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Tukkijoella

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.

Date: 11/05/1928

Rating: 8.0

Cast: Urho Somersalmi, Ellen Sylvin, Mary Hannikainen, Kirsti Suonio, Eino Salmela, Paavo Kostioja, Ossi Korhonen, Heikki Välisalmi, Emil Lindh, Agnes Lindh, Olga Leino, Mimmi Lähteenoja, Litja Ilmari, Olga Salo, Juho Puls, Kalle Viherpuu, Toivo Suonpää, Virtanen, Emil Mikkola, Sulo Räikkönen

Urho Somersalmi