A Summer by the River
Feb 13 1998
•1h 25m
•Drama, Comedy
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.
Cast
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Pertti Koivula
Tenho
Simo Kontio
Topi
Esko Nikkari
Hannes
Anu Palevaara
Hilkka
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