Movie: Kaisa's Enchanted Forest

Top 9 Billed Cast

Kaisa Gauriloff
Kaisa Gauriloff

Self (archive footage)

Robert Crottet
Robert Crottet

Self

Elli Sääskilahti
Elli Sääskilahti

Kaisa

Matleena Fofonoff
Matleena Fofonoff

Kaisa

Jaakko Sverloff
Jaakko Sverloff

Self

Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi

Self (archive footage)

Elmeri Härkönen
Elmeri Härkönen

Robert

David Mauffret
David Mauffret

Robert (voice)

Sirkka Sanila
Sirkka Sanila

Kaisa (voice)

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    Examines the extraordinary lifelong friendship between Skolt Sámi storyteller Kaisa Gauriloff and the Swiss-Russian author Robert Crottet through the eyes of Gauriloff’s great-granddaughter Katja.

  • Release Date

    2016-06-15

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    7.5

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