KAUTOKEINO-OPPRORET

The Kautokeino Rebellion

Noruega. 0. Color. 96 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: Nils Graup.
For senturies northern Scandinavia has been inhabited by the native sami population and their reindeers. In a historical saga set in 1852, modernisation is about to enter the desolate village ok Kautokeino where the autority is hel by the ruthless and prosperous liquor dealer Ruth. One of the native tribes, led by young woman Elen, refuses to pay their unjust debt to Ruth, leading to one of the most dramatic episodes in northern Scandinavian history.