Heikki Välisalmi
Also Known As: Johan Henrik Karttunen
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kuopio, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: April 11, 1886
Age: 139 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 28, 1947
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Mr. Elanto
Overview: Jack Coski (Jaakko Koski) returns to Helsinki and gets impressed by co-op Elanto.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1930-10-15
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Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee
Overview: Young married couple, Martti and Ulla, are spending a carefree weekend at their Rauhanlehto villa. Their peace is disrupted when the in-laws and Ulla's sister Alli, come to visit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-04-30
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Murtovarkaus
Overview: Niilo, a son of a rich estate owner, is in love with a poor crofter's adopted daughter Heleena. However, on his father's orders, Niilo instead becomes engaged to Loviisa, a daughter of a wealthy landowner. When Niilo wants to call off the engagement, his proud and rejected bride begins to interfere with the lovers' relationship with the help of Penttula, who is said to be able to perform miracles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1926-09-27
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Muurmanin pakolaiset
Overview: In northern Finland in the fall of 1916, Saima Niva rescues a man drifting in the river, who turns out to be a German lieutenant Braun. Braun and his six comrades have managed to escape the prisoner of war at the Muurmann railway station, but the lieutenant has had to get rid of the lost group. While Braun is recovering, under the good care of Saima, Niva's neighbor and henchman of the gendarmes, the greedy policeman Simpura, gets a tip about the refugees camped in the desert.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1927-01-09
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Runoilija muuttaa
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1927-11-13
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Tukkijoella
Overview: “Tukkijoella” (Log River – 1928). Films of this genre gave the Finnish cinema and the viewing public one of its most popular characters – the lumberjack (tukkijatka, tukkipoika, tukkilainen) who at his most heroic hour becomes the log-roller or the shooter of rapids (koskenlaskija). The significance of this character in Finnish film is comparable to that of the Cowboy on American cinema. He is the pioneer, the wanderer, the adventurer. He negotiates the frontier, he is an embodiment of the conflict between wilderness and civilization.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1928-11-05
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Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin
Overview: The film starts at the countryside, where station master Viirimäki is spending his summer holiday. He has gotten into the holiday mood to the extent that he wakes up from his stupor at the very moment he should already be getting back to work. Unfortunately the last ship from the island where he has been vacationing has already sailed, but as luck would have it, local residents Himanen and Kehkonen promise to help him out. Things turn out differently, however, and the attempt to help starts out an adventure filled with misunderstandings and plot twists.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1931-02-02
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Sininen varjo
Overview: Valentin Vaala's first sound film. Only fragments survive.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-03-25
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Kahden tanssin välillä
Overview: Forester Antti Kare and manager John Freyberg travel north in search of millions worth of timber sales. The manager's giddy daughter Margit also secretly joins the journey.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1930-01-26
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Syntipukki
Overview: Adalbert "Mussu" Koikkalainen inherits 9,000 marks from his uncle. To buy a milk shop, Koikkalainen needs another thousand marks and work experience, so he applies for a job at the department store Sampo, where he is hired as a scapegoat to receive customer complaints. The saleswoman Irja Salo, who is under threat of dismissal, falls in love with the general manager Vaara, whom she thinks is a traveling salesman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1935-04-07
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Pikku myyjätär
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1933-12-03
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