Jouko Turkka
Biography: Jouko Veli Turkka was a Finnish writer, actor, drama-teacher, stage and film director and above all a controversialist.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 17, 1942
Deathday: July 22, 2016
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Known For
Turkan lapset
1994-06-15
Turkan lapset
Overview: As the principal of The University of the Arts Theater Academy, Jouko Turkka was a father, God, guru and much more. What happened after? What did Turkka himself think of his students ten years later?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-06-15
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Back to the USSR
1992-03-27
Back to the USSR
Overview: Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-03-27
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Läpi harmaan kiven
1989-04-23
Läpi harmaan kiven
Overview: "Through the gray stone, the bedrock." Follows the making of Jouko Turka's version of Aleksis Kivi's novel "Seven Brothers". The Finnish national poem. A very close look at the lives and drama education of the students at the Theater Academy in Helsinki. Trying, challenging and partly offensive exercises, mental pressure and Turkka's theatre ideology and method.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-04-23
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The Life of Aleksis Kivi
2002-01-18
The Life of Aleksis Kivi
Overview: Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, "Seven Brothers/Seitsemän veljestä". Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2002-01-18
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The Death of Federico
1967-05-25
The Death of Federico
Overview: Spanish poet Federico García Lorca is condemned to death by Captain Nestares after an absurd interrogation that serves to make it clear to the people that the Spanish Civil War is a war of ideas, and that there is no place for individuals like Lorca in Spain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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Starring: Jouko Turkka
1984-02-23
Starring: Jouko Turkka
Overview: The controversial Jouko Turkka, actor, writer, teacher and stage director. With his mostly devoted students at the Theatre Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Where he was appointed professor of stage production 1981-1984.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-02-23
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Raportti hurjasta joukosta
1989-06-14
Raportti hurjasta joukosta
Overview: Summary of VHS tapes filmed by Raimo Mikkola from the production of Jouko Turkka's TV series Seitsemän veljestä.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-06-14
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