Movie: …ja Helena soittaa

Top 10 Billed Cast

Irma Seikkula
Irma Seikkula

Helena Junkkeri

Leena Häkinen
Leena Häkinen

Elina Tupanen

Erkki Viljos
Erkki Viljos

Jari Junkkeri

Jussi Jurkka
Jussi Jurkka

Arttu Junkkeri

Sirkka-Liisa Wilén
Sirkka-Liisa Wilén

Mirjam Junkkeri

Leif Wager
Leif Wager

Kari Karstela

Gunnel Hanen
Gunnel Hanen

Eeva Junkkeri

Matti Ranin
Matti Ranin

Jyrki

Mai-Brit Heljo
Mai-Brit Heljo

Kirsti Talasti

Heikki Savolainen
Heikki Savolainen

Martti Mäkelä

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1951-12-30

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    suomi
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