Elina Salo
Also Known As: Elina Maisala, Элина Сало
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elina Salo (born March 9, 1936 in Sipoo, Finland) is a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo has appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elina Salo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sipoo, Finland
Birthday: March 09, 1936
Adult: No
Gender: Female
Popularity:
Known For:
Tyttö tuli taloon
Overview: Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-02-03
Popularity:
Scandal in the Girls' School
Overview: The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the students, the warm relationship between two girls is a causing concern.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-04-29
Popularity:
The Match Factory Girl
Overview: Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-01-12
Popularity:
Hamlet Goes Business
Overview: When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-08-21
Popularity:
Nonstop
Overview: A revolver changes hands seven times, each time serving a different purpose shot in a film style which tests the traditional story-telling form of film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-01-01
Popularity:
Le Havre
Overview: In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-08
Popularity:
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
Overview: A comical animated opera. A chicken leaves to get birch branches for sauna while the rooster stays to warm the sauna. On her way she sees a clear-watered well, a tired cow and other creatures that sing along "Finland's best animal actress" Elina Salo and a child choir to some songs composed by M.A. Numminen.
Genres: Animation Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1991-01-01
Popularity:
I Have a Tiger
Overview: A little boy has a tiger as a pet, but it's a secret. The widemouth of the apartment building is Miss Kotilainen, who is always complaining about everything. Other people in the building have their own secrets too. After a lot of those secrets are uncovered, a party is held that melts the heart of Miss Kotilainen. After that, Kalle the Tiger won't have to be hidden no more.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1979-01-23
Popularity:
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
Overview:
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-12-25
Popularity:
Tähtisumua
Overview:
Genres: Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-01-13
Popularity:
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Overview: Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants her to marry another man than his sober personality wants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1979-12-21
Popularity:
Kulkurin masurkka
Overview: A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-01-24
Popularity:
The Snow Queen
Overview: A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Kerttu.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-12-19
Popularity:
A Stranger Came by Train
Overview: An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in the manner of the later phenomenon of televangelists. While indulging in behind-the-scene shenanigans including rape and murder, the gangster (played by American Clu Gulagher) preaches to large audiences, using mass hypnotism and show-biz razzmatazz to get his message across. The film also features a brief performance by Per Oscarsson, following his highly publicized "retirement" from screen acting.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-10-28
Popularity:
Yö vai päivä
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-11-23
Popularity:
The Little Angel
Overview: It's holiday season and Christmas decorations come alive again. As her first Christmas Eve approaches, the Little Angel is eager to find her own place in the world. But to her surprise, all the Christmas positions seem to be filled.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-02-13
Popularity:
A Worker's Diary
Overview: Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1967-02-26
Popularity:
Tie pimeään
Overview: Klaus Grahn is a young student frustrated with his life. In an attempt to break free from his unfulfilling life he tries to commit the perfect crime and forges a large check. Quickly he runs out of money and the police identifies him as the criminal, and so he boards a train to Tampere where he robs a taxi and shoots the driver. He returns to Helsinki and manages to avoid the police, but his friends and family try to persuade him into giving himself up. Klaus is angered by this, and he flees, plagued by paranoid thoughts until he decides to confront his friends for the last time - this time with a gun.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-12-28
Popularity:
Älä nuolase…
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-02-09
Popularity:
Petos
Overview: The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-03-18
Popularity:
Inspector Palmu's Error
Overview: A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-09-09
Popularity:
Poet and Muse
Overview: Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends include equally central figures of the Finnish cultural scene in the early 1900s, such as painters Halonen and Gallén-Kallela, and composer Sibelius.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1978-10-13
Popularity:
Minkkiturkki
Overview: A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-02-03
Popularity:
The Farewell
Overview: Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repressed by her stern father. When Valerie has a brief affair with another woman, her father is extremely angry and tries to end the affair with physical force. However Valerie’s determination, independence and lesbian feelings cannot be crushed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1982-04-08
Popularity:
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Overview: A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-09-15
Popularity:
Iloinen Linnanmäki
Overview: Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-11-04
Popularity:
Harry Munter
Overview: Harry Munter, a sensitive, kind, appealing man in his twenties, lives with his parents. He's an inventor, a bit of a mystic, maybe a genius, and a good son and grandson. He's offered work in the U.S. But a friend has cancer and the world is changing in ways that provoke profound sadness. Written by Eileen Berdon
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-12-20
Popularity:
Pedon merkki
Overview: Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1981-09-25
Popularity:
Linna
Overview: Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the woebegone Josef K., who is trapped in an ever-increasing labyrinth of double talk and bureaucratic nonsense in his efforts to reach the castle. As Josef seeks to make an appointment to see the ruler Herr Klamm inside his inaccessible abode, he becomes enmeshed in abuse from lowly villagers and bureaucrats alike. His endless false starts toward the castle's enigmatic interior are partly offset by a few sexual encounters but nothing alleviates his role as a victim of forces beyond his control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-09-12
Popularity:
Drifting Clouds
Overview: The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-01-26
Popularity:
The Man Without a Past
Overview: Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2002-03-01
Popularity:
Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
Overview: The Vorna brothers search for a hidden valley and its treasures.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1963-11-08
Popularity:
Justus järjestää kaiken
Overview: Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-04-15
Popularity:
Kreivi
Overview: Pertti Ylermi Lindgren was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. Lindgren is the real thing, as far as swindlers go. Peter von Bagh asked him to play himself in a film that would reconstruct some of his greatest moments, i.e. the most flamboyant stunts – and he agreed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1971-02-05
Popularity:
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
Overview: Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1968-01-29
Popularity:
Vaaksa vaaraa
Overview: A technician working in the telephony company receives a mysterious packet.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1965-11-05
Popularity:
Kultainen vasikka
Overview: Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-11-24
Popularity:
Herra sotaministeri
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-08-09
Popularity:
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1962-08-17
Popularity:
Rintamalotta
Overview: Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-11-02
Popularity:
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Overview: Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-01-14
Popularity:
Juha
Overview: A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-02-26
Popularity:
Sotapojan heilat
Overview: A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-08-15
Popularity:
Patarouva
Overview: Kaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-09-25
Popularity:
Nitro League
Overview: An jolly gang of elderly people plan to rob a bank.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-10-01
Popularity:
Kahdeksan peiliä
Overview: A 1982 short film from Finland.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1982-01-01
Popularity:
Gamen
Overview:
Genres: Comedy History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1973-04-09
Popularity:
Comet in Moominland
Overview: Moomintroll, Sniff, and Little My set out to investigate a comet heading for Moominvalley. Along the way, they meet Snufkin, the Snorkmaiden, and other friends, facing various challenges. As they rush to prevent disaster, they uncover unexpected surprises and work together to stay safe before the comet’s arrival.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-08-08
Popularity: