Elsa Turakainen

Acting

Elsa Turakainen

Born August 8, 1904 · Helsinki, Finland

Died February 7, 1992 · aged 87

No biography available.

Known For

OpriOpri · 1954
Opri
★ 10.01954
MovieDramaComedy
Opri is an evacuee from Karelia and is forced to move into a nursing home when his cottage is demolished. He immediately begins to take care of other elderly residents and nursing home staff, as well as their romantic concerns, as soon as he steps into his new home.
The WitchThe Witch · 1952
The Witch
★ 6.21952
MovieHorrorFantasy
An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...
Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinäPekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä · 1958
Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä
★ 5.31958
MovieComedy
Trade counselor Lillukka leaves his entire fortune to Pekka Puupää, who, thanks to cartoons and films, has become closer to him than his immediate family, who are pursuing their own interests. Pekka starts running a toy factory and hires a freckle-faced bowling boy as the company's errand boy. Widowed trade counselor Gunilla Lillukka tries to get married to Pätkä, who has been promoted to assistant director.
Niskavuoren AarneNiskavuoren Aarne · 1954
Niskavuoren Aarne
★ 6.41954
MovieDrama
Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.
Here, Beneath the North StarHere, Beneath the North Star · 1968
Here, 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.
SylviSylvi · 1944
Sylvi
★ 9.01944
MovieDrama
18-year-old orphan Sylvi is unable to refuse the marriage proposal made by her guardian, Aksel. The young wife is unhappy with her elderly husband and loves her childhood friend Viktoria instead. Sylvi sinks into despair when Aksel refuses to grant her a divorce.
Onni etsii asuntoaOnni etsii asuntoa · 1955
Onni etsii asuntoa
★ 7.01955
MovieComedy
Due to the post-war housing shortage, Pirkko, who has nowhere to sleep, is given accommodation at the full-service guesthouse run by landlady Töttermanska. There she meets the other residents: student Eskoo, foreman Heikki, antique dealer Theodor, and businessman Roope, whose acquaintance with the beautiful Dolly draws the whole group into criminal activities.
KultamitalivaimoKultamitalivaimo · 1947
Kultamitalivaimo
★ 6.01947
MovieComedy
Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.

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