Synopsis
“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.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Erkki KaruScreenplay
- Wilho IlmariDirector
- Axel SlangusDirector
Cast
- Urho SomersalmiAaprami Turkka
- Ellen SylvinKatri Pietola
- Mary HannikainenAnni
- Kirsti SuonioMaija Rivakka
- Eino SalmelaAntti Huhtanen
- Paavo KostiojaHuotari
- Ossi KorhonenPölhö-Kustaa
- Heikki VälisalmiHeikki Tolari
- Emil LindhJ. Pietola
- Agnes LindhRättärin äiti
- Olga LeinoPertun leski - Pölhö-Kustaan äiti
- Mimmi LähteenojaPoro-Pirkko
Themes
based on play or musicalsilent film