A documentary about the histoy and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric, and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari, and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The footage was shot in Altai Krai, the Nenets Okrug, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari el, Karelia, and Estonia. The first documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum (1970 - 1997)" series.
Released: Oct 19, 1972
Runtime: 55 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Mikk Mikiver
Crew: Lennart Meri (Director), Lennart Meri (Writer), Maire Lutter (Editor), Sergo Rahomägi (Director of Photography)