Writing

Kari Uusitalo

Born July 14, 1933 · Pyhäjärvi, Finland (age 93)

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Known For

Laukaus KyproksessaLaukaus Kyproksessa · 1965
Laukaus Kyproksessa
5.71965
MovieDramaRomance
Onni Lintula, a journalist interested in ancient sights and a glacier has joined the Cypriot peacekeeping force. On the beach he falls in love with the local beauty Stalo. Despite the turbulent situation, strict moral rules and the obstruction of Stalo’s brother, Onni and Stalo find each other.
Kaunis KaarinaKaunis Kaarina · 1955
Kaunis Kaarina
6.71955
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.
The Unknown SoldierThe Unknown Soldier · 1955
The Unknown Soldier
7.21955
MovieDramaWar
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.
The Doll MerchantThe Doll Merchant · 1955
The Doll Merchant
6.21955
MovieFantasyDrama
A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.
Make Like a ThiefMake Like a Thief · 1964
Make Like a Thief
4.01964
MovieCrimeThriller
Arrested for a murder he didn't commit, American adventurer Bart Lanigan is about to be deported from Finland on a freighter. In the Helsinki harbor, he himself becomes a target for a hit man but manages to escape back to land. Lanigan contacts Arvo Mäki, a womanizing local con man recommended to him as a man he could trust. Lanigan is in Finland to catch an American millionaire businessman, Leonard Weston alias Lawrence Walker, who has fled the USA with the company's monies and begun investing them in Finland. Looking for the mysterious L.W. character while trying to get rid of various hit men, Lanigan and Mäki travel around picturesque southern Finland, joined by a pretty night club singer Marja Salo who won't leave Lanigan alone and insists on marrying him.
Mannerheim - Suomen marsalkkaMannerheim - Suomen marsalkka · 1968
Mannerheim - Suomen marsalkka
7.01968
MovieDocumentary
The story of the life of Finnish Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim through documentary clips and photographs.
JuhaJuha · 1956
Juha
3.01956
MovieDrama
Juha lives together with younger woman Marja. Juha loves her, but Marja seems to belong to somewhere else. Things get complicated when casanova Shemeikka arrives from strange lands and takes Marja away with him.
Risti ja liekkiRisti ja liekki · 1957
Risti ja liekki
4.21957
MovieDramaHistory
Set in early 16th century Finland, a knight Olavi Gideoninpoika meets Mirjam Raakelintytär and falls in love. Mirjami hides in a monastery disguised as a choir boy, but is revealed by a monk Rasmus, who also desires her, and is put on trial.

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Make Like a ThiefMake Like a Thief · 1964
Make Like a Thief
4.01964
MovieCrimeThriller
Arrested for a murder he didn't commit, American adventurer Bart Lanigan is about to be deported from Finland on a freighter. In the Helsinki harbor, he himself becomes a target for a hit man but manages to escape back to land. Lanigan contacts Arvo Mäki, a womanizing local con man recommended to him as a man he could trust. Lanigan is in Finland to catch an American millionaire businessman, Leonard Weston alias Lawrence Walker, who has fled the USA with the company's monies and begun investing them in Finland. Looking for the mysterious L.W. character while trying to get rid of various hit men, Lanigan and Mäki travel around picturesque southern Finland, joined by a pretty night club singer Marja Salo who won't leave Lanigan alone and insists on marrying him.

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