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11 october 2007 loimaa , finland hämeenlinna , finland 200px 15 april 1929 1967 & ndash ; 2007 rauni_mollberg_in_2007 . jpg rauni mollberg
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rauni mollberg

rauni mollberg -lrb- april 15 , 1929 -- october 11 , 2007 -rrb- was a finnish film director who directed movies and tv movies .
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 land of our ancestors '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- peter cowie -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- sakari toiviainen -rrb- .
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 .
to his film `` the earth is a sinful song '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- was sold 709,664 tickets and it is 11th on the list of most admissions to a finnish film .
590,271 tickets were sold to the screenings of `` the unknown soldier '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- making it 17th highest grossing movie in the history of finland .
