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Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja

January 30, 2014

56 minutes

Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen

Documentary

Overview

"Himmlers Kantele Player" - about Finnish student, who decides to leave University of Sorbonne and walk from Paris to Helsinki in the spring of 1935. On his way, in Germany, he meets Heinrich Himmler, who is attracted by a traditional Finnish instrument, kantele. Himmler employs Yrjö as researcher to the Ahnenerbe institute to find the Aryan roots from the runic singing culture of Finnish Carelia.

Movie Details

Release Date

January 30, 2014

Runtime

56 minutes

Director

Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen

Production Companies

Illume

Cast

Aki Cederberg

Yrjö Von Grönhagen

Martin Edholm

Colonel Weisthor

Simo Hakalisto

Weisthor's secretary

Wolfram Sievers

Reichsgeschäftsführer

Heinrich Himmler

Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS)