Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja (2014)

Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja

2014

Documentary

Synopsis

"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.

Credits

Director

Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen

Cast

Aki Cederberg as Yrjö Von Grönhagen

Heinrich Himmler as Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS)

Martin Edholm as Colonel Weisthor

Simo Hakalisto as Weisthor's secretary

Wolfram Sievers as Reichsgeschäftsführer

Crew

Pekka Uotila (Director of Photography)

Tuuli Kuittinen (Editor)