Jalmari Parikka
Also Known As: Ilmari Parikka
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sortavala, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: October 16, 1891
Age: 133 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 27, 1959
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Rosvo Roope
Overview: In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becomes Roope the Pirate, the most famous pirate in the Baltic Sea, whose legendary life includes scheming and partying, sword fights and women's adventures.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1949-09-09
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Tyttö tuli taloon
Overview: Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-02-03
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Herra sotaministeri
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-08-09
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Rakkaus kahleissa
Overview: A lock factory worker Pertti would like to marry his girlfriend Verna, but fears they don't have enough money. His brother Martti is a member of a youth gang that is planning a robbery with three other young men. When the boys have to flee at the time of the robbery, Pertti who secretly shadowed them sees an opportunity to solve his money problem.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-08-26
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Hallin Janne
Overview: In the late 19th century at Längelmäki two men kill a mailman and rob all the money he carried. Based on actual events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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Villi Pohjola
Overview: A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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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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Kovanaama
Overview: Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-01-29
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Olemme kaikki syyllisiä
Overview: A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-11-05
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Salakuljettajan laulu
Overview: Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-11-07
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Muuan sulhasmies
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-12-21
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Kulkurin valssi
Overview: St.Petersburg, 1830. An arrogant Finnish baron is playing cards with a Russian officer. Needless to say, the Finn wins and the Russian gets extremely annoyed. The situation is not helped by the fact that the baron has been seeing a girl that the Russian officer has also set his eyes on. They decide to have a duel and after the Finn wins fair and square, he has to escape because the untrustworthy Russians are after him.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-01-19
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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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Niin se on, poijaat!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-12-27
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Onni pyörii
Overview: Story about about a young man who was raised in an orphanage. Kauko goes to Helsinki to work as a store help. The living the big city is not so easy as Kauko expects and not so grand.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-04-05
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Onnellinen ministeri
Overview: An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-12-21
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Isäntä soittaa hanuria
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1949-08-19
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Niskavuoren Aarne
Overview: Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-03-25
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Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä
Overview: Pete and Runt travel to Lapland to hunt the snowman in the hope of a cash reward, and take Justiina along as a bait.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-07-30
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Hilmanpäivät
Overview: The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-10-08
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Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä
Overview: Justina urges Pete and Runt to get a job. As a result they meet an orphan boy named Otto while working as a park nannies. They offer to shelter the boy, but at the same time the father Antti, who has returned from the sea, is looking for his son together with Miss Raikas.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-03-04
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Risti ja liekki
Overview: Set in early 16th century Finland, a knight Olavi Gideoninpoika meets Mirjam Raakelintytär and falls in love. Mirjami hides in a monastery disguised as a choir boy, but is revealed by a monk Rasmus, who also desires her, and is put on trial.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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Pikku Ilona ja hänen karitsansa
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-01-11
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Orpopojan valssi
Overview: A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful couplet singer - the "king of couplets".
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1949-10-20
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Rantasalmen sulttaani
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Opri
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-12-25
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Taikayö
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-11-12
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Hei, rillumarei!
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-02-19
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Minä soitan sinulle illalla
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-05-26
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Mä oksalla ylimmällä
Overview: A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-04-30
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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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Jokin ihmisessä
Overview: Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her death bed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and a soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly happy family life with someone else.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-04-06
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Miehen tie
Overview: Young farmer Paavo's wife dies in childbirth, and their baby soon after. The wife's family claim back the dowry she brought to their marriage, but Paavo has already used most of it for improvements at the farm. Paavo's life starts going downhill as he resorts to drinking.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-09-01
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Hätävara
Overview: The priest's daughter, Vappu Kankare first irritates and then admires the ambitious habitant, Jalmar "Jali" Kinnunen. After the studies, Vappu and Jali get married, but the marriage is disappointing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-01-15
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The Witch
Overview: An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-10-03
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Niskavuoren naiset
Overview: A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-09-19
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Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa
Overview: Justiina gives lessons to friends who are avoiding work and sends them to work. Pekka and Pätkä end up in a woodworking factory, where their job is to nail together the legs of a Christmas tree. The men think they will get rich this way, but through misadventures they end up in many different jobs and being chased by a crowd of admiring women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-12-02
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Yö on pitkä
Overview: Åke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. He wants to get rich no matter what. After holidays with his girl Rita, he comes back to Helsinki completely broke and meets up with his buddy Jussi in a bar. For months they embezzle money from the bank, but eventually do realize they have to cover the missing amount by orchestrating and committing a robbery which will then rouse the interest of the police. A hide and seek follows as they try to make their way abroad.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-10-31
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Kiinni on ja pysyy
Overview: Pekka and Pätkä work as inventors. Pätkä accidentally takes a photograph of bank robbers, who begin to track down the photographer. Soma Koivu, the former secretary of the property manager Kiivas, and police officer Antero Kangas help Pekka and Pätkä catch the robbers at a film studio where Pekka is working as a stand-in for Superman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-05-06
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Lain mukaan
Overview: Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-03-23
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Nuori mylläri
Overview: A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to moralistic criticism, even though he is in fact only in love with the tailor's daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-02-14
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Totinen torvensoittaja
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-03-23
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