Elina Knihtilä

Acting

Elina Knihtilä

Born June 6, 1971 · Valkeala, Finland (age 55)

Mari Elina Knihtilä (born June 6, 1971) is a Finnish actress. Knihtilä has worked for several Finnish theatres, such as the Finnish National Theatre and Q-teatteri, while also having appeared in films and on television. She has received two Jussi Awards; one for a supporting role in the 2008 Heikki Kujanpää film Putoavia enkeleitä and another for a leading role in the 2011 Zaida Bergroth film Hyv…

Known For

Niko and the Way to the StarsNiko and the Way to the Stars · 2008
Niko and the Way to the Stars
5.82008
MovieAnimationFamily
A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel.
The Other Side of HopeThe Other Side of Hope · 2017
The Other Side of Hope
7.02017
MovieComedyDrama
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big TroubleNiko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble · 2012
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
5.92012
MovieAnimationFamily
Set right before Christmas, young reindeer Niko must deal with his mother's remarriage and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother.
RapturesRaptures · 2025
Raptures
5.52025
MovieDramaHistory
Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of 1930s Sweden. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult.
How to ShoutHow to Shout · 2025
How to Shout
5.52025
MovieDrama
Anu sees Heloisa regularly in her practice, who, whenever falls in love, begins to suffer from cruel and tormenting obsessions towards her beloved. Heloisa's twisted psyche fascinates Anu in ways she does not fully understand - professionally and personally. But one day, Heloisa abruptly stops therapy. A midsummer party with a couple of friends is interrupted when Anu's son Antti arrives with his new girlfriend - who is Heloisa. Anu is forced to confront her own limitations and the painful memories of Heloisa's therapy relationship, which reveal an obsessive bond between them that threatens to destroy everything.
Doctor JohanssonDoctor Johansson · 2021
Doctor Johansson
2021
MovieComedy
A nurse, tired of her job, does not notice that a doctor leaves for his break. This gives a patient from the psychiatric unit next door a chance to sneak into the empty office. When it is time to call in the next patient, the patient now disguised as a doctor, realises she is in a tough spot but decides to meet with the patient anyway.
The Good SonThe Good Son · 2011
The Good Son
4.62011
MovieDrama
When his mother takes a shine to a man at a party, a young man begins to lose his grip on reality.
The BouncerThe Bouncer · 2020
The Bouncer
7.02020
MovieComedy
A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims.

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Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing HolesSnot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes · 2024
Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes
6.62024
MovieFamilyAdventure
Snot and Splash travel to their grandmother's house in the small town of Mouthwash for a winter holiday. Once there, they discover that everything is a little off in what used to be a very ordinary town. The strangest thing is that holes are disappearing from the town. Snot and Splash set out to investigate and manage to get on the trail of a local dentist, Migrén Junior. However, the investigation is in danger of failing when messy Snot and diligent Splash get into an argument with each other. How can Mouthwash be restored and the holes put back in place if the boys can't work together? The only way to restore the world is for the brothers to work together.

Pormestari Haloonen

The MatriarchThe Matriarch · 2007
The Matriarch
6.42007
MovieComedyDrama
Martta and Otto are a pair of traveling tailors who claim to be bastard descendants of the Romanovs and wander from town to town in Finland seeking work, accompanied by their two half-witted adult sons, Hippo, Repe and equally silly son-in-law Ventti. The family occasionally turns to crime when they can't quite make ends meet, and the boys begin turning to violence with greater frequency when Otto weakens and Martta becomes the head of the family business. Their fortunes take an unexpected turn when the brothers assault and abduct a man they call Kaspar, who becomes the family's sidekick in their travels. Despite Kaspar's inability to speak, he attracts Martha's youngest daughter, an attractive young woman named Lara, but the family is in disarray when a long-lost half-brother, Laszlo, suddenly re-emerges and tries to wrest control of the clan away from his mother.

Roosa