Asif Abrar

Pentti Kotkaniemi

Also Known As: Bona Kotkaniemi

Biography: Biography not available

Department: Directing

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

Adult: No

Birthday: August 10, 1943

Age: 81 years old

Gender: Male

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1.00%

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Overview: A movie inspired by a true crime - the coldblooded Heino double murder, committed by a group of teenagers - that shocked Finland in 2001.

Genres: Crime Drama

Original Language: fi

Release Date: 2005-08-26

Popularity:

0.051

Rating:

Votes: 10

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Overview: This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.

Genres: Drama

Original Language: fi

Release Date: 1980-10-17

Popularity:

0.051

Rating:

Votes: 5

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