Urho Westman
Also Known As: Urho Vestman
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Birthday: January 22, 1912
Deathday: July 07, 1989
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Haaviston Leeni
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-02-13
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Radio tekee murron
Overview: Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-04-06
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Seitsemän veljestä
Overview: Based on a novel by Aleksis Kivi. Follows the story of seven brothers of Jukola in 19th century Finland.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-10-01
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Pohjalaisia
Overview: In 1850s Southern Ostrobothnia, the new county police chief angers the peasants with his arrogance, dishonesty and violent methods. Jussi, a young farmer, dares to stand up to the police chief. His courage makes on impression on the maidservant Liisa.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1936-11-29
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Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
Overview: Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews. The two fall in love and decide to escape to Italy via Denmark where they have planned to get married. There are always complications because Mauritz's grandmother doesn't want him to marry below him - she has decided that Mauritz is to marry the Swedish beauty, Ingeborg Liliecrona.
Genres: Romance History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-01-31
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Lapatossu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-10-31
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Kuriton sukupolvi
Overview: Immersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his children's upbringing. He falls in love with his son Pelle's girlfriend Marja and becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of his family. The offended father sets out to discipline his ill-behaved children.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-11-28
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Tulitikkuja lainaamassa
Overview: Set in North Karelia, whne Antti Ihalainen's house runs out of matches, he goes to borrow some from a neighbor. On the road, he meets a rich widower, Jussi Vatanen, who asks Ihalai to be his speaker and friend on an engagement trip to the city of Jo. The hosts from Lieper are snorting drunkenly from behind their shoulders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-01-30
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Syyllisiäkö?
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-09-25
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Nummisuutarit
Overview: In the comedy set in Etelä-Hämee in the middle of the 19th century, Esko, the son of a cobbler, goes with the speaker Mikko Vilkastu to find a bride for himself from Karri's adopted daughter, Crete. However, not everything goes according to plan.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-12-25
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Helmikuun manifesti
Overview: February Manifesto was Yrjö Norta's and Toivo Särkkä's Finnish movie from 1939. It is a Finnish historical drama about developing independency based on book of the writer Mika Waltari. Movie Starring Tauno Palo and Regina Linnanheimo. For it's anti-soviet thematics it was banned in Finland from 1944 to 1987.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-02-19
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Halveksittu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1939-03-19
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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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SF-paraati
Overview: A love story between a taxi driver and a travel guide in the form of a musical.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-05-12
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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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Oi, kallis Suomenmaa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1940-12-22
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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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Totinen torvensoittaja
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1941-03-23
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Oi, aika vanha, kultainen…!
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-02-22
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Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
Overview: A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1969-09-12
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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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Professori Masa
Overview: A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1949-12-23
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Pontevat pommaripojat
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-12-23
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Tytön huivi
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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Yhden yön hinta
Overview: The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-02-22
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Se alkoi sateessa
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-08-28
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Varsovan laulu
Overview: A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Meidän poikamme merellä
Overview: After naval sergeant Pekka Kuusisto runs into his old crush, nurse Leila, she stays on his mind as he embarks on a submarine combat exercise.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-02-12
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Ja alla oli tulinen järvi
Overview: Set in Southern Finland between 1912 and 1936. Due to his father's drunkenness, high school student Jussi Raala has lost his inheritance, the manor house and the sawmill, to the gunman Lumia. Bitter and vengeful, Jussi decides to get the property back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-02-28
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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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Salainen ase
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Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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