The Swan and the Wanderer (Kulkuri ja joutsen) 25 years old

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.

Credits

Martti Suosalo as Reino Helismaa

Tapio Liinoja as Tapio Rautavaara

Heikki Nousiainen as Esa Pakarinen

Anna Haaranen as Lempi Helismaa

Heidi Herala as Liisa Rautavaara

The Swan and the Wanderer Cast

Name	Character
Martti Suosalo He was 36, now 61 years old	as Reino Helismaa
Tapio Liinoja He was 44, now 69 years old	as Tapio Rautavaara
Heikki Nousiainen She was 53, now 78 years old	as Esa Pakarinen
Anna Haaranen She was 36, now 61 years old	as Lempi Helismaa
Heidi Herala She was 39, now 64 years old	as Liisa Rautavaara

The Swan and the Wanderer Crew

Name	Department
Timo Koivusalo as Director. He was 35 (now 60) years old	Directing

The Swan and the Wanderer (25 years)

Release day: Friday, February 19, 1999
Runtime: 117 minutes