The Swan and the Wanderer

The Swan and the Wanderer (Finnish: Kulkuri ja joutsen) is a Finnish film telling the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters, Tapio Rautavaara (Tapio Liinoja) and Reino Helismaa (Martti Suosalo), who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965, the date of Helismaa's death.

The film also tells about the change in Finland during those years.

Cast

• Tapio Liinoja as Tapio Rautavaara
• Martti Suosalo as Reino Helismaa
• Heikki Nousiainen as Esa Pakarinen
• Ari Virta as Masa Niemi
• Matti Mäntylä as Toivo Kärki
• Tuija Piepponen as Siiri Angerkoski
• Raimo Grönberg as Olavi Virta

External links

• The Swan and the Wanderer on IMDb
• The Swan and the Wanderer at Elonet (in Finnish)