Raija Paalanen
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jyväskylä, Finland
Birthday: October 02, 1930
Deathday: October 26, 2002
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Niskavuoren Heta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-12-25
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Dolly and Her Lover
Overview: Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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Fire-Eater
Overview: The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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