Paavo Piskonen
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mikkeli, Finland
Birthday: June 26, 1944
Deathday: September 15, 2010
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Jackpot 2
Overview: Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys' sole purpose of life is to play a Flip-Flop pinball machine.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-03-05
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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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Rakkauselokuva
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-11-16
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Onnellinen mies
Overview: Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge construction site, but he quickly finds himself clashing against the local decision-makers. The bridge engineer is also popular with the ladies and, being a man of energy, he manages to take care of several of his admirers at once.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1979-05-14
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Päätepysäkki
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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Aikalainen
Overview: A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-03-16
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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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Regina ja miehet
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1983-02-18
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Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1983-10-21
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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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Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Overview: Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants her to marry another man than his sober personality wants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
Overview: That Kiljunen familys sets out find their two missing family members, who have been sent to Tampere by the Matalamäki boarding school for retraining due to poor school performance.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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Kiljusen herrasväki
Overview: The Kiljunen family wins a holiday trip to Helsinki and the city will never be the same again.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1981-11-20
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Yön kätkössä
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Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-05-30
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Vartioitu kylä 1944
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1978-11-03
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Menestyksen maku
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1983-02-04
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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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Se minun töistäni - Matti Pellonpää
Overview: Matti Pellonpää (1951-1995) was one of the most talented Finnish actors of his generation. In Eero Tuomikoski's documentary, we meet Pellonpää in 1984, after Kaurismäki's Arvottomat film, but before his actual big breakthrough.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-09-13
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Jumalia ei uhmata
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Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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Slumrande toner fjärran ur tiden
Overview: Finland in the late 1950s. A touring theatre company travels the countryside and play English light comedies. But the audience fails.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1978-04-07
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Viimeiset rotannahat
Overview: Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-01-18
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Kolme yötä
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-04-06
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Aurinkotuuli
Overview: Gravity researcher Erik Rankamaa dies in his prime in 1970. He is been deep frozen and gets defrosted in 1999, while people of his time are still alive.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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Aidankaatajat
Overview: Three old men escape from the hospital and travel to Turku in search of one of the mens daughter
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-08-20
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Kello
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-03-02
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Toto
Overview: A group of three male friends with domestic problems behave badly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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Ihmemies
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Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1979-11-02
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Calamari Union
Overview: A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdles including stray dogs and defunct streetlights.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-02-08
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Ylösnousemus
Overview: A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-09-27
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Some of You May Have Heard of Me
Overview: Kari Uusitalo, a regular visitor to the Tampere Film Festival, delved into the state of Finnish cinema of the mid-1980s, while getting to know the new generation of filmmakers in Anssi Mänttäri's comedic short documentary. Deep in Reppufilmi's cellar, in addition to director Mänttäri, we meet Pirkko Hämäläinen, Markku Toikka, Matti Pellonpää, Paavo Piskonen and Pauli Pentti. The film poses the question: why is a person, an artist, willing to risk everything over and over again?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2025-03-06
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