
Birthday:
12-09-1896
Deathday:
05-17-1963 (66 years)
Birthplace:
Helsinki, Finland
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SF-paraati
Act like (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5
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A love story between a taxi driver and a travel guide in the form of a musical.
The Women of Niskavuori
Act like Doctor
event1938 star_border 5.2
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Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher Ilona arrives in the village and causes complications when Aarne falls in love with her.
Poikani pääkonsuli
Act like Porter (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 4.5
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Perky student Inkeri 'Iiri' Paappanen and businessman Taavi Takkulainen fall in love during a boat trip, but a misunderstanding at a hotel in Stockholm causes their break-up. Returning to Finland, Inkeri applies to become a governess and gets a job at Taavi's parents' family. Consul General Albert, Taavi's brother intends to take advantage of Iiri in his political endeavors.
Aatamin puvussa – ja vähän Eevankin…
event1940 star_border 2
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The holiday of Pharmacist Himanen and Lieutenant Paavo Kehkonen turns into a nightmare when they pick up Station Chief Viirimäki, who is in a hurry to get to work. Their boat engine dies and runs into the rocks, leaving them stranded on an island with no clothes. Posing as a woman, Himanen gets to know the police chief's daughter Alli, but as a result of coincidences and misunderstandings, the two men end up in jail, each suspected in turn of being a fugitive Vikström.
Elinan surma
Act like Juhani Fincke
event1938
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Young and innocent maid Elina is persuaded into forgetting her childhood sweetheart Uolevi, and to marry Klaus Kurki, a local nobleman with money and influence. An ideal match according to her family and the greedy parish priest, but all is not as it seems: Kurki is a vicious man, tormented by the spirit of his last wife.
Ja alla oli tulinen järvi
Act like (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 4.7
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Set in Southern Finland between 1912 and 1936. Due to his father's drunkenness, high school student Jussi Raala has lost his inheritance, the manor house and the sawmill, to the gunman Lumia. Bitter and vengeful, Jussi decides to get the property back.
VMV 6
Act like J.K. Manner
event1936 star_border 4.3
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Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.
Suomisen perhe
Act like Man in Meeting (uncredited)
event1941
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The film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the family.
Nuorena nukkunut
Act like Amerikan Ville
event1937
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An adaptation of Frans Eemil Sillanpää's novel of the same title. Only a fragment of this film survives.
Helmikuun manifesti
Act like Plehme
event1939 star_border 5
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February Manifesto was Yrjö Norta's and Toivo Särkkä's Finnish movie from 1939. It is a Finnish historical drama about developing independency based on book of the writer Mika Waltari. Movie Starring Tauno Palo and Regina Linnanheimo. For it's anti-soviet thematics it was banned in Finland from 1944 to 1987.
Juurakon Hulda
Act like Thorman
event1937 star_border 6.1
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Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common sense, and starts taking evening classes. Keeping her studies secret from her employer for years, she eventually graduates from the university and becomes candidate in the parliamentary election, stressing women's and working people's rights. Romance with Judge Soratie finally ensues.
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