Acting
Kosti Klemelä
Born February 29, 1920 · Metsämaa, Finland
Died November 26, 2006 · aged 86
No biography available.
Known For
The Year of the Hare · 1977The Year of the Hare
★ 7.31977
MovieComedyDrama
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
Trust · 1976Trust
★ 3.81976
MovieDramaHistory
In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.
Sujut · 1974Sujut
★ 4.01974
MovieTV Movie
The Finnish army retreats during the war summer of 1944. Corporal Lauri Ojala is left on the wrong side of the Vuoksi River. He decides to break ranks with the army and goes home. Two months later, Ojala is forced to dig his own grave.
Akseli and Elina · 1970Akseli and Elina
★ 6.61970
MovieDrama
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
Kaunis Kaarina · 1955Kaunis Kaarina
★ 6.71955
MovieDramaRomance
Kaarina, an orphan girl raised by Taneli, the innkeeper, notices that her friendship with her childhood friend Antti is turning into romance. Henrik, the patron, also has his eye on Kaarina.
The Unknown Soldier · 1955The Unknown Soldier
★ 7.21955
MovieDramaWar
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
Here, Beneath the North Star · 1968Here, Beneath the North Star
★ 6.81968
MovieHistoryDrama
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.
Pitkäjärveläiset · 1951Pitkäjärveläiset
★ 8.01951
MovieComedyRomance
1765. Regina Tuomaantytär is engaged to Juha. However, she is also courted by Martti Heikkilä, soldier Matti Modig and Kalle Brockman. Regina's two sisters and Sikala's maid Maria have fallen in love with Martti again.
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