Rauni Mollberg
Rauni Mollberg (April 15, 1929 – October 11, 2007) was a Finnish film director who directed movies and TV movies.
Also recorded as Rauni Antero Mollberg
Rauni Mollberg

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- Full name
- Rauni Antero Mollberg.
- Born
- 1929. · Hämeenlinna.
- Died
- 2007. · Loimaa.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Occupation
- film producer, actor, screenwriter and director.
- Fields
- realism.
- Education
- Theatre Academy Helsinki.
- Honours
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Jussi Award for Best Direction.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Rauni Mollberg (April 15, 1929 – October 11, 2007) was a Finnish film director who directed movies and TV movies.
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Career
Career
Rauni Mollberg studied at Theatre Academy Helsinki. The recorded working language is Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are realism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kuopio and Joensuu. Distinctions recorded are Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Jussi Award for Best Direction.
In 1963 Mollberg directed movies for YLE. He directed a version of The Unknown Soldier in 1985, 30 years after Edvin Laine directed the original version of it. Mollberg's movie's plot was same as Laine's movie. But Mollberg used unknown actors and the movie was colourised and shot by a handhold camera. Mollberg did not begin directing films for the cinema until he was well into his forties. He made a notable splash on the international festival circuit in 1974 with The Earth Is A Sinful Song (1973), his debut feature, an earthy, erotically-charged, blood-soaked tale of a young village girl's ill-fated affair with a Lapp reindeer herdsman. Based on a novel by the late Timo K. Mukka, one of Finland's most controversial young writers, the film "stunned Scandinavian critics and audiences alike with its simple, terrible power and its authentic sensuality" (Peter Cowie), and went on to become one of the biggest box-office successes in the Finnish cinema's history. It also introduced Mollberg's trademark style: "a realistic naturalism full of expressive force with which he merges the people with the scenery, stripping them bare of life's illusions and the polished veneer of culture" (Sakari Toiviainen). Despite Peter Cowie's efforts, and the acclaim of many other critics and "independent" festivals, The Finnish National Film board has stubbornly sequestered this masterpiece, only releasing it in a DVD format incompatible with international viewing, and lacking English subtitles. During his career he was used to get wide audiences in Finland. His film The Earth is a Sinful Song (1973) sold 709,664 tickets and it is 11th on the list of most admissions to a Finnish film. 590,271 tickets were sold for the screenings of The Unknown Soldier (1985) making it the 17th highest-grossing movie in the history of Finland.
Filmography
Filmography
"Lapsuuteni", 1967 Tehtaan varjossa, 1969 Sotaerakko, 1972 Maa on syntinen laulu, 1973 Aika hyvä ihmiseksi, 1977 Milka – elokuva tabuista, 1980 Tuntematon sotilas, 1985 Ystävät, toverit, 1990 Paratiisin lapset, 1994 Taustan Mikon kotiinpaluu, 1999 Ison miehen vierailu, 1999 Puu kulkee, 2000 Heikuraisen Nauru, 2001 Korpisen veljekset, 2002 Reissu, 2004

Photograph of the Finnish film editor Hannu Peltomaa (1941–). In the background film director Rauni Mollberg (sitting) and screenwriter-producer Veikko Korkala (standing in front of door). Based on the date (July 1977) and the people present, this is apparently a dailies viewing or editing session for Mollberg’s film Aika hyvä ihmiseksi which premiered in Oct. 1977.
Kai Honkanen · http: museovirasto.finna.fi/Cover/Download?id=museovirasto.33735C5DEACABD534F125463E2E39504 index=0 size=original format=tif Image record page in Finna: museovirasto.33735C5DEACABD534F125463E2E39504
Life and career
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2007
Rauni Mollberg died on 11 October 2007.
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Hämeenlinna.
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Loimaa.
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Awards and nominations
Berlin International Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Bear (1974 and 1981 for films The Earth is a Sinful Song and Milka). Locarno International Film Festival: Won Special prize for The Earth is a Sinful Song (1974). Napoli Film Festival: Won Best Director award for Pretty Good for a Human (1978). Jussi Awards: Best Director award for Sotaerakko (1973), The Earth is a Sinful Song (1974), Pretty Good for a Human (1978), The Unknown Soldier (1986), Best Producer award for Milka (1981).
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- 1.Römpötti, Harri. Tänään televisiossa: Rauni Mollbergin Tuntematon sotilas on kolmesta elokuvaversiosta luokkatietoisin. Helsingin Sanomat. 5 December 2017.
- 2.Varjus, Seppo. Viholliset väreissä. Tuntematon: Ilta-Sanomien erikoislehti. Ilta-Sanomat. 63. 29 November 2012.
- 3.Suomen elokuvasäätiö. Kaikkien aikojen katsotuimmat kotimaiset elokuvat top 20. March 2023.
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