Green Gold

Green Gold
  • Release date: 15 Oct 1939
  • Release year: 1939
  • Runtime: 86 minutes
  • Country: Finland
  • Keywords: marital problem, celebration, nature conservation, snowfall, tourism, forester, forestry worker, infidelity, sleigh ride, scandal
Plot:
The drama Green Gold (1939), directed by Valentin Vaala, is based on a play by Juhani Tervapaa, aka Hella Wuolijoki. Kristine Bergman, a governess, arrives in her native Lapland with her husband Gustav Bergman. On a night-time sleigh ride, she meets and falls in love with the head forester Suontaa, who responds to her feelings. Both are married and divorce is not a foregone conclusion for either of them.
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