Release, runtime and language

1962 · 91 mins · Finnish

Directed by

Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Risto Jarva

Starring

Ismo Kallio, Elina Salo, Kari Rydman, Leo Jokela, Lauri-Juhani Ruuskanen, Aulikki Tarnanen

When a French cultural research team arrives in Finland, they depart Helsinki for the Saimaa region to observe traditional Midsummer rites. The luminous midnight‑sun celebrations, with music, fire and communal revelry, prove far more overwhelming and enchanting than the scholars anticipated, leaving them both fascinated and out of their depth.