Santeri Karilo
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Viipuri, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: September 26, 1908
Age: 116 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 08, 1959
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Isoviha
Overview: Pastor Petrelius does not accept the marriage wishes of his young daughter Karoliina and Paavo Paavalinpoika. Paavo wants to prove his manhood to the pastor and enlists in the King's forces, but is wounded in the Battle of Pultava. On his return to Finland, he finds his village besieged by Cossack Captain Voronoff.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-12-14
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Koskenkylän laulu
Overview: Reino Köyri the son of a wealthy house falls off a horse and ends up at Liuhala's cottage to be treated by Venla. There he falls in love with the daughter of the house Anna. The couple’s cohabitation is hampered by previous commitments and ambiguities in kinship.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-09-25
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Yli rajan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-10-11
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Asessorin naishuolet
Overview: After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-02-07
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Tukkijoella
Overview: Second adaptation of Teuvo Pakkala's popular play about Finnish lumberjacks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-09-05
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Sven Tuuva the Hero
Overview: For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-12-19
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Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-07-31
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Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
Overview: Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a painting is created that wins first prize at a contemporary art exhibition. In the meantime, the men, along with their assistant Miss Kaihokielo, have been charged with art theft. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, the Puupääs use the art prize money to convert the house's bomb shelter into a children's clubroom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-09-18
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Elinan surma
Overview: Young and innocent maid Elina is persuaded into forgetting her childhood sweetheart Uolevi, and to marry Klaus Kurki, a local nobleman with money and influence. An ideal match according to her family and the greedy parish priest, but all is not as it seems: Kurki is a vicious man, tormented by the spirit of his last wife.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-09-03
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The Stolen Death
Overview: A group of Finnish activists are waging an underground war against Russian oppression led by young idealistic aristocrat Robert Hedman.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-09-04
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Sotapojan heilat
Overview: A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-08-15
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Kulkurin masurkka
Overview: A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-01-24
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Evakko
Overview: Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-08-30
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People in the Summer Night
Overview: A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-10-09
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Jees ja just
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-03-14
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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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Paksunahka
Overview: A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-04-04
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Kuollut mies rakastuu
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Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-08-16
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Jossain on railo
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1949-12-23
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Säkkijärven polkka
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-09
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Taas tyttö kadoksissa!
Overview: Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-05-03
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Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
Overview: Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printing plates are desperately searched by the gang and our heroes try to hide from them by travelling to Mallorca, where some of the local hoods try to kill them and retake the missing plates.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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Vääpelin kauhu
Overview: A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-07-19
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Ryhmy ja Romppainen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-11-16
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