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Tukkijoella (1928)

Tukkijoella (1928)

Comedy
Release Date: 1928, November 5
Directors: Axel Slangus, Wilho Ilmari
Countries: Finland
Production: Suomi-Filmi
Cast: Ossi Korhonen, Litja Ilmari, Urho Somersalmi, Kalle Viherpuu, Paavo Kostioja, Toivo Suonpää, Kirsti Suonio, Heikki Välisalmi, Agnes Lindh, Eino Salmela, Mary Hannikainen, Mimmi Lähteenoja

Overview:

“Tukkijoella” (Log River – 1928). Films of this genre gave the Finnish cinema and the viewing public one of its most popular characters – the lumberjack (tukkijatka, tukkipoika, tukkilainen) who at his most heroic hour becomes the log-roller or the shooter of rapids (koskenlaskija). The significance of this character in Finnish film is comparable to that of the Cowboy on American cinema. He is the pioneer, the wanderer, the adventurer. He negotiates the frontier, he is an embodiment of the conflict between wilderness and civilization.

Keywords:

based on play or musical silent film