The Swan and the Wanderer
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
117 min
Release Date
1999-02-19
Status
Released
Original Language
Finnish
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
7
Tapio Liinoja
Tapio Rautavaara
Martti Suosalo
Reino Helismaa
Heikki Nousiainen
Esa Pakarinen
Anna Haaranen
Lempi Helismaa
Heidi Herala
Liisa Rautavaara
Ari Wirta
Masa Niemi
Aulis Rosendahl
Aatos Mähönen, manageri
Martti Katajisto
T. J. Särkkä
Matti Mäntylä
Toivo Kärki
Raimo Grönberg
Olavi Virta
Ilkka Koivula
Jorma Ikävalko
Kai Lehtinen
Lj. Liimatainen
Ritva Kanerva
Rautavaaran äiti
Tuija Piepponen
Siiri Angerkoski
Merika Koivusalo
Leena Rautavaara
Riina Koivusalo
Satu Helismaa
Titta Antti-Poika
Baarimyyjä
Severi Koivusalo
Pikkupoika linja-autossa
Samuli Koivusalo
Vauva Pekka Puupää -elokuvassa
Yasmin Samaletdin
Nainen ulkohuussissa
Mika Nuojua
Sotilas linja-autossa
Antti Majanlahti
Sotilas linja-autossa
Sirkka-Liisa Leskinen
Televisiota katsova emäntä
Risto Salmi
Rautakauppias
Pekka Lehtimäki
Viulisti äänitysstudiossa
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