
Birthday:
02-12-1907
Deathday:
05-13-1994 (87 years)
Birthplace:
Oripää, Finland
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Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
Writer
event1959 star_border 5
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An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring is eventually crushed.
Nuoruus vauhdissa
Writer
event1961 star_border 4
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Laila and Lasse are two teenagers dreaming about careers as singers. Lasse's brother Rami dreams about motorbike racing and dates a pretty blond Anjukka. Her father works in the hot new field of TV advertising, which might be a good route to stardom for Laila and Lasse. But then Anjukka sets her eyes on Lasse and Rami sets his on Laila, and many a popular hit melody is sung in between.
Kesäillan valssi
Writer
event1951
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A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.
Miljonäärimonni
Original Music Composer
event1953 star_border 3
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A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army.
Pikakäynnillä Helsingissä
Writer
event1947
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Documentary film about Helsinki.
Korvesta Korkeasaareen
Writer
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Documentary about Finnish zoo.
People in the Summer Night
Screenplay
event1948 star_border 6.3
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A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Nuori mylläri
Screenplay
event1958 star_border 4
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A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to moralistic criticism, even though he is in fact only in love with the tailor's daughter.
Niskavuoren naiset
Screenplay
event1958 star_border 4.8
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A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
Huhtikuu tulee
Original Music Composer
event1953 star_border 5
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Frustrated housewife Elisabet Avovirta has a spring romance with a younger man, journalist Jaakko Huhtikuu. Love sprinkles in the rays of the spring sun and eventually bubbles over the edges.
Siltalan pehtoori
Screenplay
event1953 star_border 4.7
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The new steward of Siltala ends up falling in love with the beautiful widow of the house. Their romance is endangered by misunderstandings and the fact that the estate of Siltala is swimming in debt. And the new steward isn't quite what he seems to be.
Minäkö isä!
Screenplay
event1954 star_border 3
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A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not reveal their previous meetings to their suspicious spouses.
Nummisuutarit
Screenplay
event1957 star_border 4.3
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Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with Esko's father. Esko takes Mikko as his travel companion and that's where Esko's ordeals begin.
Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952
Writer
event1954 star_border 5
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Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
Linnaisten vihreä kamari
Writer
event1945 star_border 7.6
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A nobleman in 1830's Finland has to contend with stuck-up relatives, his daughters' suitors, dark secrets from his family's past, mistaken identities and a haunted wing of his mansion.
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