Heikki Packalén
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rauma, Finland
Birthday: December 07, 1921
Deathday: October 06, 1989
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Suomisen Olli yllättää
Overview: Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations with his family is in turmoil. He also finds the sweet life in restaurants more exhilarating than being in the school and reading books for the forthcoming student exams.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-08-26
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The Bridal Wreath
Overview: A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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Evakko
Overview: Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-08-30
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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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Salakuljettajan laulu
Overview: Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-11-07
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Säkkijärven polkka
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-09
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People in the Summer Night
Overview: A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-10-09
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Sydämeni laulu
Overview: A documentary picture about Finnish Americans. A husband, wife, and a daughter are travelling in the "Wonderland of the West" meeting many Finnish immigrants.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä
Overview: Pete and Runt travel to Lapland to hunt the snowman in the hope of a cash reward, and take Justiina along as a bait.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-07-30
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The Doll Merchant
Overview: A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-08-12
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Ruusu ja kulkuri
Overview: The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an international singing star, Aappo never forgets his first love Katri, who faithfully waits in Liminga for his return.
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-11-05
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Tahtoisin olla kuningatar
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-04-10
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