''The Kautokeino Rebellion'' ( no, Kautokeino-opprøret, se, Guovdageainnu Stuimmit) is a

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film based on the true story of the Kautokeino riots in

Kautokeino Kautokeino ( no, Kautokeino; se, Guovdageaidnu ; fkv, Koutokeino; fi, Koutokeino) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other villages ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

in 1852 in response to the Norwegian exploitation of the Sami community at that time. It was directed by

Nils Gaup Nils Gaup (born 12 April 1955) is a Sámi film director from Norway. Career Gaup was born in Kautokeino, Finnmark County in Northern Norway. He first intended to become an athlete but from 1974 to 1978 he went to drama school and studied at the ...

and was released in January 2008. The music to this film was mostly composed by Sami musician

Mari Boine Mari Boine (born Mari Brit Randi Boine, 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined traditional Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College. Biography Mari Boine was ...

Plot

Cast

Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Award ...

as Carl Johan Ruth *

Michael Nyqvist Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (; 8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017) was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role ...

as Lars Levi Læstadius *

Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name *Nils Bergström (ice hockey), Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey playe ...

Mons Somby Mons Aslaksen Somby (14 February 1825 – 14 October 1854) was one of the leaders of the Sami rioters that attacked several Norwegian shops during the Kautokeino rebellion of 1852. During the uprising a merchant and the town sheriff were ki ...

Mikkel Gaup Mikkel Mathis Gaup (born 16 January 1968) is a Sámi Norwegian film and stage actor. He is best known for his acting debut in the film '' Pathfinder'', directed by his uncle Nils Gaup, and he has also appeared in a number of other productions, inc ...

Aslak Hætta Aslak Jacobsen Hætta (24 January 1824 – 14 October 1854) was one of the leaders of the Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu, called the Kautokeino Rebellion, in November 1852. During the riots, the merchant Carl Johan Ruth and the local governm ...

Anni-Kristiina Juuso Anni-Kristiina Juuso ( se, Ánne Risten Juuso; born 4 May 1979, in Ivalo, Finland) is a Sámi actress, who played the leading female role in the movies '' The Cuckoo'' and ''The Kautokeino Rebellion''. She was awarded Russia's Best Actress award ...

Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum (26 May 1827 – 10 February 1895) was a Norwegian Sami reindeer herder from Kautokeino who took part in the 1852 Kautokeino uprising. Inspired by the preacher Lars Levi Laestadius who called for a pure lifestyle and abstine ...

Jørgen Langhelle Jørgen Langhelle (18 August 1965 – 3 August 2021) was a Norwegian actor of stage, screen and television. Biography Langhelle starred in the two successful Norwegian mini-series Deadline Torp (2005) and ''Torpedo'' (2007), as well as in mov ...

Bjørn Sundquist Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948) is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo, and he is especially famous for the roles as Merlin and ...

as Pastor Stockfleth * Stig Henrik Hoff * Peter Andersson as Lars Johan Bucht * Silje Holtet as Anne Elise Blix * Eirik Junge Eliassen as Prästen Zetliz * Aslat Mahtte Gaup as Mathis Hætta * Inger Utsi as Inger Andersdatter Spein * Ole Nicklas Guttorm as Litle Aslak (son) *

Inga Juuso Inga Juuso (5 October 1945 – 23 August 2014) was a Sami yoiker, singer and actress in the film ''The Kautokeino Rebellion''. She was known from her own band performances, and recordings and collaborations with musicians like Steinar Raknes, Hå ...

as Grandmother * Beaska Niilas as Rasmus Spein * Jovsset Heandrat as Lars Hætta *

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film '' Nightwatch'' (19 ...

as Bishop Juell

Soundtrack

A four-track soundtrack CD with music by

, Svein Schultz, and Herman Rundberg was released by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia.

Track list

#"Elen Skum" #"Válddi vuoigna - The Spirit of Power" #"Deaivideapmi - Confrontation" #"Doaivut ja vuoimmehuvvat - Hope and Defeat"

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