Taisto Oksanen
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kotka, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: January 02, 1964
Age: 61 years old
Gender: Male
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Seamstress
Overview: A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a disappointment in the system and failure in unity of the Finnish nation. The legacy of the civil war had left systems of persecution in place for those with socialist ideals. Martta and her fellow revolutionaries were determined to continue the resistance movement although they knew that at worst it could cost their lives. Martta was imprisoned twice before she was shot. She was an idealist, whose seemingly harmless, naive beliefs in peace and justice were the most dangerous traits a person could have at the time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2015-09-25
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Home Sweet Home
Overview: A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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Attack on Finland
Overview: The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-11-19
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How to Take Care of Your Parakeet
Overview: Arvo is lonely, and his annoying big sister Ulla is no help. Arvo decides to get himself a new friend: a parakeet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2023-10-29
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1944 The Final Defence
Overview: The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-12-07
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Joulukuusivarkaat
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-12-21
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Children of War and Peace
Overview: For the first time in its history, Finland became an autonomous state when it broke away from a crumbling Russian empire in 1917. Witnessing the upheaval of the First World War and all too aware of the threat posed both outside and within its borders, the newly installed government initiated harsh and draconian policies for its younger generation. All children and youths were drilled in the importance of discipline, rectitude and nationalism. With no exceptions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-03-22
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Thank You in Your Language
Overview: Actor Tiina Vainio has to make an audition tape in a hotel room as soon as possible for the role of her life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-11-26
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Ken tulta pyytää
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2001-02-09
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Tom of Finland
Overview: Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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One Foot Under
Overview: Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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Ryhmäteatteri
Overview: Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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Resistant
Overview: Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist and militaristic atmosphere of the era in Finland. He was considered a troublemaker, a traitor, and a caricature of masculinity. The film is a universal and timeless account of a man persecuted for his opinions. At the same time, it is a description of the weak tolerance of young independent Finland towards dissidents. Pekurinen was executed during the Continuation War by his compatriots on November 5, 1941.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-09-20
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Falling Angels
Overview: The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-12-05
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A Patriotic Man
Overview: Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-12-04
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Vares: The Girls of April
Overview: Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-04-20
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