“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.
Urho Somersalmi
as Aaprami Turkka
Ellen Sylvin
as Katri Pietola
Mary Hannikainen
as Anni
Kirsti Suonio
as Maija Rivakka
Eino Salmela
as Antti Huhtanen
Paavo Kostioja
as Huotari
Ossi Korhonen
as Pölhö-Kustaa
Heikki Välisalmi
as Heikki Tolari
Emil Lindh
as J. Pietola
Agnes Lindh
as Rättärin äiti
Olga Leino
as Pertun leski - Pölhö-Kustaan äiti
Mimmi Lähteenoja
as Poro-Pirkko
