“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, Axel Slangus
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Cast
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
Litja Ilmari
Pahna-Maija
Olga Salo
Leena
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