Kulkuri ja joutsen

Feb 19 1999 N/A 1h 57m
Biography, Drama, Music

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.

Plot

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara (Tapio Liinoja) and Repe Helismaa (Martti Suosalo), who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965 (Helismaa's death). Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.

Written by

Timo Koivusalo, Juha Numminen

Directed by

Timo Koivusalo

Cast

Tapio Liinoja, Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen

Crew

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Production Countries

Finland

Production Companies

Artista Filmi Oy

Languages

suomi

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
811
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA