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…ja Helena soittaa (1951)

…ja Helena soittaa (1951)

Drama
Release Date: 1951, December 30
Directors: Lasse Pöysti
Countries: Finland
Production: Fennada-Filmi, Fennada-Filmi
Cast: Matti Ranin, Leif Wager, Elvi Saarnio, Sirkka-Liisa Wilén, Mai-Brit Heljo, Jussi Jurkka, Irma Seikkula, Vilho Siivola, Erkki Viljos, Gunnel Hanen, Rakel Laakso, Heikki Savolainen

Overview:

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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based on novel or book finnish winter war