
Scenes
- Iisakki holds Heikki responsible for the drowning.
- A raft sticks in the rapids and has to be pulled free.
Influenced by
- Väinö Kataja's novel Koskenlaskijan morsian (1914)
