Tomi Salmela
Also Known As: Tomi 'Topi' Salmela
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: February 27, 1957
Age: 68 years old
Gender: Male
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Night on Earth
Overview: An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-12
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Palava rakkaus
Overview: A story of the lives of Aino and Oskar Kallas.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-12-29
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Overseas and Under Your Skin
Overview: Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-01-23
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Land of Hope
Overview: Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni’s dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2018-10-26
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Where Once We Walked
Overview: The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-10-28
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Iron Horsemen
Overview: Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.
Genres: Action Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-27
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Paper Star
Overview: Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men
Overview: The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-01-06
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Iso vaalee
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1983-01-21
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Purge
Overview: Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually, and their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-09-07
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Never Alone
Overview: 1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2025-01-17
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Shadow of the Eagle
Overview: The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Akvaariorakkaus
Overview: Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in to live with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to experience orgasm. Trying to cope with the situation, Saara has another brief affair back in her old home town.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Häng dej, pojkfan
Overview: Short film.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1985-05-18
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Yöjuna
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Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-09-13
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Pearls and Pigs
Overview: When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-08-29
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The Winter War
Overview: Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-11-30
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Punainen huone
Overview: Young cleaning woman Kukka-Maaria comes to town and gets an awesome rental apartment. In exchange of that, however, her landlord gradually subjects her to be his and his friends' sexual partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1991-05-21
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Rikos & rakkaus
Overview: In a comedy set in Rovaniemi, the parish’s housekeeper Kristiina Pahka falls in love with Marsipaani Räikkonen, even though he knows that the man is a petty criminal. Under the leadership of hard-hitting Inspector Rautapää, the city’s police force will have to investigate many kinds of crimes, of which Marsipaani’s close friends know one or another.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-02-05
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Ariel
Overview: A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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Anita
Overview: Crime caper involving two con artists who team up to pull off a super scam. Complications arise when the female member of the team falls in love with the male partner, who is mainly interested in the money.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-01-28
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Dogs Don't Wear Pants
Overview: Juha has lost his wife in an accident. Years after, he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Village People
Overview: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, the long-time president of the Republic of Finland, is scheduled to visit Alli’s Bar on his way to northern Finland. He is blindly worshiped and the nearer the visit draws, the more envy, competition and dirty tricks come to bear in this small town setting. No one is spared the brutality!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-08-16
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The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand
Overview: A film about Finnish artist Kalervo Palsa who was completely neglected by his peers and time
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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Bad Family
Overview: The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing suspicions and concerns cause the father to become delusional and unrelenting in his quest to end the love affair between his children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-01-29
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Isabella
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Romanovin kivet
Overview: This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge, his money, his wife, and his daughter.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-11-26
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Postia marsalkalle
Overview: Story of a simple-minded Finnish soldier set in the winter of 1943.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Ursula
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-09-12
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Skin Deep
Overview: A quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-03-05
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