Acting
Riko Eklundh
Born March 17, 1965 · Helsinki, Finland (age 61)
Riko Knut Henrik Eklundh, born March 17, 1965, in Helsinki, Finland, is a Finnish actor. He became a student at Lärkan High School in Helsinki in 1984 and studied at the Theater Academy in Helsinki from 1985 to 1989. He worked at Åbo Svenska Teater between 1989 and 1994 and made his breakthrough in the title role in "Amadeus". He then worked as a freelancer for ten years, mainly at the Swedish Th…
Known For
Farewell · 2009Farewell
★ 6.52009
MovieThrillerDrama
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
Beyond the Front Line · 2004Beyond the Front Line
★ 6.32004
MovieHistory
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.
1944 The Final Defence · 20071944 The Final Defence
★ 5.82007
MovieWarDrama
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.
Lapin kullan kimallus · 1999Lapin kullan kimallus
★ 6.51999
MovieDramaHistory
In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The friends find gold at the first excavation site, which Kittilä's crown prince Konrad Planting and Edvard Manninen also start looking for.
Hovimäki · 1999Hovimäki
★ 6.41999
SeriesDrama
The lives of the aristocratic Lindhof family and their servants from 1798 to 1907.
Finlands historia · 2020Finlands historia
2020
SeriesComedy
Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence. A new comedy series about the history of Finland.
Who really murdered Rasputin? How did the Crusades really begin? What does Santa have to do with the Estonian ferry? Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence and learn how everything might have happened because after all, history is written by those who won. The history of Finland is a comedy where the truth gets a real rice sauna. From Urdonners to drag queen tsars, you've never heard of Finland's history like this before.
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