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…ja Helena soittaa (1951)
Directed by Lasse Pöysti
Drama · 1h 31m
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
Cast
Irma Seikkula
Helena Junkkeri
Leena Häkinen
Elina Tupanen
Erkki Viljos
Jari Junkkeri
Jussi Jurkka
Arttu Junkkeri
Sirkka-Liisa Wilén
Mirjam Junkkeri
Leif Wager
Kari Karstela
G
Gunnel Hanen
Eeva Junkkeri
M
Matti Ranin
Jyrki
Mai-Brit Heljo
Kirsti Talasti
Heikki Savolainen
Martti Mäkelä
L
Leena Rahikka
Päivi Junkkeri 5-vuotiaana
Sirkka Saarnio
Päivi Junkkeri 12-vuotiaana
Crew
- Director
- Lasse Pöysti
- Screenplay
- Lasse Pöysti
- Novel
- Aino Räsänen
- Director of Photography
- Esko Töyri
- Original Music Composer
- Einar Englund
- Producer
- Mauno Mäkelä
Details
- Release date
- 1951-12-30
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Fennada-Filmi