Movie: A Summer by the River

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pertti Koivula
Pertti Koivula

Tenho

Simo Kontio
Simo Kontio

Topi

Esko Nikkari
Esko Nikkari

Hannes

Anu Palevaara
Anu Palevaara

Hilkka

Peter Franzén
Peter Franzén

Kottarainen

Sulevi Peltola
Sulevi Peltola

Puukko

Heikki Kujanpää
Heikki Kujanpää

Tohkanen

Vesa Mäkelä
Vesa Mäkelä

Hilteeni

Ilkka Koivula
Ilkka Koivula

Lavikainen

Hannu Virolainen
Hannu Virolainen

Kauppias Mäkelä

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  • Overview

    Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at the boating site with his widowed father Tenho.

  • Release Date

    1998-02-13

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    suomi

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