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

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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 village ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, 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 ...

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 b ...

Plot

Cast

* Mikael Persbrandt as Carl Johan Ruth * Michael Nyqvist as Lars Levi Læstadius * Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup as Mons Somby * Mikkel Gaup as Aslak Hætta * Anni-Kristiina Juuso as Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum *

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 an ...

as Pastor Stockfleth *

Stig Henrik Hoff Stig Henrik Hoff (born 4 February 1965) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in Vadsø but grew up in Berlevåg and Darbu. He is the son of Norwegian singer and writer Trygve Henrik Hoff Trygve Henrik Hoff (7 July 1938 – 2 December 198 ...

* 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 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'' ( ...

as Bishop Juell

Soundtrack

A four-track soundtrack CD with music by

Svein Schultz Svein is a Norwegian masculine given name which may refer to: Rulers * Sweyn Haakonsson (died c. 1016), in Norwegian Svein Håkonsson, an earl and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015 * Svein Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), King of Norway as Sweyn II ...

, 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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