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The White Reindeer MVD

Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Infobase, film distributor.
MVD (Firm)
Language:
English
Finnish
Genre:
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 8 min., 20 sec)) sound
Distribution:
New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2025
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : MVD, [1952]
System Details:
Streaming video file
System requirements: FOD playback platform
video file
Summary:
The debut feature film by Finnish documentarian Erik Blomberg, this "eerie and spectacularly filmed horror experience" (Mondo Digital) remains a pioneering shocker of shamanism, vampirism and female sexuality. Unknowingly born a witch, a frustrated young Lapland wife (co-writer Mirjami Kuosmanen) shapeshifts into a bloodthirsty white reindeer with an insatiable appetite for the local herdsmen. Also released as Valkoinen peura. International Prize-Fairy Tale Film and nominated for Grand Prize of the Festival, Cannes Film Festival, 1953. Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes USA, 1957. In Finnish with English subtitles. Directed by Erik Blomberg. Finland. Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised
Notes:
Originally released by MVD, 1952
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 21, 2025
Title from distributor's description
Publisher Number:
296839 Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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