Directing
Ere Kokkonen
Born July 7, 1938 · Savonlinna, Finland
Died October 16, 2008 · aged 70
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also an actor. Kokkonen's feature film debut was Millipilleri (1966), co-directed with Spede Pasanen and Jukka Virtanen. In later decades, when Turhapuro films w…
Known For
Millipilleri · 1966Millipilleri
★ 4.41966
MovieComedy
Tarmo, a failed student, tries to win over his uncle, Consul Ö, in the hope of receiving an advance on his inheritance. His stingy uncle threatens to donate his entire fortune to the Antiquities Preservation Society if Tarmo does not earn a million marks within a month. Tarmo's friend Hannu begins to motivate Tarmo to get rich by feeding him placebo "energy pills." The situation is complicated by a criminal gang getting involved in the inheritance hunt.
Uuno Turhapuro · 1973Uuno Turhapuro
★ 5.51973
MovieComedy
Uuno Turhapuro is a lazy man who abhors manual labor, but has the ability to talk himself out of any sticky situation, usually with his long-suffering wife. In this, his first feature film appearance, Uuno embarrasses his wife in public, tricks his best friend, accidentally goes on a diet, and becomes a famous violinist.
Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava · 1997Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
★ 4.81997
MovieComedy
New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy.
Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa · 1982Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
★ 4.81982
MovieComedy
Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods.
Jussi Pussi · 1970Jussi Pussi
★ 4.11970
MovieComedy
Jussi, a student admired by all women, is inadvertently selected to represent both left-wing and right-wing parties in the parliamentary elections. All Jussi cares about is the beautiful, blonde Irmeli.
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life · 2004Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
★ 4.52004
MovieComedy
Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.
Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro · 1975Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
★ 6.11975
MovieComedy
Uuno is unemployed and his friends try to arrange a job for him. With his imagination, though, and the help of Härski Hartikainen (Spede Pasanen), he somehow manages to avoid all work, until he becomes what he has always dreamt of being - a film star. Uuno's father-in-law has other plans for his occupation, though: since Uuno knows the Dandelion, he has potential for a professor of botany.
Pähkähullu Suomi · 1967Pähkähullu Suomi
★ 5.81967
MovieComedy
A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the film’s whole premise is about presenting Finland in hilarious fashion to foreigners and perhaps also making fun of some of the myths of Finnish culture for Finns themselves.
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