Sampo Sarkola
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Biography: Sampo Sarkola (born January 31, 1978) is a Finnish actor. He graduated from the Swedish language course at the Helsinki Theater Academy. From 2004 to 2016, he was an actor in the Swedish-language Lilla Teatern of the Helsinki City Theatre. In 2011, he won the Jussi Award as the best supporting actor (for his role in the film "Kohtaamisia").
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: January 31, 1978
Age: 47 years old
Gender: Male
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Under the North Star
Overview: Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-12-04
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Yellow Sulphur Sky
Overview: In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to reminisce about the events of decades past. Frej's memories from the bright 1970s to the present day are filled with love, jealousy, betrayal, life and death.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-11-05
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Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes
Overview: Snot and Splash travel to their grandmother's house in the small town of Mouthwash for a winter holiday. Once there, they discover that everything is a little off in what used to be a very ordinary town. The strangest thing is that holes are disappearing from the town. Snot and Splash set out to investigate and manage to get on the trail of a local dentist, Migrén Junior. However, the investigation is in danger of failing when messy Snot and diligent Splash get into an argument with each other. How can Mouthwash be restored and the holes put back in place if the boys can't work together? The only way to restore the world is for the brothers to work together.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-01-19
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Beyond the Front Line
Overview: A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.
Genres: History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-03-05
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From Matti with Love
Overview: Divorced, middle-aged Matti picks up Maša near the Finnish-Russian border. Maša was waiting for a different man called Jukka, but agrees to go with Matti when he claims he is a friend of Jukka's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-06-12
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Things We Do for Love
Overview: Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of nature. When he meets and falls in love with the spirited, unruly Ansa, his ‘bench’ is suddenly filled. But in order to be with her he has to not only overcome his own frailties, but also the impending danger of Ansa’s volatile ex-con ex, and then Ansa herself, a woman prone to impulsiveness and impetuousness.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-02-01
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Apeiron
Overview: Umbra is a scientist who wants to prove his theory that human beings are ruled by chance and devoid of any purpose, and as a consequence some become evil and cruel.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-09-25
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The Girl King
Overview: A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-11
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Hyväveli
Overview: Patrolman Loyan tries to find his place in the new police department while keeping his friend Warsame, newly released from prison, on the right track. Loyan's ambition is to get into detective training, but his supervisor Jokisalo thinks he'd be better off patrolling the familiar neighbourhoods with his partner Johanna. The patrol gets down to business when they start investigating what looks like a suicide. Antero Päiviö, a professional criminal and racial bigot involved in drug trafficking, has jumped from his balcony. The man who was first pronounced dead suddenly wakes up and is taken to hospital. Loyan finds it hard to believe the man's story and decides to find out the truth at any cost. As the plot unravels, it's hard to know who to trust anymore, when Warsame seems to be up to something behind Loyan's back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-12-09
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Summertime
Overview: 25-year-old Iiris and Karoliina have been best friends since childhood. Karoliina has been travelling and living abroad for some years now, but is coming back home for the summer as Karoliina has gotten them a job as waitresses in Hanko, the best summer city in Finland!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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Hiljainen viikko
Overview: A short film about guilt and forgiveness. A shooting incident takes place in front of a small town disco in Northern Finland. Two witnesses have to cope with loss, sorrow and guilt.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-02-13
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Lapland Odyssey 4
Overview: Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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The Locker Room
Overview: Two boys in middle school are forced to confront their biggest fear: the school’s locker room.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-10-25
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The Eternal Road
Overview: Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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Priest of Evil
Overview: Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-10-29
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Secret Society of Souptown
Overview: Four children - Mari, Sadu, Olav and Anton form a secret society to play hide-and seek games invented by Mari's grandfather, a professor at the university. When the city is attacked by a mysterious poison which turns adults into children our gang embarks on a quest for the antidote.
Genres: Mystery Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2015-05-15
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Dance on Thin Ice
Overview: Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria. A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-09-20
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Goliath
Overview: Goliat is set in a small industrial town somewhere in Sweden. When Roland is sentenced to prison, his son, 16-year old Kimmie, is expected to provide for the family by taking over his dad's criminal business. This is a task he's not ready for. The film's depicting a boy's brutal entry into adult life and examines aspects of social heritage and patriarchal structures, at a time when the welfare is declining and Sweden is at change.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-02-07
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En kväll på krogen
Overview: A story about an evening in a restaurant. Six tables, seven stories, a tragicomedy about the fantasies and realities of love.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-04-20
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Transport
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-01-03
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Abyssus
Overview: A man regains consciousness as he is being buried alive. A pure nightmare fuel for the opening short-movie.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-07-16
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Invisible Hero
Overview: 10-year-old Vinski feels like an outsider and invisible among his age-mates, and even with his single mother Krista. Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical powder. A powder, that allows you to become invisible for real and walk through walls. It is fantastic to have the powers of a super hero, but soon a group of crooks becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-12-22
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The Two and Only
Overview: Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-12-27
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Under the North Star II
Overview: Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Heartbeats
Overview: Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-03-05
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Harbour Brothers
Overview: Finland in the 50s saw a time where boats from all over the world docked in the harbor city of Kotka. In addition to transporting goods, the sailors brought with them another import: jazz, swing and blues. A tale of music-loving, fearless and passionate young men decide to open Fennia, a jazz bar. Soon Fennia achieves legendary status and the men; the Harbour Brothers, play their music and hold court like emperors.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-12-25
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Shadow of the Eagle
Overview: The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Dawn of War
Overview: A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2020-10-06
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Bordertown: The Mural Murders
Overview: A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social media, where people can vote for persons that world would be a better place without. Soon the first body is found and Sorjonen must find the person who has named himself as The Judge.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-10-27
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Hella W
Overview: The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-01-28
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Den dödes bror
Overview: Karin has no idea what she wants from life but thinks she finds the answer at her father-in-law's funeral.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Crime and Punishment
Overview: A modern adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, set in contemporary Helsinki. Raskolnikov, a struggling law student, commits a brutal murder, believing himself above the law. As guilt and paranoia consume him, he spirals into a mental and moral crisis, all while the relentless lead investigator closes in on him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
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Raptures
Overview: Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of 1930s Sweden. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2025-03-21
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