About the Korpela movement or Siikavaara sect active during the 1930's in the far north of Sweden. Toivo Korpela a Laestadian preacher was outmanoeuvred by Sigurd Siikavaara and returned to Finland. Siikavaara who preferred apocalyptic beliefs and ecstatic rituals soon gathered a large following and became prophet #1. With Artur Niemi, prophet #2, he draped and enhanced the rituals with total sexual freedom. At the trial in 1939 Siikavaara assured that he had not been sober one day during the last 8 years. Chanting "Saatana, Saatana, Helvettin, Babylon,Perkele" over and over. Swearing and cursing all the way to Eden.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Sven-Olof Persson, Bengt Pohjanen, Hellevi Korpela, Titta Jokinen, Maritta Viitamäki, Peter Oskarson
Crew: Micke Engström (Editor), Sven-Olof Persson (Producer)
Country: Sweden
Language: suomi, svenska
Studio: SVT
Runtime: 21 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 19, 2012
IMDb: 10
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