Tukkijoella Poster

Tukkijoella

80.00% | November 5, 1928 | 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.

Featured Crew

Kalle Havas
Still Photographer
Frans Ekebom
Director of Photography
Erkki Karu
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Cast

Urho Somersalmi
Urho Somersalmi
Aaprami Turkka
Ellen Sylvin
Ellen Sylvin
Katri Pietola
Kirsti Suonio
Kirsti Suonio
Maija Rivakka
Eino Salmela
Eino Salmela
Antti Huhtanen

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