…ja Helena soittaa

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Irma Seikkula Helena Junkkeri

Leena Häkinen Elina Tupanen

Erkki Viljos Jari Junkkeri

Jussi Jurkka Arttu Junkkeri

Sirkka-Liisa Wilén Mirjam Junkkeri