…ja Helena soittaa (1951)
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.
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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
- Gunnel Hanen — Eeva Junkkeri
- Matti Ranin — Jyrki
- Mai-Brit Heljo — Kirsti Talasti
- Heikki Savolainen — Martti Mäkelä
- Leena Rahikka — Päivi Junkkeri 5-vuotiaana
- Sirkka Saarnio — Päivi Junkkeri 12-vuotiaana
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