Rauta-aika (The Age of Iron) is a dramatic four-part miniseries completed in 1982 by Finnish broadcast network Yle TV2. The production attempts to adapt the national epic of Finland, the Kalevala, for the television audience by way of humanizing the mythological characters whose thoughts and actions drive the narrative. The protagonists of Rauta-aika, Väinö, Ilmari and Lemminki, have been inspired by the tales in the Kalevala and go in search of a woman, eventually finding themselves at war with the Nordic people, and in the end pay dearly for their pursuits.
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Cast
Kalevi Kahra
Väinö
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Ilmari
Tom Wentzel
Lemminki
Kari Heiskanen
Jouko
Sara Paavolainen
Aino
Elle Kull
Kyllikki
Mikko Niskanen
Tiera
Esko Salminen
Pohjola
Pirkko-Liisa Tikka
The Golden Woman
Soli Labbart
Lemminki's mother
Kaija Pakarinen
Lemminki's sister
Kristiina Halkola
Pohjola's wife
Lena Meriläinen
Pohjola's daughter
Eila Halonen
Tiera's wife
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