Pekka Huotari
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oulu, Finland
Birthday: July 04, 1962
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Sisu
Overview: When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Genres: Action War Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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Mystery of the Wolf
Overview: Adopted, 12-year-old Salla lives in Lapland. After she rescues some wolf cubs from a poacher, her mission to keep them safe helps her reunite with her mother, who shares her mysterious connection with nature.
Genres: Drama Adventure Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-12-15
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Raid
Overview: Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but learns on his return that his ex-girlfriend Tarja has presumably died in a fire that he soon discovers was a larceny. He is also contacted by inspector Jansson, who he knows from the past regarding the murder of a protestor. Raid begins his investigation and soon finds that there's more to the cases than meets the eye.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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The Classic
Overview: A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2001-02-23
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V2: Dead Angel
Overview: The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2007-01-12
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Home Sweet Home
Overview: A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat
Overview: Computer professional Vesa Rajala rushes to home from a work trip because his wife Sanna is leaving for Greece with her new lover, Georgios from next door.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-11-11
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The Hijack That Went South
Overview: Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Overview: Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-01-13
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Vares: Private Eye
Overview: On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-07-23
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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
Overview: The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-10-09
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Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage
Overview: Iiris tries to recover from her difficult separation with Artturi when she unexpectedly meets Anton. The relationship doesn't get a chance to progress far when Iiris' son Niilo suddenly becomes ill. Niilo would only need a small operation, but once the boy enters the operating room, the hospital is subjected to a cyber attack. The power is cut off, the ventilators stop working and all access to patient data is blocked. Nurses have to prioritize whose life is the most valuable.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-11-05
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Hellsinki
Overview: In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-01-09
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Land of Love
Overview: A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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Under the North Star
Overview: Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-12-04
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Mestari
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-03-06
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Under the North Star II
Overview: Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Gloriously Wasted
Overview: Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence and, of course, alcohol for which he gets money even if by collecting bottles. But the hilarity in a drunken haze soon gets a run for its money as the passionate Juha falls in love with his AA group leader. The relationship with Tiina progresses quickly to dating and Juha has to make pivotal decisions. Juha has to begin balancing between maintaining a functional intimate relationship and his old lifestyle. Juha's best friend Kristian does his best to sabotage the relationship, and Juha's shaky decision to stay sober is further hindered by Mikael, an expert on German erotica. But how far can you go before there is only one solution left?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-12-28
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Dolly and Her Lover
Overview: Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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The Singer
Overview: The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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The Last Wedding
Overview: Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1995-02-17
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Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
Overview: Relations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led by President Mara fail, Sergeant Körmy interferes in the course of events.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Dirlandaa
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-11-04
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The South
Overview: A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-12-01
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Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
Overview: Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1991-10-18
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Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
Overview: The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
Overview: New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-08-15
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Poliisin poika
Overview: The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They are joined by Trampas's pregnant girlfriend and Jusse, a refugee from Rwanda, as a driver.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-11-24
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Behind the Curtain
Overview: School audition in the 80's. Steve has been training very hard, but singing in front of an audience is not easy. It might be easier to behind the curtain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-11-14
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95
Overview: Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.
Genres: Drama Comedy History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-12-25
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Linnan juhlat
Overview: In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-12-03
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Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat
Overview: A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Ambush
Overview: It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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Legend of the Lake Bodom
Overview: The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of the Cold War. It is Pentecost morning in 1960. Three young people are found murdered on the shores of Lake Bodom.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-12-18
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Täällä pojat tähden alla
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-01-03
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The Tough Ones
Overview: The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a policeman. He tries to help his friends to settle into the small town in Pohjanmaa, but the boys start a black market liquor business instead. The road seems to lead back to the jail.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-01-15
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Bad Boys: A True Story
Overview: The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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Promise
Overview: The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-12-02
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King of Hearts
Overview: The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Johanneksen leipäpuu
Overview: Manical portrait of a small businessman.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-05-02
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Vasen ja oikea
Overview: Both diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, politicians Esko Seppänen and Iiro Viinanen forge a deep friendship despite their ideological differences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2015-01-11
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Satan in the House
Overview: Woman unexpectedly meets Satan in her attic.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-11-18
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Towards the Day of Doom
Overview: Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for a renovation job at his old band mate's summer villa. Second story revolves around wannabe motorcycle gang and its leader Jouni who are being humiliated at a village shop. Thirdly in the 1960s, a star reporter Erkki "Likasanko" Sysimetsä starts writing a once in a lifetime story about the womanizing of Arvo Hakala, a pipe organ repair man. In the fourth story, a fantasy and sci-fi film director Kurt "Kurre" von Riikonen is looking for financing of his upcoming movie Excalibur IV with catastrophic consequences.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2014-02-19
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Lyrics and Lace
Overview: Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-11-06
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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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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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Into the Night
Overview: Mira and Johnannes, two young teenagers, have to spend Walpurgis Night in the hospital. Without knowing each other from before, they flee together from the pediatric ward to Mira's hiding place at the swimming pool, where they play and discuss their illnesses. They spend the night at the pool edge and, in the morning, are no longer the same.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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