Vilho Siivola
Also Known As: Ville Siivola, Vilho Sivola
Biography: Vilho Siivola (10 April 1910 in Valkeakoski, Finland – 28 November 1984 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre. His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sääksmäki, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: April 10, 1910
Age: 115 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 28, 1984
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Trust
Overview: Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P.E. Svinhufvud (Vilho Siivola), Senator Carl Enckell (Yrjö Tähtelä) and State Secretary Gustaf Idman (Yrjö Paulo) arrive in St. Petersburg to meet V.I. Lenin (Kirill Lavrov) to gain recognition for the country's independence.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1976-08-20
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Kohtalo johtaa meitä
Overview: Sirkka feels she's doing the right thing when she kills her cruel stepfather. But there is a witness to the murder, the musician Eino. However, he helps Sirkka get rid of the dead body. Suspected by the police for the murder Sirkka flees abroad.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-05-20
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Koskenkylän laulu
Overview: Reino Köyri the son of a wealthy house falls off a horse and ends up at Liuhala's cottage to be treated by Venla. There he falls in love with the daughter of the house Anna. The couple’s cohabitation is hampered by previous commitments and ambiguities in kinship.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-09-25
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…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
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Yli rajan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-10-11
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Kirkastettu sydän
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-12-18
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Kuollut mies vihastuu
Overview: Rainer Sarmo and Mikko Vehmer stumble upon a Russian counterfeit league. They help Leila Varta, who tries to save her brother Raimo from the evil Josef Hakim. The beautiful pianist Maria Lichter is puzzled by the events.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1944-08-13
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Syntynyt terve tyttö
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-02-07
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Kolmastoista koputus
Overview: Two Finnish naval captains face spies in Gothenburg harbor during the second world war.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-04-01
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"Minä elän"
Overview: The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-10-10
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Sadan miekan mies
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Genres: Comedy Adventure History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-08-31
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Poikani pääkonsuli
Overview: Perky student Inkeri 'Iiri' Paappanen and businessman Taavi Takkulainen fall in love during a boat trip, but a misunderstanding at a hotel in Stockholm causes their break-up. Returning to Finland, Inkeri applies to become a governess and gets a job at Taavi's parents' family. Consul General Albert, Taavi's brother intends to take advantage of Iiri in his political endeavors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-12-22
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Hiipivä vaara
Overview: A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1944-11-05
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Varjoja Kannaksella
Overview: Lieutenant Ville Somero investigates a sabotage at a fortress site on the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1939. His suspicions are directed at the guests of a nearby guesthouse. Aarno Teräs an engineer leading the fortification site, and his bride Birgit Lahti get into trouble because of a band of spies and dancer Veronica Sorrento.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-11-07
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Herrojen Eeva
Overview: Life changes for Eeva, working in a hosiery factory as she was chosen as a model. Soon she gets involved in a police operation while working as a courier for her boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-08-27
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Halveksittu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-03-19
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Tyttö astuu elämään
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-02-28
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Eteenpäin – elämään
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-01-29
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Synnitön lankeemus
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Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-11-21
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Yövartija vain…
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-12-01
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Poikamies-pappa
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-09-28
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Täysosuma
Overview: A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-11-09
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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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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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Pastori Jussilainen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-10-21
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Nuoruus sumussa
Overview: Three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-04-12
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Kunnioittaen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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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
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Markan tähden
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-10-02
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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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VMV 6
Overview: Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.
Genres: Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1936-02-16
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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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Kohtalo tekee siirron
Overview: Three brothers, all with their own problems that could be solved by money, try to come up with a plan to get they share of their uncle's fortune. Then a murder takes place and it is the job of a detective to find out which one of the brothers did it.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-11-20
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The Unknown Soldier
Overview: It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-12-23
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Silmät hämärässä
Overview: A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-02-01
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Veteraanin voitto
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-03-18
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Tyttö kuunsillalta
Overview: A widow and a husband tired of a loveless marriage rekindle the attraction they shared in their youth.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-10-30
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Avoveteen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-08-27
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Lakeuksien lukko
Overview: Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to defy the project to drain Lohikoski's lands. During the summer, Harri , a student, and Kantola's daughter Annika fall in love, which is not accepted by either of their fathers or Annika's ex-fiancé Tuomas.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-01-26
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Viisi vekkulia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-05-18
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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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Herra sotaministeri
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-08-09
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Hunting for Miss Europe
Overview: Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded during the Miss Europe competitions held in Finland. The story follows the career and relationship development of bird photographer Antero Lintunen (Lasse Pöysti) and American journalist Evelyn McNutty (Lippe Hokkanen). In the path signified by coincidences and misunderstandings, they also find each other.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-07-29
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Ryhmy ja Romppainen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-11-16
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