Irma Seikkula
Also Known As: Irma Mäkelä
Biography: Irma Seikkula (May 14, 1914 – July 8, 2001) was a Finnish film, theatre and television actress whose career lasted for 60 years. She was one of the leading actresses during the early years of the golden age of Finnish cinema (late 1930s – early 1940s). She usually played serious parts, and the main characteristics of her characters were sensitivity and authenticity. Her most famous role was the title lead in Juurakon Hulda (1937).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Birthday: May 14, 1914
Deathday: July 08, 2001
Adult: No
Gender: Female
Popularity:
Known For:
Vaarallista vapautta
Overview: Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-11-16
Popularity:
Miehen kunnia
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-10-24
Popularity:
Totuus on armoton
Overview:
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1963-03-14
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
Yli rajan
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-10-11
Popularity:
Pikku Pietarin piha
Overview: A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person – and hint at magical powers.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-11-30
Popularity:
Pitkäjärveläiset
Overview: 1765. Regina Tuomaantytär is engaged to Juha. However, she is also courted by Martti Heikkilä, soldier Matti Modig and Kalle Brockman. Regina's two sisters and Sikala's maid Maria have fallen in love with Martti again.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-11-02
Popularity:
Kun lesket lempivät
Overview: Simo Kämäräinen, a widowed cottage owner, and his chairman leave with marriage intentions for Juva. A play based on Maiju Lassila's novel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1974-01-09
Popularity:
Älä nuolase…
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-02-09
Popularity:
Juurakon Hulda
Overview: Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common sense, and starts taking evening classes. Keeping her studies secret from her employer for years, she eventually graduates from the university and becomes candidate in the parliamentary election, stressing women's and working people's rights. Romance with Judge Soratie finally ensues.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-10-17
Popularity:
Kolmiapila
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-03-29
Popularity:
Juha
Overview: Eastern Finland in 18th century. Farmer Juha has raised an orphan girl Marja and married her. Karelian trader Shemeikka visits the farm and starts to make advances to young and beautiful Marja, tempting her to run away with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-01-24
Popularity:
Pimeänpirtin hävitys
Overview: Set in 19th century country side and a small town. Leni and later her daughter Hanni living in Pimeänpirtti croft are seduced by Otto von Holten, the Patron of Kankaanpää Estate.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-03-07
Popularity:
Miriam
Overview: After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. Miriam and Hans fall in love. But the Hans mother is jealous and disapprove.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-10-18
Popularity:
Rikas tyttö
Overview: A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-09-17
Popularity:
Opettajatar seikkailee
Overview: An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-10-28
Popularity:
Aika hyvä ihmiseksi
Overview: The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1977-10-07
Popularity:
A Worker's Diary
Overview: Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1967-02-26
Popularity:
Avoveteen
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-08-27
Popularity:
Kuriton sukupolvi
Overview: Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-03-29
Popularity:
Varaventtiili
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-03-22
Popularity:
Keinumorsian
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-01-03
Popularity:
Kultainen vasikka
Overview: Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-11-24
Popularity:
Jumalan myrsky
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-11-23
Popularity:
Markan tähden
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-10-02
Popularity:
Synnin puumerkki
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-09-20
Popularity:
…ja Helena soittaa
Overview: Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-12-30
Popularity:
Pää pystyyn Helena
Overview: Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-02-08
Popularity:
Aikapoika ja mono
Overview: A young boy finds a magic talking shoe that can change his voice to that of an adult.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1976-10-22
Popularity:
Viimeinen vieras
Overview: Inspector Puosu investigates the murder of smuggler Nelly with journalist Harn. Doubts are directed at wholesaler Antti Rajapalo, whose innocence is believed only by Rajapalo's secretary Ane Arvila.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-03-23
Popularity:
Johanneksen leipäpuu
Overview: Manical portrait of a small businessman.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-05-02
Popularity: