Risto Mäkelä

Risto Mäkelä

Born: January 14, 1924
Died: March 19, 1992
in Raahe, Finland
Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä (14 January 1924 Raahe - March 19, 1992 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor.

The most significant roles of Mäkelä's film career take place in the early 1960s. From 1945 Mäkelä starred in the theater. He became known for Pyynik's summer theater, where he starred in the 1940s, well before his film career began. There, in his mid-1960s, his bravery role was Colonel Karjula of the Unknown Soldier. Mäkelä starred in the Pori and Tampere theaters, the Helsinki National Theater-Work Theater and the Finnish National Theater and visited the Radio Theater several times.

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Movies for Risto Mäkelä...

Lepakkolinna
Title: Lepakkolinna
Character: Sigismund Köllö, The Innkeeper
Released: March 29, 1980
Type: Movie
Set in 1860's Transylvania, a group of travelers ends to the Dracula's castle.
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Piilopirtti
Title: Piilopirtti
Character: kirkkoherra
Released: November 17, 1978
Type: Movie
Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.
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An Unknown Friend
Title: An Unknown Friend
Character: Unto Åkerblom
Released: January 20, 1978
Type: Movie
The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.
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Trust
Title: Trust
Character: Strike speaker
Released: August 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P.E. Svinhufvud (Vilho Siivola), Senator Carl Enckell (Yrjö Tähtelä) and State Secretary Gustaf Idman (Yrjö Paulo) arrive in St. Petersburg to meet V.I. Lenin (Kirill Lavrov) to gain recognition for the country's independence.
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Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
Title: Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
Character: vankikarkuri Yrjö Granberg
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in.
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Akseli and Elina
Title: Akseli and Elina
Character: Lasse
Released: December 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
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Title: Yhdeksän Miehen Saappaat
Released: November 2, 1969
Type: TV
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Turkasen tenava!
Title: Turkasen tenava!
Character: Ville
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
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Totuus on armoton
Title: Totuus on armoton
Character: Peteri
Released: March 14, 1963
Type: Movie
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Villin Pohjolan kulta
Title: Villin Pohjolan kulta
Released: February 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A western set in the "Wild North".
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Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Title: Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Character: Ahokas
Released: August 17, 1962
Type: Movie
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Hän varasti elämän
Title: Hän varasti elämän
Character: Henrik Leino 'Kaarlo Mäenpää'
Released: August 3, 1962
Type: Movie
A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.
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Title: "Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli
Character: Petteri Pösö
Released: May 18, 1962
Type: Movie
At Pösökylä's lodge, Taneli injures her leg in fur hunter Eemel's wolf irons, and Eemeli decides to take up the position of lodge lodge. During the leave of office, Eemeli gives lessons to the rich Petter who rules the village and arranges the engagement of his daughter Ilona to the blacksmith Ilmar. At the same time, the affairs of the coffee bar owner Bertta are also put in order and the prisoner escaper Luukas is caught.
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Pikku suorasuu
Title: Pikku suorasuu
Character: Taneli Puuska
Released: March 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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Älä nuolase…
Title: Älä nuolase…
Character: Joonas
Released: February 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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Me
Title: Me
Character: Väiski
Released: December 29, 1961
Type: Movie
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Oksat pois…
Title: Oksat pois…
Character: Ville
Released: October 27, 1961
Type: Movie
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Miljoonavaillinki
Title: Miljoonavaillinki
Released: September 29, 1961
Type: Movie
A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better.
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Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Title: Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Character: Mustapää
Released: September 15, 1961
Type: Movie
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?
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The Scarlet Dove
Title: The Scarlet Dove
Character: Mankela
Released: March 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
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Minkkiturkki
Title: Minkkiturkki
Character: Oskari
Released: February 3, 1961
Type: Movie
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
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Opettajatar seikkailee
Title: Opettajatar seikkailee
Character: Ville
Released: October 28, 1960
Type: Movie
An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.
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Autotytöt
Title: Autotytöt
Character: rekkakuski
Released: October 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.
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Inspector Palmu's Error
Title: Inspector Palmu's Error
Character: Hagert
Released: September 9, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Justus järjestää kaiken
Title: Justus järjestää kaiken
Character: Goldklimp
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.