…ja Helena soittaa

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.

• Lasse PöystiScreenplay
• Einar EnglundOriginal Music Composer
• Lasse PöystiDirector

• Irma SeikkulaHelena Junkkeri
• Leena HäkinenElina Tupanen
• Erkki ViljosJari Junkkeri
• Jussi JurkkaArttu Junkkeri
• Sirkka-Liisa WilénMirjam Junkkeri
• Leif WagerKari Karstela
• Gunnel HanenEeva Junkkeri
• Matti RaninJyrki
• Mai-Brit HeljoKirsti Talasti
• Heikki SavolainenMartti Mäkelä
• Leena RahikkaPäivi Junkkeri 5-vuotiaana
• Sirkka SaarnioPäivi Junkkeri 12-vuotiaana