Vihreä kulta / Green Gold (2009 KAVA transfer quality check)

Valentin Vaala: Vihreä kulta / Green Gold (FI 1939). Olavi Reimas (ylimetsänhoitaja Suontaa) and Hanna Taini (vuorineuvoksetar Kristine Bergman). Both are married. On a nocturnal sleigh ride a mutual passion is aroused. Photo from / view movie at Elonet: Vihreä kulta.

Grönt guld / Det susar i Nordanskog (Swedish title in Sweden) / L'Or vert. FI 1939.

A recent 35 mm KAVA print avec sous-titres francais par Aline Vannier-Sihvola. Viewed at Cinema Orion, 2 Sep 2009. - I revisited this great movie for 10 minutes to check the quality of the print: luminous, paying justice to the definition of light by cinematographer Armas Hirvonen and director Valentin Vaala. - The film, based on the play by Hella Wuolijoki, is topical because of its ecological message. - The opening feature of our Kino Forest retrospective, a tribute to the 150th anniversary of Metsähallitus (The Finnish Forest Administration), curated by Ms. Tuulikki Halla.

See my later, longer blog remarks on Vihreä kulta (2014 digital transfer).