First Look at New 4K Restoration of The White Reindeer and Blu-ray
Posted October 31, 2018 06:33 PM by Webmaster
Eureka Entertainment has released promotional trailer for the new 4K restoration of Erik Blomberg's film The White Reindeer (1952), and has confirmed that it will be available on Blu-ray in 2019 via the Masters of Cinema line.
Synopsis: Shot in the Arctic Circle's snowy expanses, Erik Blomberg's The White Reindeer is a marvel of film fantasy. Pirita, played by the director's wife, Mirjami Kuosmanen, is a bewitched young woman wed to an often-absent reindeer herder. Longing for affection, she carries out a sacrifice to empower a local shaman's love potion and becomes cursed, transforming into a white reindeer by night and drinking the blood of local hunters.
Based on an old Lapp saga, The White Reindeer blends documentary travelogue with avant-garde experimentation and produces an art house horror film without compare, winning the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and granted the prize for Best Fairy Tale Film at the Cannes Film Festival by Jean Cocteau's presiding jury.