Kai Lehtinen

Kai Lehtinen

Born: July 31, 1958
in Kerava, Finland

Movies for Kai Lehtinen...

The Missile
Title: The Missile
Character: Pekka
Released: February 2, 2024
Type: Movie
Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina, a single mother, is fired from her job in a bakery and drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border.
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Title: The Happy Hour of the Wolf
Character: Kauko
Released: April 10, 2019
Type: TV
After Janne suddenly disappears while taking out the trash, the police tell Heta there’s nothing they can do - a person has every right to go missing if there is no sign of a crime. Troubled, she begins searching for and finds only one clue: it seems Janne had undergone Koistinen’s radical divorce therapy for men.
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Heavy Trip
Title: Heavy Trip
Character: Kujanpää
Released: March 9, 2018
Type: Movie
Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.
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Varasto 2
Title: Varasto 2
Character: Alpo
Released: February 16, 2018
Type: Movie
Rousku and Raninen are fleeing their unemployment by setting up a construction company. Occupational illiteracy is not an obstacle and accounting is fine when Rouskun's mate deals with things. The entrepreneurs know that the poor can be, but not artificial. But what's the point for the scratchy women? Especially when Rousku gets to look in the mirror again and find out what kind of father, such a daughter.
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My Brother's Keeper
Title: My Brother's Keeper
Character: Heimo
Released: January 31, 2018
Type: Movie
The story of a Finnish rap artist Cheek and his brother.
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Title: Seitsemäntoista
Character: P. E. Svinhufvud
Released: December 3, 2017
Type: TV
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Linnan juhlat
Title: Linnan juhlat
Character: Jalmari "Jallu" Rykimäjärvi
Released: December 3, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Rolli and the Secret of All Time
Title: Rolli and the Secret of All Time
Character: Seppä
Released: September 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Rolli and little elf girl Juniper along with the rest of the rollis and other strange creatures lead peaceful and rollishly fun lives in their flourishing Rolli Village. One day the inquisitive friends Rolli and Juniper hear incredible news from Malcolm the Maggot: somewhere far away, beyond mountains, forests and the sea, lies a place called The Beginning of All Time. That’s where the storks always take off on their trips to deliver babies in small bundles to their new homes. Rolli and Juniper cannot help but become curious. Both of them have fallen into Rolli Village in a bundle from the sky, and especially Juniper has always wondered where she came from. The two friends decide to throw themselves into a joint adventure. They embark on a trip toward The Beginning of All Time in order to find the answer to life’s greatest secret.
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Headfirst
Title: Headfirst
Character: Sakke
Released: December 26, 2014
Type: Movie
Headfirst is a black comedy about a single mother with anger management problems and her teenage daughter who is always in trouble at school. With yet another school comes a new teacher and a blast from the past for the mother. Before long, an accidental pickpocket and a notoriously lousy storyteller teams up with this one dysfunctional sort of a family. Nothing is the same anymore. Headfirst is a story about missing teeth, strange friends, hidden dreams and long-gone love. And about a hare.
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Towards the Day of Doom
Title: Towards the Day of Doom
Character: Ögil Balthasar
Released: February 19, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Red Ribbon
Title: Red Ribbon
Character: Turunen
Released: January 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy about a guy who wants to get laid before he is retired.
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Body of Water
Title: Body of Water
Character: Leo
Released: October 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Julia is a young lawyer who has been in conflict with her father for a long time. Her mother seems a bit insane, and Julia thinks that he is partially responsible for this. She has also split with the father of her son and tries to escape all these concerns by working hard. On a new case, she is brought back to the house near the lake where she was raised to help a group of environmentalists to protect its natural beauty against the industrial project of a power company. But by doing so she has to fight the greed of the locals, and their trust in an evil spirit that is believed to be attached to the lake.
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Wolf Carver
Title: Wolf Carver
Character: Sulo
Released: May 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Sulo, a lonely artist, lives in the countryside. One day as he is going to see his ex-girlfriend, he meets a girl with a trailer full of cardboard boxes and helps her move her things into her new flat.
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White Snow
Title: White Snow
Character: Markku
Released: March 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
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Backwood Philosopher
Title: Backwood Philosopher
Character: Konsta Pylkkönen
Released: December 25, 2009
Type: Movie
Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.
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Suuri Performanssi
Title: Suuri Performanssi
Character: Jaakko
Released: December 8, 2008
Type: Movie
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The Novelist
Title: The Novelist
Character: Kalle Päätalo
Released: September 26, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Taivaan tulet
Character: Tero Kekki
Released: January 24, 2007
Type: TV
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Legend of the Lake Bodom
Title: Legend of the Lake Bodom
Character: Hans Asman
Released: December 18, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Rikospoliisi ei laula
Character: Matti Sorsa / Raine Sorsa
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: TV
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Promise
Title: Promise
Character: Seppä Ollinen
Released: December 2, 2005
Type: Movie
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
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Shadow of the Eagle
Title: Shadow of the Eagle
Character: Officer
Released: September 9, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Nyrölä 3
Title: Nyrölä 3
Released: November 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Summer night, fraying country idyll, motorcycle gang and a murder.
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Land of Love
Title: Land of Love
Character: Poliisien pesisjoukkueen lukkari
Released: December 19, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Mosku: The Last of His Kind
Title: Mosku: The Last of His Kind
Character: Aleksi 'Mosku' Hihnavaara
Released: February 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is also involved in the bandit hunt on the side of Soviet Russia led by Wallenius, the commander of the Lapland border guard.
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Raid
Title: Raid
Character: Raid
Released: January 31, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Kuningas Hidas
Title: Kuningas Hidas
Character: Taisto
Released: April 21, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Raid
Character: Raid
Released: January 10, 2000
Type: TV
Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series. The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-studio. Another policeman takes his own life at his summer home. A young woman, an executive with a powerful electronics concern, also commits suicide. Her embittered father suspects foul play and he invites Raid, the woman's former boyfriend to "make inquiries". Meanwhile, the police are looking for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end. The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction. The series was also honoured with a prestigious film award and the Finnish Whodunnit Society's award. The music from the series sold gold and platinum.
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The Swan and the Wanderer
Title: The Swan and the Wanderer
Character: Lj. Liimatainen
Released: February 19, 1999
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.
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Rikos & rakkaus
Title: Rikos & rakkaus
Character: Marsipaani Räikkönen
Released: February 5, 1999
Type: Movie
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Poliisin poika
Title: Poliisin poika
Character: Trampas
Released: November 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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.
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I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
Title: I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
Character: Rauno "Rane" Vekkilä
Released: November 24, 1997
Type: Movie
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Pekko ja unissakävelijä
Title: Pekko ja unissakävelijä
Character: Kalevi, "Keimo", tutkija
Released: September 26, 1997
Type: Movie
Pipsa has fallen prey to a shady scientist Kalevi. Pekko tries to save her.
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Aatamin poika
Title: Aatamin poika
Character: Väinö
Released: April 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Young journalist student Mari gets a summer job in the countryside. While trying to socialise with the local people, she meets a shy young man who has the habit of going naked around the village.
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Suolaista ja makeaa
Title: Suolaista ja makeaa
Character: Ilari
Released: March 17, 1995
Type: Movie
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Marja
Title: Marja
Character: Mäkinen
Released: November 28, 1994
Type: Movie
When Marja becomes pregnant as a result of an unauthorized relationship, the man denies the whole relationship. A pregnant young woman is left alone. Marja ends up with an illegal abortion when there are only bad options ahead.
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Title: Kohtaamiset ja erot
Character: Kalle
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
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Aapo
Title: Aapo
Character: Volanen
Released: July 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war begins.
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Anita
Title: Anita
Character: Rami
Released: January 28, 1994
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Milkshake
Character: Roope
Released: January 10, 1994
Type: TV
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Viimeiset siemenperunat
Title: Viimeiset siemenperunat
Released: December 14, 1993
Type: Movie
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Title: Viimeiset Siemenperunat
Character: Kai Huuskonen
Released: December 14, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Kiimaiset poliisit
Character: Hessu Sutinen
Released: April 1, 1993
Type: TV
The protagonists of the series are three cops - married couple Marita and Goofy and Marita's old love, Oiva. After years, Marita and Oiva meet and escape into the woods during a police operation. In the soft heat of August, the cops are trying to find a place of fulfillment and save the world from evil. In the whirlwind of a triangle drama, they encounter missions, murderers, priests and betrayers - rage, crime, tears.
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Puhallus
Title: Puhallus
Character: Arto Savolainen
Released: May 7, 1992
Type: Movie
The company's regional manager has had enough of the fast pace of business and the frivolous patterns. He leaves the office sauna for a booze run at the behest of his boss. Drunk and driving his own car, even he doesn't have to. The situation becomes a thrilling chase that ends in a breathalyzer test and all-round relief as things fall into place. The booze run becomes a turning point in the life of the group's regional manager.
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Läpi harmaan kiven
Title: Läpi harmaan kiven
Released: April 23, 1989
Type: Movie
"Through the gray stone, the bedrock." Follows the making of Jouko Turka's version of Aleksis Kivi's novel "Seven Brothers". The Finnish national poem. A very close look at the lives and drama education of the students at the Theater Academy in Helsinki. Trying, challenging and partly offensive exercises, mental pressure and Turkka's theatre ideology and method.
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Baby Love
Title: Baby Love
Character: Snake
Released: September 13, 1986
Type: Movie
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Starring: Jouko Turkka
Title: Starring: Jouko Turkka
Released: February 23, 1984
Type: Movie
The controversial Jouko Turkka, actor, writer, teacher and stage director. With his mostly devoted students at the Theatre Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Where he was appointed professor of stage production 1981-1984.