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The Kautokeino Rebellion

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6.0/10 • 34

2008-01-181h 40m

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Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.

Directors
Nils Gaup
Writters
Nils Gaup, Reidar Jönsson, Pelone Wahl, Nils Isak Eira
Editors
Nils Gaup, Reidar Jönsson, Jan-Olof Svarvar

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  1. Mikkel Gaup

    Mikkel Gaup

    Aslak Hætta

  2. Anni-Kristiina Juuso

    Anni-Kristiina Juuso

    Elen Skum

  3. Aslat Mahtte Gaup

    Aslat Mahtte Gaup

    Mathis Hætta

  4. Nils Peder Gaup

    Nils Peder Gaup

    Mons Somby

  5. Mikael Persbrandt

    Mikael Persbrandt

    Carl Johan Ruth

  6. Bjørn Sundquist

    Bjørn Sundquist

    Niels Vibe Stockfleth

  7. Sverre Porsanger

    Sverre Porsanger

    Ruth's Assistant

  8. Peter Andersson

    Peter Andersson

    Lars Johan Bucht

  9. Michael Nyqvist

    Michael Nyqvist

    Lars Levi Laestadius

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Sep 5, 2018

6/10

In 1852, Sami reindeer herders in the Arctic region of Norway were fed up with the Norwegian liquor industry exploiting their tendency to alcoholism, local government officials seizing parts of their herds, and a corrupt state church ignoring it all. They rioted, beating the local priest and killing a merchant and government official. The two men considered ringleaders, Aslak Haetta and Mons Somby, were tried and executed. This incidence is little-known in most of Europe, but in the history of the Sami people it is one of the few tales of resistence to pressure from their southern neighbors and has gained a sort of epic status. Nils Gaups' 2008 film The Kautokeino Rebellion depicts this event. The main character of the film is Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum, who with her husband Mathis Haetta, was sentenced to long imprisonment. Ellen is played by Anni-Kristiina Juuso, a Sami actress best known for her role in Aleksandr Rogozhkin's 2001 film The Cuckoo. The film is multilingual, with the Sami speaking their own language, Swedish used as a lingua franca, and Norwegian heard from a few outsiders. Mid-19th century Norway is depicted in absorbing detail, and watching the film I felt to some degree that I was sharing the challenges of the characters in the frozen north. The film takes a few liberties with history (the whipping of the priest isn't portrayed, and the rioters are stopped by what seem to be Norwegians instead of their own other Sami neighbors. Still, it's generally factual and really inspires the viewer to go out and learn more about the event. What I really admire about the film is that it doesn't try to portray the murderers as bold defenders of national consciousness: their uprising was something of an act of blind rage and they were betraying their own Christian ideals. Other depictions of the riots, such as Launis' godawful opera "Aslak Hetta", give in to hyperbolic National Romantic feelings, but Gaups' film keeps it on the level.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Norwegian
Budget
$7,300,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
rebelsami people