Turo Pajala
Biography: Turo Pajala (November 16, 1955 − February 28, 2007) was a Finnish actor. Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film Ariel, and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. He also played many supporting roles in films and on television. Pajala's personal life took a downturn after Ariel, when he withdrew from the public eye. He made his final film appearance in 1998 in a Joona Tena film Kulkurin taivas. His final work in television came in 2007 with the role of a Christmas tree salesman in a television series Taivaan tulet. Turo Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was also an actor. He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 16, 1955
Deathday: February 28, 2007
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Known For
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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Pimeys odottaa
1985-03-08
Pimeys odottaa
Overview: Matti Mäki is a young man who gets involved with a corrupt police man seeking proof that his wife, a night club singer, is cheating on him in this film noir style thriller.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-03-08
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Pieni yösoitto
1987-04-13
Pieni yösoitto
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-04-13
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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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Näkemiin, hyvästi
1986-12-19
Näkemiin, hyvästi
Overview: When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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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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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1986-09-19
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
Overview: A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.
Genres: Drama Comedy History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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Palkkasoturi
1997-04-18
Palkkasoturi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-04-18
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The Prodigal Son
1992-10-30
The Prodigal Son
Overview: Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-10-30
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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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Lyrics and Lace
1992-11-06
Lyrics and Lace
Overview: Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-11-06
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