Asta Backman
Also Known As: Asta Elisabeth Backman, Asta Elisabeth Inberg
Biography: Asta Elisabeth Backman (born Inberg, 4 February 1917 in Vaasa – 18 February 2010 in Helsinki) was a Finnish film, television and theatre actress who appeared in more than 80 works. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vaasa, Finland
Birthday: February 04, 1917
Deathday: February 18, 2010
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Neiti talonmies
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-02
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Pastori Jussilainen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-10-21
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Poet and Muse
Overview: Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends include equally central figures of the Finnish cultural scene in the early 1900s, such as painters Halonen and Gallén-Kallela, and composer Sibelius.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1978-10-13
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Kuuma kissa?
Overview: This love story finds a lonely teacher resisting the advances of an interested co-worker. She is fearful of affection and relationships due to a previous romance that did not work out. The small-town school marm tries to help a male student who has been suspended for drunkenness. She tutors the young man, and soon the two engage in a tender and passionate love affair in which both people reach out and touch each other physically and emotionally.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1968-02-16
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Ylijäämänainen
Overview: A film about the destiny of cashier disappointed in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-03-16
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Taksikuski
Overview: An existential road movie based on a novel of a key Finnish modernist writer.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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Veteraanin voitto
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-03-18
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Here, Beneath the North Star
Overview: Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1968-09-13
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Kustaa III
Overview: A Finnish television play based on August Strindberg’s original.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
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