The Winds of Milky Way (Q4244): Difference between revisions

Released in 1977, the documentary is on cultural anthropology and examines the ethnography and ethnogenesis of the Finno-Ugric peoples. It is a sequel to the documentary "The Waterfowl People" (1970) directed by Lennart Meri. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic, and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans, and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia, and Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970. The film was the first international co-production completed in collaboration with Finnish Mainos TV and Hungarian Television.