The Waterfowl People

The Waterfowl People

1970
55m
7.0

7.0/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

A documentary about the histoy and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric, and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari, and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The footage was shot in Altai Krai, the Nenets Okrug, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari el, Karelia, and Estonia. The first documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum (1970 - 1997)" series.

Status: Released

Language: ET

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Production Information

Production Companies
Tallinnfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Estonian

Quick Facts

Original Title Veelinnurahvas
Release Date January 1, 1970
Status Released
Language ET
IMDb ID tt2637876
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Cast

Mikk Mikiver
Mikk Mikiver

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Lennart Meri
Director
Lennart Meri
Writer