
“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)