“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.
as Aaprami Turkka
as Katri Pietola
as Anni
as Maija Rivakka
as Antti Huhtanen
as Huotari
as Pölhö-Kustaa
as Heikki Tolari
as J. Pietola
as Rättärin äiti
as Pertun leski - Pölhö-Kustaan äiti
as Poro-Pirkko
as Pahna-Maija
as Leena
as Korhonen (uncredited)
as Renki-Pekka (uncredited)
as Kasuri (uncredited)
as Tukilla laskeva tukkilainen (uncredited)
as Taurila (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
