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Tukkijoella

80% | Nov 05, 1928 | 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.

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Erkki Karu
Producer
Axel Slangus
Editor

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Urho Somersalmi
Aaprami Turkka
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Ellen Sylvin
Katri Pietola
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Kirsti Suonio
Maija Rivakka
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Eino Salmela
Antti Huhtanen

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