Elmer Bäck
Biography: Elmer Bäck (born October 18, 1981) is a Finnish actor who is best known for starring in the 2015 Peter Greenaway film Eisenstein in Guanajuato. He has been in theatrical productions, in movies and on television in Finland, and is part of the theatre group Nya Rampen, based in Berlin, Germany. Bäck is a Swedish-speaking Finn. He married Brenda, a Mexican costume designer, in 2017. They had met during the production of Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 18, 1981
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Where Once We Walked
2011-10-28
Where Once We Walked
Overview: The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-10-28
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Prelude
2023-11-11
Prelude
Overview: Helena is spending an evening with her family when someone knocks on the door. Unknown man confronts Helena with accusations towards her perfect family. Helena drives the man and the accusations away. But the seed of doubt has been planted.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2023-11-11
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015-02-11
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Overview: In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-11
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Eisenstein in Hollywood
Eisenstein in Hollywood
Overview: From Moscow to Mexico City, Eisenstein was privileged enough to met the cultural heroes of the era and embrace them as compatriots, with a handshake. Such was his reputation as the wunderkind of the new art of cinema, everybody wanted to meet him; there were writers, painters, critics, theorists and philosophers, as well as composers, architects, and artists from all branches of the cultural life that was shaping minds and civilizations. Our project would follow Eisenstein's journey and note the significant characters he encountered on his travels, with a focus on Switzerland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Mandatory Swedish
2017-01-01
Mandatory Swedish
Overview: A story about a relationship with problems. She is upset at how Swedish speaking Finns are treated in their home country. He is seriously constipated. Will the relationship survive when her idealism clashes with his biological needs?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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The Last Ones
2020-11-13
The Last Ones
Overview: Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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En kväll på krogen
2011-04-20
En kväll på krogen
Overview: A story about an evening in a restaurant. Six tables, seven stories, a tragicomedy about the fantasies and realities of love.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-04-20
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Sihja - The Rebel Fairy
2021-05-28
Sihja - The Rebel Fairy
Overview: Sihja is a young, charming and a little outrageous fairy who leaves her home in the forest. On arrival in the city, she meets a sensitive new friend, a lonely human boy Alfred. Sihja loves the newly found organized urban shapes and orderly habits that the city people have. One day dead birds appear on the city streets. Alfred and Sihja must find out what is threatening the nature.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-05-28
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The Explosion of a Swimming Ring
2020-01-02
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring
Overview: The dissolution of a family in 10 minutes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2020-01-02
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Power of Love
2023-10-20
Power of Love
Overview: Saara and Robert are living a love that is free from traditional conventions and role models. They set off to an extensive summer holiday on a lonely island in the Finnish archipelago where the tension between them escalates and becomes a fight for survival.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2023-10-20
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100 Liters of Gold
2025-03-28
100 Liters of Gold
Overview: Middle-aged sisters Taina and Pirkko are famous for their Finnish farmhouse ale called “sahti”. The third sister, Päivi, is getting married, and she asks her sisters if they can make 100 liters of sahti for the wedding. Unfortunately, it’s too good not to drink it. The sisters wake up in a horrible hangover and realize they have drunk it all. They have 24 hours to find 100 liters of good sahti, or they will lose all the respect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2025-03-28
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