Saatana perkele helvettiin

08/19/2012

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0hr 21min

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Documentary

STORY

About the Korpela movement or Siikavaara sect active during the 1930's in the far north of Sweden. Toivo Korpela a Laestadian preacher was outmanoeuvred by Sigurd Siikavaara and returned to Finland. Siikavaara who preferred apocalyptic beliefs and ecstatic rituals soon gathered a large following and became prophet #1. With Artur Niemi, prophet #2, he draped and enhanced the rituals with total sexual freedom. At the trial in 1939 Siikavaara assured that he had not been sober one day during the last 8 years. Chanting "Saatana, Saatana, Helvettin, Babylon,Perkele" over and over. Swearing and cursing all the way to Eden.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Sven-Olof Persson
  • Bengt Pohjanen
  • Hellevi Korpela
  • Titta Jokinen
  • Maritta Viitamäki

    Director

  • Micke Engström

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • SVT

    Production Countries

  • Sweden

LANGUAGES

  • Finnish
  • Swedish