Saatana perkele helvettiin

Saatana perkele helvettiin — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 19, 2012
• Runtime
• 21 min
• Genres
• Documentary

Saatana perkele helvettiin — Cast

S

Sven-Olof Persson Narrator Bengt Pohjanen author of "Dagning Röd"

H

Hellevi Korpela Titta Jokinen Maritta Viitamäki Peter Oskarson Stage Director "Dagning Röd"

B

Bengt Siikavaara

O

Osmo Hettula