The Illuminators

The Illuminators 2017 Released

Directed by Antti Haase

Documentary · 68 min

 

The Illuminators 2017 Released

Directed by Antti Haase

Documentary · 68 min

 

The story of a Baltic German refugee who became Lapland’s father of light

Filmmaker Antti Haase takes us on a personal journey, learning about his fathers’ legacy. Baltic German engineer Gunnar Haase, initially a refugee, arrived in Finnish Lapland in 1945 to repair the destruction left by the Germans. Antti’s father Hannu continued grandfather Gunnar’s mission to bring electricity to Lapland – the powerlines finally reaching the very last Lapland home on the 23th July,1987. Rural electrification was an enormous undertaking; it brought... see more

The story of a Baltic German refugee who became Lapland’s father of light

Filmmaker Antti Haase takes us on a personal journey, learning about his fathers’ legacy. Baltic German engineer Gunnar Haase, initially a refugee, arrived in Finnish Lapland in 1945 to repair the destruction left by the Germans. Antti’s father Hannu continued grandfather Gunnar’s mission to bring electricity to Lapland – the powerlines finally reaching the very last Lapland home on the 23th July,1987. Rural electrification was an enormous undertaking; it brought... see more
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RELEASED
Nov 3, 2017
COUNTRY
FI
LANGUAGE
FI
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Finnish
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