Pauli Poranen
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rautio, Finland
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Birthday: April 24, 1958
Age: 67 years old
Gender: Male
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Citizens
Overview: Bad luck forces two men to resort to Plan B.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-08-06
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The Border
Overview: The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be wrong ones and correcting them make things worse.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2007-11-30
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The Unknown Soldier
Overview: Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1985-12-06
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Mestari
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-03-06
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Kalevala – Uusi aika
Overview: In the land Kalevala, Väinämöinen and his troops defend the miraculous machine called Sampo against the invasion of Louhi, the queen of Pohjola, and the Vikings. In present-day Finland, an international corporation led by chairman Kurt Dudler is about to launch a virtual service that directly affects the human mind, which the new CEO Sampo Väinölä opposes. When Sampo's father, Väinö, makes his son aware of the ancient powers, he realises he is involved in an ancient battle between Kalevala and Pohjola.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-11-15
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Concrete Night
Overview: A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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Legenda - Pieni ihmetarina valtatien varrelta
Overview: A small gas station is held in the grip of a sinister trio of men until a rugged stranger, acting as the protector of truckers, appears on the scene. He puts the villains in order. At the same time, a legend of wonder is born, and the gas station begins to attract the crippled and burdened, awaiting healing
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-06-26
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Friends, Comrades
Overview: The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the conflict with his all-inclusive greeting "Friends, Comrades." Indeed, the resource he is wrenching from the earth's bowels is necessary to all forms of industrial activity, and is especially necessary for military applications. Thus, he has no reason to fear that he will ever run out of customers. This doesn't prevent him from using every possible means to entice them. At home, his relationship with his wife is not so prosperous, and they resort to some extraordinary means to try and keep on an even keel.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-11-16
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Mosku: The Last of His Kind
Overview: A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is also involved in the bandit hunt on the side of Soviet Russia led by Wallenius, the commander of the Lapland border guard.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-02-14
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The Dinosaur
Overview: Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-03-10
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Routasydän
Overview: In this gloomy scenario about Finland's upcoming membership in the European Union, the country has become a poor peripheral area plagued by energy shortages and civil wars. Escaping the city to his summer cottage with his children and a lady next door, a divorced university teacher is forced to pick up a young delirious woman from the roadside. He soon falls in love with her, only to find out she is a sought-after deserter from a violent guerilla army.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-03-05
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Tuomas Murasen rikos
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-04-17
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The Visitor
Overview: A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father - a man of great violence - in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the boy´s only other companion. Their simple life is disrupted when a stranger appears, with a note from the father and a bullet in his side. Reluctantly, mother and son offer the stranger refuge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-12-08
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