Finland / Feb 13, 1998 / S
A Summer by the River (1998)
Directed by Markku Pölönen
1h 25minruntime
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vesa Mäkelä | Hilteeni |
| Ilkka Koivula | Lavikainen |
| 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) |
| Matti Mäkinen | Lääkäri (uncredited) |
| Vesa Mäkinen | Vesa-eno (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaComedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kuningasjätkä |
| Original language | suomi (FI) |
| Spoken languages | suomi |
| Production countries | Finland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Fennada-Filmi |
| Release date | 13 febbraio 1998 |
| Production | Kari Sara |
| Writer | Markku Pölönen |
| Casting | Nadja Pyykkö |
| Editing | Jukka Nykänen |
| Cinematography | Kari Sohlberg |
| Assistant directors | Nadja Pyykkö, Markku Pölönen |
| Camera operators | Kari Sohlberg |
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| Additional photography | Kari Sohlberg |
| Production design | Minna Santakari |
| Art direction | Minna Santakari |
| Set decoration | Minna Santakari |
| Music | Vesa Mäkinen, Tuomo Kattilakoski, Heikki Innanen, Jari Innanen |
| Sound | Vesa Mäkinen, Tuomo Kattilakoski, Heikki Innanen, Jari Innanen |
| Costume design | Tiina Kaukanen, Nadja Pyykkö |
| Makeup | Nadja Pyykkö, Tiina Kaukanen |
| Hairstyling | Tiina Kaukanen, Nadja Pyykkö |
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