Sleeping Beauty (Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen) is a Finnish family fantasy film made in 1949, directed by Edvin Laine and produced by T. J. Särkkä.[1] Tuula Usva plays the titular role, the king is played by the director's brother Aarne Laine and the queen by the director's wife Mirjam Novero.[2] The film is based on Sleeping Beauty by the Brothers Grimm and also the play written by Zachris Topelius based on the Grimm's fairy tale.
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Directed by | Edvin Laine |
Written by | Toivo Kauppinen |
Produced by | T. J. Särkkä |
Starring | Tuula Usva Aarne Laine Mirjam Novero |
Cinematography | Kalle Peronkoski |
Edited by | Armas Vallasvuo |
Music by | Erkki Melartin Heikki Aaltoila |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Leo Lehto won the 1949 Jussi Awards category of the best scenery.[3]
References
edit- ^ Sleeping Beauty (1949) - Filmaffinity
- ^ Tv-maailma 21/2011, p. 17. (in Finnish)
- ^ Eugen Terttula: Mitä Missä Milloin 1952. Jussi-patsaan saajat 1944–50, pp. 332. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1951.
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