Irma Seikkula

Acting

Irma Seikkula

Born May 14, 1914 · Helsinki, Finland

Died July 8, 2001 · aged 87

Irma Seikkula (May 14, 1914 – July 8, 2001) was a Finnish film, theatre and television actress whose career lasted for 60 years. She was one of the leading actresses during the early years of the golden age of Finnish cinema (late 1930s – early 1940s). She usually played serious parts, and the main characteristics of her characters were sensitivity and authenticity. Her most famous role was the ti…

Known For

VaraventtiiliVaraventtiili · 1942
Varaventtiili
8.01942
MovieComedyRomance
Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women when the eligible bachelor, doctor Eino Korpinen, takes a liking to her.
A Worker's DiaryA Worker's Diary · 1967
A Worker's Diary
5.81967
MovieDrama
Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements.
Kuriton sukupolviKuriton sukupolvi · 1957
Kuriton sukupolvi
7.21957
MovieComedy
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Aika hyvä ihmiseksiAika hyvä ihmiseksi · 1977
Aika hyvä ihmiseksi
5.31977
MovieDramaComedy
The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli.
Rikas tyttöRikas tyttö · 1939
Rikas tyttö
5.31939
MovieComedyRomance
A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker.
KeinumorsianKeinumorsian · 1943
Keinumorsian
9.01943
MovieDrama
Jarvala's daughter Aliina and the miller Jalmari Hurttia are in love with each other. Jarvala's father does not approve of the miller as a son-in-law, because he wants his daughter to marry into wealth. The wealthy widower Elias Horha proposes to Aliina, who eventually agrees to marry the old man.
Johanneksen leipäpuuJohanneksen leipäpuu · 1994
Johanneksen leipäpuu
5.41994
MovieDramaComedy
Manical portrait of a small businessman.
RivilottaRivilotta · 1943
Rivilotta
8.01943
MovieDocumentary
The war documentary Rivilotta (1943), directed by Turo Karto, was filmed in the winter of 1941-42. The film, produced by the Finnish Defence Forces, presents the goals of the Lotta Svärd organization and the different aspects of the Lotta Svärd's work.

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