Acting

Tapio Rautavaara

Born March 8, 1915 · Pirkkala, Finland

Died September 25, 1979 · aged 64

Kaj Tapio Rautavaara (March 8, 1915 – September 25, 1979) was a Finnish athlete, singer (bass-baritone) and film actor. Rautavaara became one of the most beloved singers in Finland. Some of his famous songs include Isoisän olkihattu (Grandfather’s Straw Hat), Reppu ja reissumies (The Backpack and the Traveler), Korttipakka (The Deck of Cards), Lapin jenkka (The Lappland Schottische), Juokse sinä …

Known For

Anna

A doctor, her daughter, and her young housekeeper spend their summer on a remote island.

Kultamitalivaimo

Kultamitalivaimo · 1947

Kultamitalivaimo

Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.

X-Paroni

X-Paroni · 1964

Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both characters conveniently amnesiac, they start living each other's lives and dating each other's girlfriends, succeeding in their new roles better than in their original ones. Level-headed Kalle soon spots the bad guys who are after the Baron's money, and the Baron brings innovative ideas to the countryside.

Suuri sävelparaati

Suuri sävelparaati · 1959

Suuri sävelparaati

MovieComedyMusic

The film follows a dress rehearsal of a charity concert.

Tähtisumua

Tähtisumua · 1961

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Veteraanin voitto

Veteraanin voitto · 1955

Veteraanin voitto

Timo learns about his grandfather Santeri's background in the workers' sports movement. Inspired by this, he begins to encourage his alcoholic father to practice his own sport, javelin throwing.

Kummituskievari

Kummituskievari · 1954

Kummituskievari

Log driver brothers and crooks compete in trying to find loot of an old bank robbery in a supposedly haunted inn.

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! · 1960

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!

Eemeli leaves the countryside for Helsinki to obtain tax money for the bailiff who is pursuing him. In the capital, he becomes the assistant driver of Andersson, a cab driver. One night while driving, Eemeli meets Vesa and his little sister Jaana, whom Andersson and his granddaughter Katriina take into their family as foster children.

Filmography

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Anna

A doctor, her daughter, and her young housekeeper spend their summer on a remote island.

Kultamitalivaimo

Kultamitalivaimo · 1947

Kultamitalivaimo

Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.

Ville Suvinen

X-Paroni

X-Paroni · 1964

Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both characters conveniently amnesiac, they start living each other's lives and dating each other's girlfriends, succeeding in their new roles better than in their original ones. Level-headed Kalle soon spots the bad guys who are after the Baron's money, and the Baron brings innovative ideas to the countryside.

Tapio Rautavaara

Suuri sävelparaati

Suuri sävelparaati · 1959

Suuri sävelparaati

MovieComedyMusic

The film follows a dress rehearsal of a charity concert.

Tähtisumua

Tähtisumua · 1961

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Veteraanin voitto

Veteraanin voitto · 1955

Veteraanin voitto

Timo learns about his grandfather Santeri's background in the workers' sports movement. Inspired by this, he begins to encourage his alcoholic father to practice his own sport, javelin throwing.

Antti Ahde

Kummituskievari

Kummituskievari · 1954

Kummituskievari

Log driver brothers and crooks compete in trying to find loot of an old bank robbery in a supposedly haunted inn.

Heikki Koivulahti

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! · 1960

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!

Eemeli leaves the countryside for Helsinki to obtain tax money for the bailiff who is pursuing him. In the capital, he becomes the assistant driver of Andersson, a cab driver. One night while driving, Eemeli meets Vesa and his little sister Jaana, whom Andersson and his granddaughter Katriina take into their family as foster children.

Strömperi

Kaunis Kaarina

Kaunis Kaarina · 1955

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.

Antti Juhonpoika

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso · 1963

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso

The Vorna brothers search for a hidden valley and its treasures.

Tapio

2 hauskaa vekkulia

2 hauskaa vekkulia · 1953

2 hauskaa vekkulia

MovieComedyMusic

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.

Ville

Villi Pohjola

Villi Pohjola · 1955

MovieWesternAdventure

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.

Tundra-Tauno

Me tulemme taas

Me tulemme taas · 1953

Me tulemme taas

MovieComedyRomance

The film tells the story of the romance between the timber rafters and widow Kaisa, her daughter Satu and Katri from Karkela. Problems are caused by the men in the village, especially the Master of Karkela, who has his own plans for widow's land.

Olli

Rion yö

Rion yö · 1951

MovieComedyMusic

Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang.

Tapsa

Sinut minä tahdon

Sinut minä tahdon · 1949

Sinut minä tahdon

MovieComedyRomance

Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is prepared to do anything to win his affection. At her friend's suggestion, Katri leaves the city to make Erkki miss her and finds her life's mission in the countryside in Kari Tuulos, a scientist who lost his sight in an explosion.

Kari Tuulos

Aila – Pohjolan tytär

Aila – Pohjolan tytär · 1951

Aila – Pohjolan tytär

MovieDramaRomance

A tragedy told by an American visiting Lapland about Aila, daughter of a reindeer herder, who falls in love with Reino, a reindeer thief.

Reino

Salakuljettajan laulu

Salakuljettajan laulu · 1952

Salakuljettajan laulu

MovieComedyCrime

Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.

Tapio

Synnin jäljet

Synnin jäljet · 1946

Tuula, Mirri and Aino are roommates at a nurse college. At her hospital internship, Aino works with Dr. Eero who has had an affair with Viivi, the director of the nurses' dormitory. At the same time, Tuula is starting to get closer to Mirri's fiancé Ragnar who has begun to doubt Mirri's love and loyalty.

Ragnar Ekholm

Pekka Puupää

Pekka Puupää · 1953

Pete and Runt set up a kindergarten at their home, and unknowingly end up taking care of a kidnapped baby.

Erkki Saarikivi

Kahden ladun poikki

Kahden ladun poikki · 1958

Kahden ladun poikki

Young Anna marries Tuomas, an old widower. Tuomas reluctantly sells his forest to the boss of Ruukki and is forced to take in a group of loggers, among whom the handsome womanizer Humu begins to seduce the young mistress of the house.

Tukkilais-Humu

Vain sinulle

Vain sinulle · 1945

Elina, the daughter of a small farmer, would like to attend a folk high school, but her father Nestor opposes the idea. Elina suffers a severe skull fracture in an accident and is sent to Helsinki to be treated by specialist Matt. The patient recovers and begins her studies. She falls in love with forest ranger Lauri, who leaves for Canada for two years. Elina becomes ill with heartbreak and the rejection of her novel.

Lauri Kulovaara

Kuudes käsky

Kuudes käsky · 1947

Sinikka, the young mistress of the Lenteelä house, gets into a relationship with her neighbor Antti while her husband Jukka is away at the front. The couple becomes the subject of gossip throughout the village, and Sinikka, feeling guilty, seeks reconciliation from her husband and the community. Her mother-in-law, who is hostile towards her daughter-in-law, also wants reconciliation.

Antti