Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Markku Pölönen
- Writers
- Markku Pölönen
- Release Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 85 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- FI
- Country
- Finland
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (18 votes)
Top Cast
Pertti Koivula
Tenho
Simo Kontio
Topi
Esko Nikkari
Hannes
Anu Palevaara
Hilkka
Peter Franzén
Kottarainen
Sulevi Peltola
Puukko
Heikki Kujanpää
Tohkanen
Vesa Mäkelä
Hilteeni
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