Directing

Aarne Tarkas

Born December 19, 1923

Died October 7, 1976 · aged 52

Aarne Tarkas (until 1947 Saastamoinen, 19 December 1923 – 7 October 1976) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tarkas started his career as a screenwriter for Matti Kassila film Radio tekee murron (1951) for which they shared a Jussi Award. In 1952, he founded a production company Junior-Filmi, which produced internationally recognized Erik Blomberg film Valkoinen peura. …

Known For

The White Reindeer

The White Reindeer · 1952

The White Reindeer

MovieFantasyHorror

A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results.

Rintamalotta

Rintamalotta · 1956

Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.

Tähtisumua

Tähtisumua · 1961

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso · 1963

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso

The Vorna brothers search for a hidden valley and its treasures.

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.

Radio tekee murron

Radio tekee murron · 1951

Radio tekee murron

MovieComedyThriller

Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.

Kovanaama

Kovanaama · 1954

MovieComedyCrime

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.

Nina ja Erik

Nina ja Erik · 1960

Nina, Erik, and Heikki are charged in court and receive prison sentences, with the girl receiving a suspended sentence. Erik's father Tauno returns home and finds Nina waiting for him. The girl recounts the events that led to the situation, which are presented in flashback.

Filmography

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The White Reindeer

The White Reindeer · 1952

The White Reindeer

MovieFantasyHorror

A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results.

Producer

Rintamalotta

Rintamalotta · 1956

Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.

Screenplay

Tähtisumua

Tähtisumua · 1961

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Writer

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso · 1963

Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso

The Vorna brothers search for a hidden valley and its treasures.

Director

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.

Writer

Radio tekee murron

Radio tekee murron · 1951

Radio tekee murron

MovieComedyThriller

Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.

Writer

Kovanaama

Kovanaama · 1954

MovieComedyCrime

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.

Director

Nina ja Erik

Nina ja Erik · 1960

Nina, Erik, and Heikki are charged in court and receive prison sentences, with the girl receiving a suspended sentence. Erik's father Tauno returns home and finds Nina waiting for him. The girl recounts the events that led to the situation, which are presented in flashback.

Writer

Olemme kaikki syyllisiä

Olemme kaikki syyllisiä · 1954

Olemme kaikki syyllisiä

MovieDramaCrime

A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.

Screenplay

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin · 1956

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.

Director

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina · 1959

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina

Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a painting is created that wins first prize at a contemporary art exhibition. In the meantime, the men, along with their assistant Miss Kaihokielo, have been charged with art theft. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, the Puupääs use the art prize money to convert the house's bomb shelter into a children's clubroom.

(uncredited)

Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen

Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen · 1959

Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen

MovieComedyThriller

Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printing plates are desperately searched by the gang and our heroes try to hide from them by travelling to Mallorca, where some of the local hoods try to kill them and retake the missing plates.

Writer

Olin nahjuksen vaimo

Olin nahjuksen vaimo · 1961

Olin nahjuksen vaimo

While living separated, Mr. Kaski finds out that her wife has written a book about their marriage. And the book is not very flattering in tone towards Mr. Kaski and his abilities as a man.

Writer

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä · 1960

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

Director

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut · 1960

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

The unlucky layabout Isarkar Keturi brings a criminal gang to heel with the help of his assistant Mikael. He frees Irma, the daughter of mining magnate Tömstet, from captivity and a forced marriage to Kurt. Irma achieves her dream of becoming a pop star, with Isaskar's help.

Writer

Kankkulan kaivolla

Kankkulan kaivolla · 1960

Kankkulan kaivolla

A radio reporter from Helsinki arrives in the village of Kankkula just before Midsummer to conduct interviews. The old sheriff demands that his nephew Lauri, who serves as the village policeman, continue the generations-old tradition of arresting the old master of Tippavaara, whom the sheriff believes to be brewing moonshine. However, Lauri is in love with the old man's niece Leena, and the couple's plans to get engaged conflict with Lauri's duties.

Director

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit · 1962

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

A triangular drama set in the world of theater.

Production Design

Sotapojan heilat

Sotapojan heilat · 1958

Sotapojan heilat

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

Writer

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.

Production Design

Herra sotaministeri

Herra sotaministeri · 1957

Herra sotaministeri

Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to a court martial, and he resigns from his ministerial post to start a new life with his neighbor Leena.

Writer

Taas tyttö kadoksissa!

Taas tyttö kadoksissa! · 1957

Taas tyttö kadoksissa!

MovieComedyCrime

Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.

Writer

Villi Pohjola

Villi Pohjola · 1955

MovieWesternAdventure

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.

Writer

Kuningas kulkureitten

Kuningas kulkureitten · 1953

Kuningas kulkureitten

The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karin. Chased by the Cossacks Martin escapes and joins the old wanderer. On the way Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women.

Writer

Kulkurin masurkka

Kulkurin masurkka · 1958

Kulkurin masurkka

A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.

Writer