Sakari Jurkka
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Biography: Sakari Jurkka (1923–2012) was a Finnish stage, film and television actor. He was the eldest son of actors Eino and Emmi Jurkka and brother of actors Vappu and Jussi Jurkka.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oulu, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: September 16, 1923
Age: 101 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 13, 2012
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Rintamalotta
Overview: Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Akseli and Elina
Overview: A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1970-12-04
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Taape tähtenä
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-03-23
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Nitro League
Overview: An jolly gang of elderly people plan to rob a bank.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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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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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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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
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Natalia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu
Overview: A poet finds a new muse in young woman.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-10-06
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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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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
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Voi veljet, mikä päivä!
Overview: Director Emil Rantamo goes with his family to the country for the summer. The family's son Fritsu gets engaged to Tipuli Niemi. Sausage maker Niemi thinks his daughter is engaged to the manager Rantamo himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-09-01
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Helunan häämatka
Overview: A story about the passengers of the inland waterway Heinävesi. Salli, the daughter of the captain, dreams of an acting career and joins a performance by a theater company traveling on a ship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-16
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Oppenheimerin tapaus
Overview: A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1967-10-11
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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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Kuningas kulkureitten
Overview: The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karin. Chased by the Cossacks Martin escapes and joins the old wanderer. On the way Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-11-27
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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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Minäkö isä!
Overview: A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not reveal their previous meetings to their suspicious spouses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-04-30
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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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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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Pölhölä
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1981-12-25
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Gabriel, tule takaisin
Overview: A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-01-26
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Silja – nuorena nukkunut
Overview: In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-04-26
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Alaston malli karkuteillä
Overview: A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-12-25
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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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Maaret – tunturien tyttö
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-11-27
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Säkkijärven polkka
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-09
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Anu ja Mikko
Overview: The film tells the story of an orphaned Anu and carpenter Mikko trying to make a living in a small Karelian village in the early 1930s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-11-30
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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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Marked
Overview: Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit suicide, and resurrects at the city morgue after being pronounced dead. After the incident, she wanders out direction-less, being pursued by the doctor who treated her and also a strange, tall man.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1984-09-15
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Rakastin sinua, Hilde
Overview: Two guys love the some girl who just plays with their feelings. Situation damages the friendship of these men and they are tormented as the girl doesn't love back.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-11-19
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Autotytöt
Overview: Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-10-07
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Tirlittan
Overview: Young Tirlittan gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking for a new home, she meets a friendly policeman, a woman with goat, and a ringmaster with whom Tirlittan ends up performing in a circus.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-11-21
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