…ja Helena soittaa

…ja Helena soittaa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 30, 1951

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

…ja Helena soittaa

Production Companies

Fennada-Filmi

Director

Lasse Pöysti

Description

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.