The Winds of the Milky Way

The Winds of the Milky Way

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 4, 1978

Runtime

0h 54m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

75%

Original Title

Linnutee tuuled

Production Companies

Tallinnfilm, Oy Mainos-TV-Reklam Ab, magyar rádió

Director

Lennart Meri

Description

Sequel to the "The Waterfowl People". The author interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relationships of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansi, Hungarians, Sami, Nganasans, and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on location in northern Finland, Sapmi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, the Setomaa region in Estonia, and on the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Muhu. Footage was also shot in 1970 in the Nenets Okrug. The second documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.