Acting

Risto Mäkelä

Born January 14, 1924 · Raahe, Finland

Died March 19, 1992 · aged 68

Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä (14 January 1924 Raahe - March 19, 1992 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. The most significant roles of Mäkelä's film career take place in the early 1960s. From 1945 Mäkelä starred in the theater. He became known for Pyynik's summer theater, where he starred in the 1940s, well before his film career began. There, in his mid-1960s, his bravery role was Colonel Karjula of the…

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Autotytöt

Autotytöt · 1960

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

Justus järjestää kaiken

Justus järjestää kaiken · 1960

Justus järjestää kaiken

MovieComedyRomance

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.

An Unknown Friend

An Unknown Friend · 1978

An Unknown Friend

The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.

Trust

MovieDramaHistory

In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.

Inspector Palmu's Error

Inspector Palmu's Error · 1960

Inspector Palmu's Error

MovieComedyCrime

A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.

Piilopirtti

Piilopirtti · 1978

Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.

Akseli and Elina

Akseli and Elina · 1970

Akseli and Elina

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.

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit · 1962

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

A triangular drama set in the world of theater.

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Autotytöt

Autotytöt · 1960

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

rekkakuski

Justus järjestää kaiken

Justus järjestää kaiken · 1960

Justus järjestää kaiken

MovieComedyRomance

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.

Goldklimp

An Unknown Friend

An Unknown Friend · 1978

An Unknown Friend

The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.

Unto Åkerblom

Trust

MovieDramaHistory

In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.

Strike speaker

Inspector Palmu's Error

Inspector Palmu's Error · 1960

Inspector Palmu's Error

MovieComedyCrime

A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.

Hagert

Piilopirtti

Piilopirtti · 1978

Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.

kirkkoherra

Akseli and Elina

Akseli and Elina · 1970

Akseli and Elina

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.

Lasse

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit · 1962

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

A triangular drama set in the world of theater.

Ahokas

Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin · 1971

Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in.

vankikarkuri Yrjö Granberg

Hän varasti elämän

Hän varasti elämän · 1962

Hän varasti elämän

MovieDramaCrime

A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.

Henrik Leino 'Kaarlo Mäenpää'

Lepakkolinna

Lepakkolinna · 1980

MovieComedyMusic

Set in 1860's Transylvania, a group of travelers ends to the Dracula's castle.

Sigismund Köllö, The Innkeeper

Turkasen tenava!

Turkasen tenava! · 1963

Turkasen tenava!

Architect Matti picks up Ritva and her young son while on a business trip. When the car runs out of gas, the travelers are forced to spend the night at a guesthouse, pretending to be a married couple. During the night, Ritva runs away, leaving the child in Matti's care. Matti tries to cope with looking after the child and keeps it a secret from his wife Maija.

Ville

Kissa ja Varjo

Kissa ja Varjo · 1993

Kissa is a former thief and Varjo is a police officer. One morning, a woman walks into the men's private detective agency, and they both fall in love with her. To avoid a fight, Varjo takes his boat and leaves. When the sunburnt man returns years later, the woman has been murdered and Kissa has disappeared.

Mies kasvitieteellisessä puutarhassa

Villin Pohjolan kulta

Villin Pohjolan kulta · 1963

Villin Pohjolan kulta

MovieWesternAdventure

A western set in the "Wild North". The Vornan brothers Joel, Tommi, and Kai are framed for the robbery of a gold-laden carriage and the murder of its drivers. Behind the accusations are Kristo, the saloon owner, and Markus, the bank manager, who wants to marry Karin, the daughter of Jäära, the richest man in the north.

"Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli

"Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli · 1962

"Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli

At Pösökylä's lodge, Taneli injures her leg in fur hunter Eemel's wolf irons, and Eemeli decides to take up the position of lodge lodge. During the leave of office, Eemeli gives lessons to the rich Petter who rules the village and arranges the engagement of his daughter Ilona to the blacksmith Ilmar. At the same time, the affairs of the coffee bar owner Bertta are also put in order and the prisoner escaper Luukas is caught.

Petteri Pösö

Gas, Inspector Palmu!

Gas, Inspector Palmu! · 1961

Gas, Inspector Palmu!

MovieComedyCrime

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?

Mustapää

Opettajatar seikkailee

Opettajatar seikkailee · 1960

Opettajatar seikkailee

An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.

Ville

Minkkiturkki

Minkkiturkki · 1961

A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

Oskari

Miljoonavaillinki

Miljoonavaillinki · 1961

Miljoonavaillinki

A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better.

Urpo, an alcoholic former priest, has been in prison for manslaughter. During this time, his partner Meeri has been forced to resort to prostitution. Ulla and Väiski, homeless alcoholics, bring Lauri, who has run away from a children's home, to Urpo and Meeri's care. Has the chance for a new life already been lost?

Väiski

The Scarlet Dove

The Scarlet Dove · 1961

The Scarlet Dove

MovieDramaThriller

Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.

Mankela

Älä nuolase…

Älä nuolase… · 1962

Älä nuolase…

Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the prize is actually worthless. Posing as American oil millionaires, the men get caught up in a web of deception.

Joonas

Pikku suorasuu

Pikku suorasuu · 1962

MovieDramaFamily

Iris Klewe is brought from her forest cottage by her bank-manager uncle Kaarlo Heinonen to attend school in Helsinki, where his wife and elder children resent the poor foster girl while only the youngest child and the cook show her kindness. Kaarlo’s financial troubles start to threaten Iris’s inheritance.

Taneli Puuska

Oksat pois…

Oksat pois… · 1961

MovieComedyCrime

Kalle leaves with his wife for their honeymoon in Airisto, but instead of a rental car, he mistakenly takes the getaway car stolen by robbers for a diamond heist.

Ville

Yhdeksän miehen saappaat

Yhdeksän miehen saappaat · 1969

Yhdeksän miehen saappaat

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

Sodan ja rauhan miehet · 1978

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

SeriesWar & Politics

Molotov

Harjunpää och kalla döden

Harjunpää och kalla döden · 1983

Harjunpää och kalla döden

The Liquor Salesman