Hvitträsk - talo metsässä

Hvitträsk - a House in the Forest. Commissioned by the State Department. FI 1972. D+DP: Eino Ruutsalo - 35mm, distributed in 16mm. SC: Tatu Tuohikorpi, Eino Ruutsalo. M: Jean Sibelius: Kullervo. Reader of commentary: Pekka Suhonen. 14 min. Betacam SP viewed in Orion, Helsinki, 23 Feb 2005. Back to the origins of the Finnish Design: the team Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen build their dream house and studio, Hvitträsk, in 1902. From there, Eliel Saarinen and his little son Eero Saarinen moved to the US and to a distinguished international career. A film of visual beauty and no experimental effects.