Tukkijoella

Tukkijoella

1928 · 104 min · ★ 8.5 · Comedy

“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.

Directed by Wilho Ilmari · Written by Erkki Karu

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Urho Somersalmi Aaprami Turkka
Ellen Sylvin Katri Pietola
Mary Hannikainen Anni
Kirsti Suonio Maija Rivakka
Eino Salmela Antti Huhtanen
Paavo Kostioja Huotari
Ossi Korhonen Pölhö-Kustaa
Heikki Välisalmi Heikki Tolari
Emil Lindh J. Pietola
Agnes Lindh Rättärin äiti
Olga Leino Pertun leski - Pölhö-Kustaan äiti
Mimmi Lähteenoja Poro-Pirkko

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