Released:
1951-12-30

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.

Director:
Lasse Pöysti

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Irma Seikkula
  as
  Helena Junkkeri
• 
  Leena Häkinen
  as
  Elina Tupanen
• 
  Erkki Viljos
  as
  Jari Junkkeri
• 
  Jussi Jurkka
  as
  Arttu Junkkeri
• 
  Sirkka-Liisa Wilén
  as
  Mirjam Junkkeri