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Release Date:
November 5, 1928
Original Title:
Tukkijoella
Alternate Titles:
On the Log River
Stockflötarna
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Suomi-Filmi
Production Countries:
Finland
Ratings / Certifications:
FI: S
Runtime: 104
“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.
Assistant Camera:
Armas Fredman
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Olavi Suominen
Director:
Axel Slangus
Wilho Ilmari
Director of Photography:
Frans Ekebom
Editor:
Axel Slangus
Frans Ekebom
Makeup Artist:
Hannes Kuokkanen
Producer:
Erkki Karu
Production Design:
Karl Fager
Screenplay:
Erkki Karu
Still Photographer:
Kalle Havas
Kosti Lehtinen
Theatre Play:
Teuvo Pakkala
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