''The Kautokeino Rebellion'' (, ) is a

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film based on the true story of the

Kautokeino Rebellion The Sámi revolt in Guovdageaidnu, also known as the Kautokeino uprising, was a revolt in the village of Kautokeino in Kautokeino Municipality in northern Norway in 1852 by a group of Sámi who attacked representatives of the Norwegian authoriti ...

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 ...

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 a form of Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College. Biography Mari Boine was bo ...

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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 Awar ...

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 ...

Lars Levi Læstadius Lars Levi Laestadius (; 10 January 1800 – 21 February 1861) was a Swedish Sami writer, ecologist, mythologist, and ethnographer as well as a pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadia ...

* Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup as

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 people, Sámi Norway, Norwegian film and stage actor. He is best known for his acting debut in the film ''Pathfinder (1987 film), Pathfinder'', directed by his uncle Nils Gaup, and he has also ...

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 (; born 4 May 1979, in Ivalo, Finland) is a Sámi actress, renowned for her leading female roles in the movies '' The Cuckoo'' and '' The Kautokeino Rebellion''. She received Russia's Best Actress award by both the movie ac ...

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

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 mo ...

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. Sundquist is especially famous for the roles as Merlin ...

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 19 ...

* Peter Andersson as Lars Johan Bucht *

Silje Holtet Silje is a Norwegian given female name. It is a short form of the Latin female name Caecilia / Cecilie from the family name Caecilius which is formed from the Latin adjective Caecus, "blind". Notable people with the name include: * Silje Bolset, N ...

as Anne Elise Blix * Eirik Junge Eliassen as Prästen Zetliz * Aslat Mahtte Gaup as Mathis Hætta *

Inger Utsi Inger Elin Kristina Ivarsdatter Utsi (born 1975) is a Norwegian-Sami politician and actor who has appeared in several films. Utsi grew up in Kautokeino Municipality and now lives in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. She works at the ...

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 Lars Hætta (; 21 January 1834 – 17 February 1896) was a Norwegian Sami reindeer herder, prisoner, wood carver and Bible translator. Following the Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu in 1852 he received a death sentence, which was commuted to lif ...

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. 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 (1994 film), Night ...

as Bishop Juell

Soundtrack

A four-track soundtrack CD with music by

Svein Schultz Svein is a Norwegian masculine given name. Notable people with the given name include: 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), ...

, 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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