Silu Seppälä
Also Known As: Antti Juhani Seppälä
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lavia, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: September 20, 1954
Age: 70 years old
Gender: Male
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
Overview: After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-17
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Overview: The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-03-24
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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
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Rocky VI
Overview: Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-06-14
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Zombie and the Ghost Train
Overview: Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Long Good Thursday
Overview: While on a shopping trip, Grump smells Saimi, a woman who smells just right and throws the whole man in a state of confusion. The Grump would not have believed that his chest could still feel like a young boy's. The Grump has to admit that he enjoys Saimi’s company. The words, looks, and touch of another awaken long-forgotten feelings. The Grump’s sons are incredulous and downright jealous of their father, and they don’t want to trust Saimi’s sincerity… could she be after the inheritance? Family meetings, misunderstandings, moonlight swims, and sleepless nights. Indeed, Cupid's arrow can pierce even an old man's flannel shirt.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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Total Balalaika Show
Overview: A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-06
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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
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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
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Lights in the Dusk
Overview: Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-02-03
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Upswing
Overview: Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-02-28
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The Grump: In Search of an Escort
Overview: Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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