Esko Nikkari
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Esko Nikkari (23 November 1938 Lapua, Finland – 17 December 2006 in Seinäjoki, Finland) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He debuted in 1974 in the movie Karvat. Nikkari was a workhorse of the Kaurismäki brothers, with whom he first worked on Rikos ja rangaistus in 1983. His last role with Aki Kaurismäki was in Man without a Past in 2002. He starred in the 1994 film Aapo opposite actors such as Taisto Reimaluoto, Ulla Koivuranta and Kai Lehtinen. More recently, he has appeared in a number of Timo Koivusalo films such as Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa (2005), which is the last full-length movie he appeared in. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esko Nikkari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 23, 1938
Deathday: December 17, 2006
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Known For
Shadows in Paradise
1986-10-17
Shadows in Paradise
Overview: Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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The Match Factory Girl
1990-01-12
The Match Factory Girl
Overview: Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-01-12
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The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984-11-30
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
Overview: Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-11-30
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Hamlet Goes Business
1987-08-21
Hamlet Goes Business
Overview: When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-08-21
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The Rose of the Rascal
2001-01-12
The Rose of the Rascal
Overview: The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2001-01-12
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Nonstop
1987-01-01
Nonstop
Overview: A revolver changes hands seven times, each time serving a different purpose shot in a film style which tests the traditional story-telling form of film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Worthless
1982-10-15
The Worthless
Overview: Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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Lumikit
1986-08-20
Lumikit
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Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-08-20
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The Minister of State
1997-01-25
The Minister of State
Overview: A man uses a case of mistaken identity to gain the confidence of a small village, and in the process exposes universal human traits: honour, greed, honesty, and eventually love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1997-01-25
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Goodbye, Trainmen
1992-09-04
Goodbye, Trainmen
Overview: Small-town boys Vähy and Hapa are best friends who swear an eternal blood oath. As they grow up, however, their paths drift apart and they both find themselves searching for their place in the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-09-04
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Crime and Punishment
1983-12-02
Crime and Punishment
Overview: In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentally arrived at the crime scene wants to follow him, but guilt and the tightening net of the police throw a shadow over their desperate love affair.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1983-12-02
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Plainlands
1988-02-26
Plainlands
Overview: Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with Finnish traditions, the brilliant acting, directing, plus the warm, beautiful Finnish summer more than make up for the cultural gap.The story begins with a group of brothers with their families coming up to honour the memory of their recently deceased father. Spending time together, opening old wounds and creating new ones... it all boils down to brotherhood. No matter what happens, brothers take care of their own.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-02-26
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Päätepysäkki
1986-10-17
Päätepysäkki
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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Macbeth
1987-01-16
Macbeth
Overview: A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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Koomikko
1983-03-11
Koomikko
Overview: Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations of bird sounds. Alienated look at the frustrations of show business, as presented by a cast of popular Finnish TV comedians with their absurd dialogue and eccentric inside jokes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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A Summer by the River
1998-02-13
A Summer by the River
Overview: Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at the boating site with his widowed father Tenho.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-02-13
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Kauhea murhamies Lalli
1981-05-08
Kauhea murhamies Lalli
Overview: TV play about the legend of Lalli.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1981-05-08
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Farewell, Mr. President
1987-01-16
Farewell, Mr. President
Overview: Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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Lakeuden kutsu
2000-01-14
Lakeuden kutsu
Overview: Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen brothers with his business partner Taisto Matsomppi. Erkki misses his wife Kaisu, who back in the day stayed in Finland, and his child, but will the man be forgiven for years of absence?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-01-14
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Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
1988-12-16
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
Overview: Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-12-16
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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
1992-10-09
Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
Overview: The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-10-09
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Land of Love
2003-12-19
Land of Love
Overview: A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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Dirty Hands
1989-10-05
Dirty Hands
Overview: A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. Kaurismäki's TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party's newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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Tilinteko
1987-02-13
Tilinteko
Overview: Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small town, where he has became the mayor. Varjola, of course, is shocked to see his old friend again.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-02-13
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Aapo
1994-07-29
Aapo
Overview: Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-07-29
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Vaiennut kylä
1997-01-31
Vaiennut kylä
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-01-31
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The Winter War
1989-11-30
The Winter War
Overview: Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-11-30
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Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
2000-03-03
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
Overview: Two men, who both have tried to commit a suicide, decide to found a "Let's do it together"-suicide association to help the self-destructive people to succeed in their goal. Soon they have a bus load of candidates and together they start a bus tour in order to find a suitable place for the mass suicide.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-03-03
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Cha Cha Cha
1989-01-20
Cha Cha Cha
Overview: A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-01-20
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Rikos & rakkaus
1999-02-05
Rikos & rakkaus
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-02-05
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The Last Wedding
1995-02-17
The Last Wedding
Overview: Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1995-02-17
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Hei kliffaa hei
1985-02-08
Hei kliffaa hei
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-02-08
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The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01
The Man Without a Past
Overview: Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2002-03-01
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Kaikki pelissä
1994-04-15
Kaikki pelissä
Overview: A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals an old murder. Not everyone is happy about the new twist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-04-15
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Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
Drifting Clouds
Overview: The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-01-26
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Shadow of the Eagle
2005-09-09
Shadow of the Eagle
Overview: The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Pekko ja unissakävelijä
1997-09-26
Pekko ja unissakävelijä
Overview: Pipsa has fallen prey to a shady scientist Kalevi. Pekko tries to save her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-09-26
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Pekko aikamiespojan poikamiesaika
1993-09-17
Pekko aikamiespojan poikamiesaika
Overview: Pekko has a crush on Pipsa, a beautiful archeologist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Pekko ja massahurmaaja
1995-09-01
Pekko ja massahurmaaja
Overview: Pekko is jealous when Pipsa is under the spell of the handsome Markku. The children Kalle and Katariina enjoy each other's company. Beauty salon owner Kaisa Kuovi and police officer Reino are preparing for their wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1995-09-01
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Pekko ja muukalainen
1996-09-06
Pekko ja muukalainen
Overview: A Black man arriving in Tyräaho causes consternation among the villagers. Meeri Aavasuo wants an adopted child and to promote the cause, she tries to get Pekko as her husband, whose heart still beats for Pipsa. Beauty salon owner Kaisa Kuovi's and her policeman Reino's baby goes missing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-09-06
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Pekko ja poika
1994-10-28
Pekko ja poika
Overview: A child who is the subject of a custody dispute flees from the social welfare authority from Tyräaho to Helsinki with Pekko. In the capital, the friends are helped by Pipsa, Pekko's crush, who joins them on a runaway trip. The press and the people of Tyräaho follow the trio's antics unflinchingly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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Ariel
1988-10-21
Ariel
Overview: A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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Marked
1984-09-15
Marked
Overview: Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit suicide, and resurrects at the city morgue after being pronounced dead. After the incident, she wanders out direction-less, being pursued by the doctor who treated her and also a strange, tall man.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-09-15
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Juha
1999-02-26
Juha
Overview: A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Syöksykierre
1981-10-30
Syöksykierre
Overview: Drama set in Stockholm and Helsinki and a village whose existence is threatened by a power plant. A group of young people return to their roots and are disappointed by what they find.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1981-10-30
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The Wrestler
1985-09-26
The Wrestler
Overview: An ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its own.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-09-26
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Niskavuori
1984-12-21
Niskavuori
Overview: Ilona, a young elementary school teacher, arrives in Hämäläiskylä . He and Aarne, the host of Niskavuori, who is frustrated with his marriage, fall in love. The relationship becomes a public secret. Aarne's wife Martta, who owns half of Niskavuori, wants to hold on to her husband until the last. For Liskisa, the matriarch of Niskavuori, the most important thing is the reputation and honor of the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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Pieni pyhiinvaellus
2000-03-17
Pieni pyhiinvaellus
Overview: In a religious rural community in the 1950s, Ritva, a young woman has kept her pregnancy a secret. Helped by her sister, she gives birth but soon abandons the baby. The next day the infant is brought to the hospital where Ritva works. Troubled with shame, Ritva finds consolation from a dying priest.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-03-17
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Kahdeksan peiliä
1982-01-01
Kahdeksan peiliä
Overview: A 1982 short film from Finland.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Rampe & Naukkis – kaikkien aikojen superpari
1990-11-23
Rampe & Naukkis – kaikkien aikojen superpari
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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