How to watch the Helena films in order
There are 4 Helena films, about 4.4 hours in total. The first was released in 1948, the latest in 1957. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
The collection of Helena movies.
- 1
Soita minulle, Helena! (1948)
21 Oct 1948 · 91 min
Helena, a beautiful school teacher in a countryside hamlet is just going to marry her childhood friend Erkki, but a day before the wedding her first love Jari arrives to the scene.
- 2
…ja Helena soittaa (1951)
30 Dec 1951 · 91 min
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard
- 3
Näkemiin Helena (1955)
18 Feb 1955
A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.
- 4
Pää pystyyn Helena (1957)
8 Feb 1957 · 80 min
Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.