Risto Mäkelä
Also Known As: Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä, Ристо Мякеля
Biography: Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä (14 January 1924 Raahe - March 19, 1992 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. The most significant roles of Mäkelä's film career take place in the early 1960s. From 1945 Mäkelä starred in the theater. He became known for Pyynik's summer theater, where he starred in the 1940s, well before his film career began. There, in his mid-1960s, his bravery role was Colonel Karjula of the Unknown Soldier. Mäkelä starred in the Pori and Tampere theaters, the Helsinki National Theater-Work Theater and the Finnish National Theater and visited the Radio Theater several times. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Raahe, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: January 14, 1924
Age: 101 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 19, 1992
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Trust
Overview: Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P.E. Svinhufvud (Vilho Siivola), Senator Carl Enckell (Yrjö Tähtelä) and State Secretary Gustaf Idman (Yrjö Paulo) arrive in St. Petersburg to meet V.I. Lenin (Kirill Lavrov) to gain recognition for the country's independence.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1976-08-20
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Totuus on armoton
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1963-03-14
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Justus järjestää kaiken
Overview: Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-04-15
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Autotytöt
Overview: Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-10-07
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An Unknown Friend
Overview: The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1978-01-20
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Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
Overview: A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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Villin Pohjolan kulta
Overview: A western set in the "Wild North".
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Overview: A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-09-15
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Oksat pois…
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-10-27
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Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-08-17
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Pikku suorasuu
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-03-09
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Turkasen tenava!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1963-04-12
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Minkkiturkki
Overview: A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-02-03
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Miljoonavaillinki
Overview: A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-09-29
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Älä nuolase…
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-02-09
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The Scarlet Dove
Overview: Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-03-10
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Lepakkolinna
Overview: Set in 1860's Transylvania, a group of travelers ends to the Dracula's castle.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1980-03-29
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Opettajatar seikkailee
Overview: An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-10-28
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Hän varasti elämän
Overview: A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-08-03
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Inspector Palmu's Error
Overview: A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-09-09
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"Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli
Overview: At Pösökylä's lodge, Taneli injures her leg in fur hunter Eemel's wolf irons, and Eemeli decides to take up the position of lodge lodge. During the leave of office, Eemeli gives lessons to the rich Petter who rules the village and arranges the engagement of his daughter Ilona to the blacksmith Ilmar. At the same time, the affairs of the coffee bar owner Bertta are also put in order and the prisoner escaper Luukas is caught.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-05-18
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Me
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-12-29
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Piilopirtti
Overview: Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1978-11-17
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Akseli and Elina
Overview: A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1970-12-04
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