Karelian terror continues the themes of Rustanius’ previous documentary, Accusations against the Utopian. The Finnish in Karelia were persecuted relatively the most of all of the people in the Soviet Union. Over 4000 Finns were liquidated, and the amount of Finnish population decreased from 12000 to 8000 in just few years. The persecution affected almost every family. Even the term genocide could be used.
Information
| Original name |
Karjalainen kiirastuli |
| Original language |
Finnish |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Production year |
2002 |
| Production country |
Finland |
| Running time |
58 min 30 s |
Crew
| Direction |
Seppo Rustanius (also scriptwriter) |
| Script |
Seppo Rustanius, Eila Lahti-Argutina & Jouko Aaltonen |
| Cinematography |
Pekka Aine |
| Sound recording |
Jouko Aaltonen, Pelle Venetjoki |
| Sound design |
Martti Turunen |
| Composer |
Heikki Valpola |
| Editing |
Timo Linnasalo |
| Translation |
Eila Stepanova |
| Reader |
Matti Paloheimo |
Screenings and awards
TV-screenings
- 17.12.2008 YLE TV2 Dokumenttiprojekti
- 11.12.2002 TV2
Festivals
- 29.08.2008 The Best Movies of the World
- 01.01.2003 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2003
- 01.01.2003 Tampere Film Festival 2003
- 01.01.2003 State Quality Support 2003 and Maailman parhaat elokuvat -event / Finland
- 01.01.2003 Petroskoi Festival 2003 / Russia
- 01.01.2002 Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2002: Best documentary film
- 01.01.2002 International Film Festival Olomouc / Turkey
Production
- Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
