
…ja Helena soittaa
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 Billed Cast

Irma Seikkula
Helena Junkkeri

Leena Häkinen
Elina Tupanen

Erkki Viljos
Jari Junkkeri

Jussi Jurkka
Arttu Junkkeri

Sirkka-Liisa Wilén
Mirjam Junkkeri
Featured Crew
Aino Räsänen
Novel
Lasse Pöysti
Screenplay
Einar Englund
Original Music Composer
August Lindström
Production Design
Lasse Pöysti
Director
Mauno Mäkelä
Producer
Gösta Salminen
Sound
Esko Töyri
Director of Photography