Uuno Laakso
Also Known As: Uno Adamsson
Biography: Uuno Laakso (1896–1956) was a Finnish film actor. He was married to the actress Rakel Laakso. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hollola, Finland
Birthday: October 01, 1896
Deathday: December 06, 1956
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Kyökin puolella
Overview: A romantic story about a rich girl, who is not used to household work, charms many men while working in the "Haukka" manor. The reason for this undercover work is a bet. Despite being a bad cook she soon becomes attracted to engineer Karma.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-08-31
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Synnin puumerkki
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-09-20
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Herrat täysihoidossa
Overview: Poor high school students Toivo Päiviö and Unto Uramo solve their housing problems by enrolling in Sofia Andersson's boarding school. Toivo falls in love with Mrs. Andersson's deceased husband's niece, Aune, and begins to compete for her attention with opera singer Reino "Toreadoor" Kiljunen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-12-03
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Tyttö tuli taloon
Overview: Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-02-03
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Katupeilin takana
Overview: 1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. However, Vapu's father, business advisor Ossian Biörcke, is not as accepting when his daughter's actions begin to be revealed.
Genres: Comedy Romance History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1949-11-04
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Kesäillan valssi
Overview: A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-10-05
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The Bridal Wreath
Overview: A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
Overview: Tar Steam Princess Armada travels along Lake Saimaa to St. Petersburg and back during the years of Russian rule over Finland. The ship's crew gets tired of their sophisticated coffee maker and replaces her with Roma girl Veera, who has escaped from an arranged marriage. On the way back, mysterious passengers appear on the ship.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1950-09-22
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Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee
Overview: Young married couple, Martti and Ulla, are spending a carefree weekend at their Rauhanlehto villa. Their peace is disrupted when the in-laws and Ulla's sister Alli, come to visit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-04-30
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Avioliittoyhtiö
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-08-09
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Hevoshuijari
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-08-15
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Vaivaisukon morsian
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1944-01-15
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Meidän poikamme
Overview: Silent military propaganda film by Erkki Karu, later followed by the musical revue film Meidän poikamme merellä ("Our Boys at Sea", 1933) and Meidän poikamme ilmassa – me maassa ("Our Boys in the Air – and We on Land", 1934), both of them also directed by Karu. The film comes with a orchestral accompaniment arranged by Raine Ampuja in 2005, based on the original score by Lauri Näre and Emil Kauppi, which in turn was based on traditional Finnish military tunes.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1929-02-18
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Nokea ja kultaa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-10-21
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Kirkastuva sävel
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-11-08
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Yhden yön hinta
Overview: The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-02-22
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Tuomari Martta
Overview: Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle, the mother's place is at home with the child and not at work. Only her mother-in-law Ilona encourages Martta to advance in her career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-03-20
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Minä ja ministeri
Overview: The rambunctious Priscilla Paukkaja breaks into the home of Foreign Ministry official Raimo Vehar and his girlfriend Marja and appoints herself the couple's new housekeeper. Tomera Priscilla controls both the finances of the Veharites and the foreign minister Hirvimaan himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1934-03-18
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Ja alla oli tulinen järvi
Overview: Set in Southern Finland between 1912 and 1936. Due to his father's drunkenness, high school student Jussi Raala has lost his inheritance, the manor house and the sawmill, to the gunman Lumia. Bitter and vengeful, Jussi decides to get the property back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-02-28
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Mieheke
Overview: Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently married and then gets a stranger from a nearby restaurant to pose as her husband. Complications arise when they have to continue their charade.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1936-12-20
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Sysmäläinen
Overview: In 17th century Finland young Arvid is forced to marry Brita but their ways soon part when their respective fathers move to different places. Years roll by and Arvid grows up into a handsome and respected Thirty Years' War veteran known for his excellent fencing skills. However, he has fallen madly in love with a local maiden who does not reciprocate his advances, not to mention that his forced marriage to Brita is still valid.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-11-06
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Kaikki rakastavat
Overview: The romantic musical comedy Kaikki rakastavat is a key work in Finnish film history since it was the first feature film of Valentin Vaala as the house director of Suomi-Filmi and the film which launched the most beloved screen couple of Finland, Tauno Palo and Ansa Ikonen.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1935-11-24
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Vaimoke
Overview: Esko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when she finds about the bet, she agrees to marry him in order to get her revenge.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1936-04-12
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Aktivistit
Overview: In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-04-09
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Runoilija muuttaa
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1927-11-13
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Sankari kuin sankari
Overview: Bakery entrepreneur August Kassinen is worried about his musician son, who is going on a tour with his singer girlfriend. Kassinen's business affairs do not go smoothly, and through misunderstandings related to black market transactions, he gets into trouble with the police.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-03-19
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VMV 6
Overview: Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.
Genres: Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1936-02-16
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Anu ja Mikko
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-10-06
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Rakuuna Kalle Kollola
Overview: Cavalryman Kalle Kollola makes a fool of himself in order to get by with less service during his time in the army. Aunt Loviisa, who has come to see him, urges her witty but lazy cousin to straighten up. Aunt Loviisa also helps Miss Hilja Aro settle her differences with the horse master Kalpa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-09-10
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Siltalan pehtoori
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1934-11-11
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Kohtalo johtaa meitä
Overview: Sirkka feels she's doing the right thing when she kills her cruel stepfather. But there is a witness to the murder, the musician Eino. However, he helps Sirkka get rid of the dead body. Suspected by the police for the murder Sirkka flees abroad.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-05-20
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Silmät hämärässä
Overview: A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-02-01
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Nuoruus sumussa
Overview: Three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-04-12
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Nainen on valttia
Overview: A famous operette star Kirsti Kalpa escapes her busy and selfish fiance and hides as maid to house of 3 bachelors ( professor, composer and butler) , who basically hate women.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1944-08-13
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Herrojen Eeva
Overview: Life changes for Eeva, working in a hosiery factory as she was chosen as a model. Soon she gets involved in a police operation while working as a courier for her boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-08-27
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Poretta eli Keisarin uudet pisteet
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-03-02
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Omena putoaa…
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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Sininen varjo
Overview: Valentin Vaala's first sound film. Only fragments survive.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-03-25
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Viikon tyttö
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-08-16
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Mitäs me taiteilijat
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-03-28
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Kunnioittaen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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Tulitikkuja lainaamassa
Overview: Set in North Karelia, whne Antti Ihalainen's house runs out of matches, he goes to borrow some from a neighbor. On the road, he meets a rich widower, Jussi Vatanen, who asks Ihalai to be his speaker and friend on an engagement trip to the city of Jo. The hosts from Lieper are snorting drunkenly from behind their shoulders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-01-30
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Markan tähden
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-10-02
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Kuriton sukupolvi
Overview: Immersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his children's upbringing. He falls in love with his son Pelle's girlfriend Marja and becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of his family. The offended father sets out to discipline his ill-behaved children.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-11-28
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Poikani pääkonsuli
Overview: Perky student Inkeri 'Iiri' Paappanen and businessman Taavi Takkulainen fall in love during a boat trip, but a misunderstanding at a hotel in Stockholm causes their break-up. Returning to Finland, Inkeri applies to become a governess and gets a job at Taavi's parents' family. Consul General Albert, Taavi's brother intends to take advantage of Iiri in his political endeavors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-12-22
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Kersantilleko Emma nauroi?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-11-02
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Särkelä itte
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-10-31
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As Dream and Shadow…
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-09-26
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Olenko minä tullut haaremiin
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-02-26
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Onnelliset
Overview: Pianist Lauri Alango and his wife Annina's fortune is cracked when opera diva Delia Rosati attracts Lauri to accompany her on tour.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-12-25
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