Urho Kekkonen
Also Known As: UKK, Urkki, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Biography: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland from 1956 until 1982. He was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Center Party. As head of state for nearly 26 years, he dominated Finnish politics, held a large amount of power, won his later elections with little opposition and has often been classified as an autocrat. Nevertheless, he remains a respected figure. Description above from the Wikipedia article Urho Kekkonen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pielavesi, Finland
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Birthday: September 03, 1900
Age: 124 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 31, 1986
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Parempaan asumiseen
Overview: Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1968-01-02
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December 6, 1960
Overview: Independence Day celebrations at the Finnish presidential palace December 6, 1960.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-12-31
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Moonshine Village
Overview: Moonshine Village is a story about producing moonshine in Kitee, Finland, and its effect on the village's social and economic development between 1960-70. For most families producing Moonshine was a prerequisite. Kitee became one of the most remarkable producers - both in good and bad. According to an 85-year old police officer, in the 1960s there were no villages that were not producing Moonshine. Yet, the city mayor of Kitee says that this time has been the most creative time in the town's history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-12-31
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Presidentin päivä
Overview: A documentary following a day in Urho Kekkonen's life as the president of Finland.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1977-02-16
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Näin syntyi Saimaan kanava
Overview: Finnish documentary film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1969-08-15
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Urho Kekkonen - valtiomies, presidentti
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Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1967-10-17
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M/S Finlandia
Overview: Building and launching the cruise ship M/S Finlandia
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-23
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Disco and Atomic War
Overview: A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2009-04-10
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Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Overview: Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary on the capital of Finland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-12-03
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State Funeral
Overview: The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-10-22
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Rogue Reporters
Overview: The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of Tamminiemi' from the perspective of the journalists who wrote it. The time of the book's publication was the worst time of the Finlandization, Soviet spies worked behind the scenes and the power struggle was heating up, who would be successor of the President Kekkonen? The authors of the book appeared under pseudonyms, but the subjects of the writings were named, and it revealed everything that had been going on behind the scenes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-09-23
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Kekkonen as a Sports Influencer
Overview: Before his political career, Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986) was an athlete on the national level. Later he served as head of the Finnish Olympic Committee. The earliest film fragments of Kekkonen can be found in sports films, where he visits the Finland-England and Finland-France national athletics matches in 1933 and the Finnish Athletics Championships in 1938.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-12-31
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Finlandia Review 289
Overview: Urho Kekkonen assumed the office of President of the Republic of Finland on 1.3.1956. J. K. Paasikivi hands over the duties of President to Urho Kekkonen, who states that he will follow Paasikivi's policy and humbly accept the duties of President. On the same day, a general strike declared by the The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) also began.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-12-31
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Our Skiing President
Overview: President Kekkonen's skiing trip in January 1957 begins in Taipalsaari. From there, the President skis towards Puumala along the frozen Lake Saimaa. From Puumala the journey continues to Ryhälä and from there on to Sulkava and Savonlinna. Another of the President's ski trips was recorded by film cameras in late winter 1957 in Kainuu.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-12-31
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Urho Kekkonen
Overview: The documentary, intended as an election film, covers the key events of Urho Kekkonen's first presidential term. The President of the Republic of Finland makes state visits all over the world and travels frequently in Finland. The President's spouse Sylvi Kekkonen is also featured in the documentary. The President also comes to Tampere in July 1961, when King Olav of Norway visits Finland. President Kekkonen's first term was a time of many crises, but they are not really featured in the film. Instead, the ending is heartwarming: Urho picks a fallen autumn leaf from the ground and hands it to Sylvi.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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The Helsinki Effect
Overview: The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2025-02-21
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