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…ja Helena soittaa

Name: …ja Helena soittaa
Genre: Drama
Released: 1951-12-30
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.3

1h 31m Finnish

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…ja Helena soittaa

1h 31m Finnish

Drama

#based on novel or book #finnish winter war

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.

Director Lasse Pöysti

Novel Aino Räsänen Screenplay Lasse Pöysti