Overview

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.

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Cast

Irma Seikkula

Helena Junkkeri

Leena Häkinen

Elina Tupanen

Erkki Viljos

Jari Junkkeri

Jussi Jurkka

Arttu Junkkeri

Sirkka-Liisa Wilén

Mirjam Junkkeri

Leif Wager

Kari Karstela

Mai-Brit Heljo

Kirsti Talasti

Heikki Savolainen

Martti Mäkelä

Sirkka Saarnio

Päivi Junkkeri 12-vuotiaana

Rakel Laakso

Hanna Tupanen

Emmi Jurkka

Liina

Reino Valkama

Johannes Tupanen