Acting

Eino Kaipainen

Born December 2, 1899 · Jäppilä, Finland

Died January 31, 1995 · aged 95

Eino Herman Kaipainen (December 2, 1899, Jäppilä, Southern Savo - January 31, 1995 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. Kaipainen was originally a police commissioner in Kotka. He was one of the best-known film actors in Finnish films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Kaipainen was an actor at the Finnish National Theater in 1937–1944 and an actor at the Helsinki City Theater in 1945–1965. From Wikipedia, …

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Niskavuoren Heta

Niskavuoren Heta · 1952

Niskavuoren Heta

Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assisted by their loyal maid Siipirikko.

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.

Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen

Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen · 1953

Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen

Schoolboy Klaus is convicted of theft and sent to prison. At his release Klaus feels that his life has changed a lot. Despite all his hardship and difficulties he keeps up his studies under the supervision of the grim Master Kahari.

The Doll Merchant

The Doll Merchant · 1955

The Doll Merchant

MovieFantasyDrama

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

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.

Rakkaus kahleissa

Rakkaus kahleissa · 1955

Rakkaus kahleissa

MovieDramaCrime

A lock factory worker Pertti would like to marry his girlfriend Verna, but fears they don't have enough money. His brother Martti is a member of a youth gang that is planning a robbery with three other young men. When the boys have to flee at the time of the robbery, Pertti who secretly shadowed them sees an opportunity to solve his money problem.

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

Pikajuna pohjoiseen · 1947

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

MovieCrimeDrama

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.

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.

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Niskavuoren Heta

Niskavuoren Heta · 1952

Niskavuoren Heta

Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assisted by their loyal maid Siipirikko.

vallesmanni

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.

Presiding judge

Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen

Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen · 1953

Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen

Schoolboy Klaus is convicted of theft and sent to prison. At his release Klaus feels that his life has changed a lot. Despite all his hardship and difficulties he keeps up his studies under the supervision of the grim Master Kahari.

The Doll Merchant

The Doll Merchant · 1955

The Doll Merchant

MovieFantasyDrama

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

(uncredited)

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.

Korpela

Rakkaus kahleissa

Rakkaus kahleissa · 1955

Rakkaus kahleissa

MovieDramaCrime

A lock factory worker Pertti would like to marry his girlfriend Verna, but fears they don't have enough money. His brother Martti is a member of a youth gang that is planning a robbery with three other young men. When the boys have to flee at the time of the robbery, Pertti who secretly shadowed them sees an opportunity to solve his money problem.

Haapa

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

Pikajuna pohjoiseen · 1947

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

MovieCrimeDrama

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.

Kaarlo Kyrö

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.

Ripatti

Houkutuslintu

Houkutuslintu · 1946

Marja is a prostitute who has to run away, when her pimp Jussi robs and kills one of her costumers. She finds a hiding place in a mansion on the country side. Marja falls in love with the master of the mansion, but Jussi finds out Marjas whereabouts and comes to meet her.

Antti Kaukonen

Vieras mies tuli taloon

Vieras mies tuli taloon · 1938

Vieras mies tuli taloon

Astrid, the mistress of Metsäkulma, hires a job seeker named Aaltonen as a farm manager when her mentally ill husband Alfred is unable to work. Old Hermanni helps Astrid and Aaltonen as best he can, but jealous Alfred begins to persecute them.

Jonni Aaltonen

Pinsiön parooni

Pinsiön parooni · 1962

Pinsiön parooni

MovieDramaComedy

The municipal council of Pinsiö tries to get Taavetti, the 'baron of Pinsiö', to move into a retirement home. However, the baron refuses and flees to Tampere to stay with his nephew Heikki and his wife Liisa. Heikki and his family dream of building their own house, but obtaining a mortgage loan is difficult. Their financial worries deepen when Heikki, as a union representative, has to deal with a strike at his workplace and illegal work practices.

Heikki Nurmi

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi · 1943

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

MovieRomanceHistory

Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews. The two fall in love and decide to escape to Italy via Denmark where they have planned to get married. There are always complications because Mauritz's grandmother doesn't want him to marry below him - she has decided that Mauritz is to marry the Swedish beauty, Ingeborg Liliecrona.

Elias Jahnukainen

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier · 1955

The Unknown Soldier

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.

Lieutenant Colonel

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta · 1950

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta

MovieComedyMusic

Tar Steam Princess Armada travels along Lake Saimaa to St. Petersburg and back during the years of Russian rule over Finland. The ship's crew gets tired of their sophisticated coffee maker and replaces her with Roma girl Veera, who has escaped from an arranged marriage. On the way back, mysterious passengers appear on the ship.

Karkuri

Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?

Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli? · 1952

Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?

St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private detective Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää has died or is still alive. The strange events are followed from the perspective of different characters.

(uncredited)

Ruskan jälkeen

Ruskan jälkeen · 1979

Ruskan jälkeen

It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.

Municipal councilor

Isän vanha ja uusi

Isän vanha ja uusi · 1955

Isän vanha ja uusi

MovieComedyRomance

An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.

Pekka Juhankoski

Näkemiin Helena

Näkemiin Helena · 1955

Näkemiin Helena

MovieDramaRomance

A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.

Jari Junkkeri

Prinsessa Ruusunen

Prinsessa Ruusunen · 1949

Prinsessa Ruusunen

MovieFantasyFamily

Princess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince.

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Naiskohtaloita

Naiskohtaloita · 1947

In mid-19th century Finland, Klaus von Rapp marries young Anette Erling. The marriage is full of happiness until Klaus’s deception is exposed and changes everything with catastrophic consequences.

Stenhoff

As Dream and Shadow…

As Dream and Shadow… · 1937

As Dream and Shadow…

MovieDramaRomance

In 1930s Ostrobothnia, the Ylitalo siblings enjoy a summer filled with love. Eliina, who is disabled but full of joie de vivre, falls for university student Yrjö, while the divine Johanna's heart beats for her childhood friend Akseli.

Akseli

Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri

Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri · 1950

Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri

Train driver Ilmari Perttula falls in love with Inkeri, the young wife of his elderly friend, railway guard Iikka Junkkari. Meanwhile, Martta, the daughter of a colleague, pursues Ilmari. Over time, Iikka becomes aware of the relationship between Inkeri and Ilmari.

likka Junkkari

Perheen musta lammas

Perheen musta lammas · 1941

Perheen musta lammas

Raili moves away from her mean aunts. The young woman enjoys her independent life, but debt, a deceitful boyfriend, and getting fired from her office job get her into trouble. However, Raili's uncle Salomoni and his wife Salli support their relative. Olli, a lawyer, also wants to help Raili, who has fallen victim to blackmail.

Olli Paaso

Vaivaisukon morsian

Vaivaisukon morsian · 1944

Vaivaisukon morsian

MovieDramaHistory

Elias, who is preparing for his wedding, dances drunk with a beggar in front of the church and dies of a heart attack. His fiancée Anna is devastated by grief and on the verge of suicide. In his despair, he experiences a religious awakening, which is supported by Antti, who is in love with Anna, and some of the villagers. The pastor sees the revivalist movement as a threat to himself, the church, and public order.

Antti