Oiva Lohtander
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vilppula, Finland
Birthday: April 15, 1942
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Raid
Overview: Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but learns on his return that his ex-girlfriend Tarja has presumably died in a fire that he soon discovers was a larceny. He is also contacted by inspector Jansson, who he knows from the past regarding the murder of a protestor. Raid begins his investigation and soon finds that there's more to the cases than meets the eye.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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Chaplinesque
Overview: Musical tale of a happy man, whose happiness the Fur King tried to buy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-09-24
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Kummeli Kultakuume
Overview: Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-12-05
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Jackpot
Overview: Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-02-17
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Onnellinen mies
Overview: Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge construction site, but he quickly finds himself clashing against the local decision-makers. The bridge engineer is also popular with the ladies and, being a man of energy, he manages to take care of several of his admirers at once.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1979-05-14
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Poliisin poika
Overview: The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They are joined by Trampas's pregnant girlfriend and Jusse, a refugee from Rwanda, as a driver.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-11-24
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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
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Joulubileet
Overview: A story of Mike, just out of prison, and his buddies throwing a Christmas party under the most obscure circumstances is filled with juicy dialogue and plot twists that will definitely make your jaw drop – and have you chuckle for days after.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-11-29
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Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
Overview: Relations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led by President Mara fail, Sergeant Körmy interferes in the course of events.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Mommilan veriteot 1917
Overview: On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1973-10-05
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The Year of the Wolf
Overview: Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2007-02-02
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Linnan juhlat
Overview: In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-12-03
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Nyrölä 3
Overview: Summer night, fraying country idyll, motorcycle gang and a murder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-01
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The Prodigal Son
Overview: Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-10-30
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Puhallus
Overview: The company's regional manager has had enough of the fast pace of business and the frivolous patterns. He leaves the office sauna for a booze run at the behest of his boss. Drunk and driving his own car, even he doesn't have to. The situation becomes a thrilling chase that ends in a breathalyzer test and all-round relief as things fall into place. The booze run becomes a turning point in the life of the group's regional manager.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-05-07
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Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
Overview: This winter is extraordinary; Moomintroll decides to stay awake to explore the winter instead of hibernating as usually. And winters are certainly totally different than he had imagined. Strangest creatures wander amidst the snowdrifts; midwinter darkness surrounds the Moominvalley, and on top of that, an eccentric guest is soon to appear. This guest requires many measures, and is called Christmas, Hemulen tells to a surprised Moomintroll.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-11-23
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The Tough Ones
Overview: The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a policeman. He tries to help his friends to settle into the small town in Pohjanmaa, but the boys start a black market liquor business instead. The road seems to lead back to the jail.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-01-15
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Bad Boys: A True Story
Overview: The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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Under the North Star II
Overview: Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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A Finnish Rhapsody
Overview: Short film by Tapio Piirainen that is his diploma work when graduating from TaiK / Department of Film, Television and Scenography.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-06-28
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The Subtenant
Overview: A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-09-12
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Legend of the Lake Bodom
Overview: The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of the Cold War. It is Pentecost morning in 1960. Three young people are found murdered on the shores of Lake Bodom.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-12-18
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Rengasmatka
Overview: Divorced Asta and her daughter Anni go on a summer holiday touring Finland with Asta's sister and her husband. On the trip they visit a submarine, a mine, a dinosaur land and search for Santa Claus in Lapland.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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Falling Angels
Overview: The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-12-05
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Vares: Private Eye
Overview: On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-07-23
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Little Sister
Overview: Katri's husband has died in the Finnish Winter War. When the Continuation War begins, Katri volunteers to work in a Helsinki military hospital. She is courted by a patient, a poetry-reciting countryman bound to be released from service. In the same time, she dates old school friend Eero who even goes AWOL to be near her. As the war continues, Katri has to make difficult decisions about her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-11-26
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Garbage Prince
Overview: Jed (19) walks out on his former life, without destination, without explanation, and gets on a train. He ends up by happenstance in a small eastern town in Finland where he soon comes face to face with the daily rigors of independent life. Coping becomes a challenge for him almost to the point of being an obsession. Of all the people in town, Jed seems to constantly run across the prickly and quick-witted Lulu (17). Gradually, without either of them admitting it, their relationship changes from bickering, picking on each other and a battle of wills to friendship, and as can happen, finally to love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-07-29
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