Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja

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.

Director

Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen

Written by

Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen

Music

Ari Taskinen

Studio

Illume

Released

30 January 2014

Genres

Documentary