Birthday:
03-16-1939
Deathday:
03-08-2021 (81 years)
Birthplace:
Helsinki, Finland
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Vaarallista vapautta
Act like Saarinen
event 1962 star_border 7
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Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in danger.
Crime and Punishment
Act like Painter
event 1983 star_border 6.9
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In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentally arrived at the crime scene wants to follow him, but guilt and the tightening net of the police throw a shadow over their desperate love affair.
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
Act like Viktor Viktorovitsh
event 1984
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Bis später, ich muß mich erschießen is based on Soviet dramatist Nikolai Erdman’s banned 1928 comedy play The Suicide
Kiljusen herrasväki
Act like Hotellin portieeri
event 1981 star_border 7.5
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The Kiljunen family wins a holiday trip to Helsinki and the city will never be the same again.
Farewell, Mr. President
Act like Cop who Stops Mertanen
event 1987 star_border 5.9
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Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Kaikki pelissä
Act like patologi Rautonen
event 1994 star_border 5.8
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A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals an old murder. Not everyone is happy about the new twist.
Ruskan jälkeen
Act like Kosti Mäkinen
event 1979 star_border 4
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It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.
Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
Act like Kenraali Ribberg, Ruotsin puolustusvoimien komentaja
event 1994 star_border 4.6
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Relations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led by President Mara fail, Sergeant Körmy interferes in the course of events.
Tupla-Uuno
Act like Sexström
event 1988 star_border 4
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Uuno Turhapuro finds his doppelganger, Hugo, who happens to be a computer genius. Hugo helps Uuno save his father-in-law's business (and Uuno's inheritance) while Uuno helps Hugo win the heart of the love of his life.
Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla
Act like Vaska Pepel
event 1967
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Finnish telefilm adaptation of Gorky’s famous play, The Lower Depths, by director Mikko Niskanen.
The Green Widow
Act like Pentti Lehmusto
event 1968 star_border 3.5
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A lonely young suburban housewife participates in a radio interview survey while simultaneously engaging in an extramarital affair.
Uuno Turhapuron veli
Act like Tarmon anopin yhtiön johtokunnan jäsen
event 1994 star_border 2.7
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Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped.
Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
Act like Venäläinen roisto #2
event 1998 star_border 3.2
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Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties.
On the Road to Emmaus
Act like Paakkila
event 2001 star_border 6
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A cynical city dweller returns to his hometown to sell his family home, but becomes unexpectedly nostalgic.
Poliisin poika
Act like Kauppias Vähä-Kääkkönen
event 1998 star_border 5.8
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The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They are joined by Trampas's pregnant girlfriend and Jusse, a refugee from Rwanda, as a driver.
Puhallus
Act like Mies krouvissa
event 1992 star_border 5.5
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The company's regional manager has had enough of the fast pace of business and the frivolous patterns. He leaves the office sauna for a booze run at the behest of his boss. Drunk and driving his own car, even he doesn't have to. The situation becomes a thrilling chase that ends in a breathalyzer test and all-round relief as things fall into place. The booze run becomes a turning point in the life of the group's regional manager.
Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
event 1982 star_border 4.1
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Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods.
Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
Act like Psykiatri
event 1986 star_border 5.5
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Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this.
Harbour Brothers
Act like Bering
event 2004 star_border 6
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Finland in the 50s saw a time where boats from all over the world docked in the harbor city of Kotka. In addition to transporting goods, the sailors brought with them another import: jazz, swing and blues. A tale of music-loving, fearless and passionate young men decide to open Fennia, a jazz bar. Soon Fennia achieves legendary status and the men; the Harbour Brothers, play their music and hold court like emperors.
Legend of the Lake Bodom
Act like Colonel Santeri Hallanheimo
event 2006 star_border 4.1
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The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of the Cold War. It is Pentecost morning in 1960. Three young people are found murdered on the shores of Lake Bodom.
Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
Act like Doctor
event 1990 star_border 4.8
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The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.
V2: Dead Angel
Act like Edwin Hopea
event 2007 star_border 5.6
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The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.
Raid
Act like Hallvik (12 ep.)
event 2000 star_border 6.6
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Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series.
The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-studio. Another policeman takes his own life at his summer home. A young woman, an executive with a powerful electronics concern, also commits suicide. Her embittered father suspects foul play and he invites Raid, the woman's former boyfriend to "make inquiries".
Meanwhile, the police are looking for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end.
The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction.
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