Jaakko Talaskivi

Jaakko Talaskivi

Born: May 24, 1945
Died: March 8, 1998
in Helsinki, Finland

Movies for Jaakko Talaskivi...

Juha
Title: Juha
Character: Bodyguard
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
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Iron Horsemen
Title: Iron Horsemen
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.
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Night on Earth
Title: Night on Earth
Character: Factory Worker #1
Released: December 12, 1991
Type: Movie
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
Title: Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
Character: Huurulan poika
Released: December 21, 1990
Type: Movie
That Kiljunen familys sets out find their two missing family members, who have been sent to Tampere by the Matalamäki boarding school for retraining due to poor school performance.
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Ariel
Title: Ariel
Character: Cook (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes.
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Hamlet Goes Business
Title: Hamlet Goes Business
Character: Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1987
Type: Movie
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?
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Tilinteko
Title: Tilinteko
Character: Man in Jailyard (uncredited)
Released: February 13, 1987
Type: Movie
Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small town, where he has became the mayor. Varjola, of course, is shocked to see his old friend again.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Dunkun henkivartija / baarinpitäjän ääni
Released: January 16, 1987
Type: Movie
A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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Shadows in Paradise
Title: Shadows in Paradise
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.
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Rocky VI
Title: Rocky VI
Released: June 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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Viimeiset rotannahat
Title: Viimeiset rotannahat
Released: January 18, 1985
Type: Movie
Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.
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Herra Huu – jestapa jepulis penikat sipuliks
Title: Herra Huu – jestapa jepulis penikat sipuliks
Character: Angry Car Owner
Released: December 21, 1973
Type: Movie
Lonely ghost Mister Who goes around scaring orphan kids in this Finnish children's musical.
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Lampaansyöjät
Title: Lampaansyöjät
Character: Humalainen soutaja
Released: November 17, 1972
Type: Movie
Valtteri and Sepe, two ordinary white-collar guys from southern Finland drive up north to implement a plan they've been hatching for months. Because they simply love the taste of lamb, baked "robber-style" in a hole dug under a campfire, they forge their car's number plates and other important documents just to be able to poach sheep grazing on the roadside without getting caught. Lots of man talk around the campfire, aided by lots of booze. The summer may be wet, but the vodka is definitely dry.
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When the Heavens Fall…
Title: When the Heavens Fall…
Character: Jussi, toimittaja
Released: February 27, 1972
Type: Movie
A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.
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Hirttämättömät
Title: Hirttämättömät
Character: man at water well
Released: August 27, 1971
Type: Movie
Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They start to travel to another town for the reward, through the desert without water and fighting against Indians. And just to find out that they have made a full circle back to origin.
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Jussi Pussi
Title: Jussi Pussi
Character: Yrjö Volanen - oikeistolainen opiskelija
Released: April 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Jussi, a student admired by all women, is inadvertently selected to represent both left-wing and right-wing parties in the parliamentary elections. All Jussi cares about is the beautiful, blonde Irmeli.
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Portraits of Women
Title: Portraits of Women
Character: Peter von Spaak (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1970
Type: Movie
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.
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Kesäkapina
Title: Kesäkapina
Character: interviewer
Released: January 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl and her boyfriend. Sporting the latest fashions and trendy hairdos, they naïvely observe and criticise the modern consumer society, advertising, fancy boats and summer cottages, country dances, barbecues, and any other phenomena that were supposed to bother angry young intellectuals in those days. The plot and the political agenda are delivered with a cheerful, tongue-in-cheek mixture of documentary observations, fake TV commercials, fake interviews, philosophical voiceovers and titles, and a jazzy soundtrack by the progressive rock group Wigwam.
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Nuoruus vauhdissa
Title: Nuoruus vauhdissa
Released: February 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Laila and Lasse are two teenagers dreaming about careers as singers. Lasse's brother Rami dreams about motorbike racing and dates a pretty blond Anjukka. Her father works in the hot new field of TV advertising, which might be a good route to stardom for Laila and Lasse. But then Anjukka sets her eyes on Lasse and Rami sets his on Laila, and many a popular hit melody is sung in between.