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Directed by | Toivo Särkkä |
Written by | Toivo Särkkä |
Based on | Juha by Juhani Aho |
Produced by | Toivo Särkkä |
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Edited by | Armas Vallasvuo |
Music by | Tauno Pylkkänen |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Budget | FIM 28,718,104[1] |
Juha (also known as Love Along a River)[1] is a 1956 Finnish drama film produced, written, and directed by Toivo Särkkä. The film is based on a 1911 novel Juha by Juhani Aho, telling the story of the farm host Juha and his young wife Marja, whose usual everyday life is disrupted when a Karelian traveling merchant arrives and starts seducing the passionate Marja. The film stars Elina Pohjanpää, Eino Kaipainen and Veikko Uusimäki.
Juha is the first Finnish feature-length color film and also the first Finnish widescreen film.[2][3][4]