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The Year 1952
The Year 1952

THE YEAR 1952

Vuosi 1952

Directed by Peter von Bagh
Finland, 1980
Documentary

Synopsis

In 1952 that greatest dream of sports-crazy Finland finally came true: The Helsinki Olympics happened. “The Year 1952” is certainly the lightest work of von Bagh’s cycle on decisive moments in Finnish history, but forms a masterpiece of deft, multi-layered, polyphonic storytelling.

Synopsis

In 1952 that greatest dream of sports-crazy Finland finally came true: The Helsinki Olympics happened. “The Year 1952” is certainly the lightest work of von Bagh’s cycle on decisive moments in Finnish history, but forms a masterpiece of deft, multi-layered, polyphonic storytelling.