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A Summer by the River poster

A Summer by the River(1998)

February 13, 19981h 25m

68%User score 68 percent

User Score

18 votes

Overview

Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at the boating site with his widowed father Tenho.

Director: Markku Pölönen
Writers: Markku Pölönen

Top Billed Cast

Pertti Koivula
Tenho
Esko Nikkari
Hannes
Anu Palevaara
Hilkka
Peter Franzén
Kottarainen

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Sulevi Peltola

Puukko

Heikki Kujanpää

Tohkanen

Vesa Mäkelä

Hilteeni

Ilkka Koivula

Lavikainen

Simo Kontio

Topi

Hannu Virolainen

Kauppias Mäkelä

Seppo Timonen

Rahastaja-Jussi

Antti Jokela

Olavi Virta

Jorma Ruokolainen

Tukkijätkä

Heimo Kärnä

Tukkijätkä

Terho Turunen

Tukkijätkä

Tommi Anttonen

Tukkijätkä

Risto Kettunen

Tukkijätkä

Jukka Malinen

Tukkijätkä

Satu Sadinkangas

Äiti linja-autossa (uncredited)

Sakri Pölönen

Vauva linja-autossa (uncredited)

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Kuningasjätkä
Original language: Finnish
Production: Fennada-Filmi

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