…ja Helena soittaa

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Irma SeikkulaHelena Junkkeri

Leena HäkinenElina Tupanen

Erkki ViljosJari Junkkeri

Jussi JurkkaArttu Junkkeri

Sirkka-Liisa WilénMirjam Junkkeri

Leif WagerKari Karstela

Gunnel Hanen

Gunnel HanenEeva Junkkeri

Matti Ranin

Matti RaninJyrki

Mai-Brit HeljoKirsti Talasti

Heikki SavolainenMartti Mäkelä

Leena Rahikka

Leena RahikkaPäivi Junkkeri 5-vuotiaana

Sirkka SaarnioPäivi Junkkeri 12-vuotiaana