Paavo Kostioja
Also Known As: Paavo Costiander
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nurmijärvi, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: January 27, 1891
Age: 134 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 31, 1943
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Punahousut
Overview: The tarragon regiment moving to the small town charms the women of the locality. Only trade counsellor Ottilia Mähönen considers them brutal barbarians and is horrified when her daughter Irja gives her room to cavalry master Osmo Kyrö who needs accommodation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-11-19
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Rantasuon raatajat
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-12-25
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Suvinen satu
Overview: The main characters are the artist Bertel von Bjelke and Hilkka Kanno the adopted daughter of the town councilor. Bertel is in love with Hilka, who, however, behaves badly with the artist. This does not prevent the artist from asking for the girl's hand from the town councilor Kanno, who accepts his friend's request. Kanto stresses, however, that the final decision is up to his daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1925-03-09
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Murtovarkaus
Overview: Niilo, a son of a rich estate owner, is in love with a poor crofter's adopted daughter Heleena. However, on his father's orders, Niilo instead becomes engaged to Loviisa, a daughter of a wealthy landowner. When Niilo wants to call off the engagement, his proud and rejected bride begins to interfere with the lovers' relationship with the help of Penttula, who is said to be able to perform miracles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1926-09-27
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Muurmanin pakolaiset
Overview: In northern Finland in the fall of 1916, Saima Niva rescues a man drifting in the river, who turns out to be a German lieutenant Braun. Braun and his six comrades have managed to escape the prisoner of war at the Muurmann railway station, but the lieutenant has had to get rid of the lost group. While Braun is recovering, under the good care of Saima, Niva's neighbor and henchman of the gendarmes, the greedy policeman Simpura, gets a tip about the refugees camped in the desert.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1927-01-09
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Nuori luotsi
Overview: Eero Luotola is a pilot operating in Kalliosaari, whose crush is Annikki, who lives in the same village. They have known each other since childhood and have promised to get married at some point.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1928-01-01
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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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Olenko minä tullut haaremiin!
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1932-02-28
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Kahden tanssin välillä
Overview: Forester Antti Kare and manager John Freyberg travel north in search of millions worth of timber sales. The manager's giddy daughter Margit also secretly joins the journey.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1930-01-26
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Kajastus
Overview: A historical drama depicting the Finnish struggle against Tsarist Russia. Opens at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in February 1899. Tsar Nicholas II signs the February Manifesto, the purpose of which is to abolish Finnish self-government. An act that arouse widespread opposition in Finland.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1930-04-13
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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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Tukkijoella
Overview: “Tukkijoella” (Log River – 1928). Films of this genre gave the Finnish cinema and the viewing public one of its most popular characters – the lumberjack (tukkijatka, tukkipoika, tukkilainen) who at his most heroic hour becomes the log-roller or the shooter of rapids (koskenlaskija). The significance of this character in Finnish film is comparable to that of the Cowboy on American cinema. He is the pioneer, the wanderer, the adventurer. He negotiates the frontier, he is an embodiment of the conflict between wilderness and civilization.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1928-11-05
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