Tommi Korpela

Tommi Korpela

Born: August 23, 1968
in Helsinki, Finland
Tommi Korpela is a Finnish actor and screenwriter. Best known for his roles in Man's Job (2007), Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010), Distractions (2015) and Eternal Road (2017). He has won Jussi Award (Finnish premier film industry award) for Best Actor three times in 2008, 2009 and 2015.

Korpela graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1995.

Korpela is also a nature conservationist, and specializes in the conservation of Finland's migratory fish populations and the Saimaa ringed seal in particular. He has published a book about fly fishing called 'Fly Fishing: Incredible Fly Fishing with Hissu & Tommi' together with actor Kari Hietalahti.

Movies for Tommi Korpela...

Title: A Wolf's Palate
Released: January 2, 2025
Type: TV
Young girl Silvija has been brutally murdered. Her desecrated body was found in the woods by Ulvis, the town’s deaf-mute tattoo artist. Everyone in the small town becomes suspects in this terrible crime, divided into several fierce camps accusing each other. Little by little, the viewer discovers the dark and frightening side of life in this seemingly sleepy, backwater town.
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Amidst
Title: Amidst
Character: Jone
Released: March 7, 2024
Type: Movie
Everything is just perfect, and then, boom!
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Title: Constellation
Character: Björn Hallgren
Released: February 21, 2024
Type: TV
When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.
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8 Views of Lake Biwa
Title: 8 Views of Lake Biwa
Character: Planton
Released: February 16, 2024
Type: Movie
On the shimmering shores of Europe’s otherworldly edge, two teenage girls, Hanake and her best friend are discussing their first love interest while gazing out at yachts sailing to Kyoto. They whisper prayers and poems, the language of their longings. But the magic is fading in their isolated fishing village as they’re dealing with a recent disaster, with some indulging in erotic art, some in spiritual spells. It becomes clear that intimacy alone won’t help them process their loss.
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The Missile
Title: The Missile
Character: Pertti Keinänen
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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Huijarit
Title: Huijarit
Character: Toimitusjohtaja Jukkis
Released: December 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Exhausted by odd jobs and a lack of money, Siru manages to lie her way into becoming a fake doctor by a series of misunderstandings. Her new relationship with lawyer Niko is hopefully true, although it seems that not only Siru but several of her close friends are also lying. Some of them even lie for a living.
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Prelude
Title: Prelude
Character: Jyrki
Released: November 11, 2023
Type: Movie
Helena is spending an evening with her family when someone knocks on the door. Unknown man confronts Helena with accusations towards her perfect family. Helena drives the man and the accusations away. But the seed of doubt has been planted.
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Title: Eroja ja sovintoja
Character: Matti
Released: October 16, 2023
Type: TV
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Dear Pierangelo
Title: Dear Pierangelo
Released: July 16, 2023
Type: Movie
One evening while preparing for another hookup, Touko commits the ultimate sin: an unprompted email to a long-lost Italian lover.
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The Hullabaloos!
Title: The Hullabaloos!
Character: Adjutantti Korhonen
Released: December 28, 2022
Type: Movie
The birthday of twin boys, Mökö and Luru, takes the family Kiljunen to Helsinki, where their dog gets accidentally switched with the president's dog. Mökö and Luru rush to save their dog, while mother and father Kiljunen take over the city from land, sea and air.
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Hyväveli
Title: Hyväveli
Character: Havukainen
Released: December 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Patrolman Loyan tries to find his place in the new police department while keeping his friend Warsame, newly released from prison, on the right track. Loyan's ambition is to get into detective training, but his supervisor Jokisalo thinks he'd be better off patrolling the familiar neighbourhoods with his partner Johanna. The patrol gets down to business when they start investigating what looks like a suicide. Antero Päiviö, a professional criminal and racial bigot involved in drug trafficking, has jumped from his balcony. The man who was first pronounced dead suddenly wakes up and is taken to hospital. Loyan finds it hard to believe the man's story and decides to find out the truth at any cost. As the plot unravels, it's hard to know who to trust anymore, when Warsame seems to be up to something behind Loyan's back.
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Title: A Good Family
Character: Lefa Halme
Released: November 30, 2022
Type: TV
Anna and Henrik are thrust into a dangerous underworld when their son brings a heinous crime to their doorstep. Parental instincts quickly overcome morality as the couple does everything in their power to protect their family and future.
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Thank You in Your Language
Title: Thank You in Your Language
Character: Tiina's agent (voice)
Released: November 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Actor Tiina Vainio has to make an audition tape in a hotel room as soon as possible for the role of her life.
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Bubble
Title: Bubble
Character: Teuvo
Released: November 25, 2022
Type: Movie
16-year-old Eveliina accidentally sees her mother kissing another woman. Fearing her parents' divorce, she decides to intervene, by any means and without permission. In her opinion, the best way to destroy her mother's extramarital affair and bring her parents back together is a teenage daughter in trouble. Thus, Eveliina gets herself in trouble as many ways as she can. Along the way, the lives of a few others are at stake. Still, Eveliina guards her plan to the last, and the adults have their own secret ways of survival - until the bubble bursts.
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Super Furball Saves the Future
Title: Super Furball Saves the Future
Character: Opettaja Sakari Pennilä
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: Movie
To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do that, the heroic guinea pig has to save the biggest bully in school.
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MC Helper beKINGs
Title: MC Helper beKINGs
Character: Mustakäsi
Released: April 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Räkä deliver pizzas for a living and spends his free time on moped meetings. In one meeting he meets Liima and together they start working towards the first place in the upcoming race. The moped club MC Helper is born.
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In Dreams
Title: In Dreams
Character: Juho, isä
Released: December 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Single father is horrified to discover his daughter inexplicably disappears when she falls asleep.
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Doctor Johansson
Title: Doctor Johansson
Character: Lääkäri
Released: September 23, 2021
Type: Movie
A nurse, tired of her job, does not notice that a doctor leaves for his break. This gives a patient from the psychiatric unit next door a chance to sneak into the empty office. When it is time to call in the next patient, the patient now disguised as a doctor, realises she is in a tough spot but decides to meet with the patient anyway.
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Night of the Living Dicks
Title: Night of the Living Dicks
Character: Simo Rantamies
Released: March 1, 2021
Type: Movie
A woman who has had enough of anonymous dick pics finds eyeglasses that give her the ability to see which men are the real dicks – but the dicks can also see her.
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Laundry
Title: Laundry
Character: Neighbor
Released: February 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Humorous fragment of starting over, struggles with life and neighbours. A story of the time when even washing the undies seems difficult.
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Title: Sisäilmaa
Character: Lakto-Nalle
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: TV
When the employment office is haunted, performance targets troubles and indoor mold threatens, service manager Anneli Tiainen uses peculiar means in the face of an impossible situation.
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The Potato Venture
Title: The Potato Venture
Character: Bisnesenkeli
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: Movie
A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to squash the disturbance caused by the young entrepreneurs. In the end, the bumpy road of potatoes grows into mythical proportions.
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Näin tehtiin Poissa
Title: Näin tehtiin Poissa
Released: December 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the making of Arttu Haglund's feature film Gone.
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The Last Ones
Title: The Last Ones
Character: Kari
Released: November 13, 2020
Type: Movie
Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.
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The Bouncer
Title: The Bouncer
Character: Neighbor
Released: November 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims.
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Forest Giant
Title: Forest Giant
Character: Virtasalmi
Released: September 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.
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Eden
Title: Eden
Character: Juhani
Released: August 7, 2020
Type: Movie
Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the archipelago of Helsinki. Aliisa is the intellectually confident non-believer, Jenna is the queen bee and Panu is the scared bird. The experience of these teenagers is affected by Tiina, a young and eager priest.
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Spring Break
Title: Spring Break
Character: Antti
Released: July 19, 2020
Type: Movie
The mother of a family is sick with COVID-19. Quarantine and worries have driven them apart, until the father forces the kids for a hike in the woods. They get lost, but it turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to them.
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Title: Perfect Commando
Character: Majuri Miettinen
Released: February 13, 2020
Type: TV
Van Hamilton’s first ever trip to his mother’s homeland, Finland, takes a wrong turn as soon as he gets off the plane. The 23-year-old rich kid from California was supposed to have a five-star holiday with his girlfriend Rachel. Instead, he is handcuffed and sent to faraway army barracks to be trained as a commando. Van soon realises that this is not a mistake: he has fallen into a trap set by his parents, who hope that serving in a foreign army will finally turn their loved but spoiled son into a responsible man. Meanwhile, Rachel has to learn to survive in Helsinki without money or a return ticket. She becomes friends with Van’s cousin and his underground rap trio in hopes that familiarizing herself with the customs of the “Nordic white trash” will send her academic career in sociology skyrocketing.
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Helene
Title: Helene
Character: Editor
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: Movie
Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of her passion. Everything changes when art dealer finds Helen and her 159 wonderful paintings - and wants to organize a big private exhibit. However, Helen's turning point comes only when she is introduced to Einar Reuter. Young Einar is a forester, art enthusiast, and a passionate admirer of Helene's work. He becomes Helen's trusted and lover.
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Gone
Title: Gone
Character: Matti's colleague
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Stuck living in his childhood home, now with his own family, Matti has been yearning for change. One day, the wait is over. He finds himself suddenly transported from one place to another – miles away.
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Title: The Night Servants
Character: Jasse
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: TV
19-year old Luukas starts working in his family owned funeral home. They pick up corpses at night from deceased's homes. During one of these gigs Luukas discovers a new talent within him, that opens up a whole new world.
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Maria's Paradise
Title: Maria's Paradise
Character: Eino Vartiovaara
Released: October 4, 2019
Type: Movie
A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with standing up against Maria, the woman who had saved her.
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Force of Habit
Title: Force of Habit
Character: Kari
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
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It’s All Right
Title: It’s All Right
Released: September 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A raped women meets the authorities.
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Are You Hungry?
Title: Are You Hungry?
Character: Microwaveman
Released: September 10, 2019
Type: Movie
A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted son, who she believes is gay. Her assumptions about her son's needs and desires lead to a cascading series of calamities.
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Somebody Should Do Something
Title: Somebody Should Do Something
Character: Onerva's father
Released: June 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Somebody Should Do Something tells a story of insecurity and longing for freedom, of fear that drives people to poor choices. The main character, Elvis, falls for the new girl in class, Onerva. Seeking acceptance from his friends, Elvis lies and tells them he’s had sex with Onerva. Due to the lies and misunderstandings, the whole town is soon at a point where somebody should do something.
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Two Bodies on a Beach
Title: Two Bodies on a Beach
Character: Astronautti
Released: March 7, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy and strike back. She gets a companion from an older woman, who has been pushed to the borders of society. During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes these nameless women from different generations struggle to connect and understand each other’s perspectives while their passion for men and male attention gets in away.
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Title: M/S Romantic
Character: Gusu
Released: February 24, 2019
Type: TV
One night on a cruise ship between Helsinki and Stockholm, six stories of happiness and misfortune.
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Title: Bullets
Character: Timo Viita
Released: October 19, 2018
Type: TV
An ex-terrorist, Madina Taburova, who was presumed dead, turns up in Helsinki seeking political asylum. Using a fake identity, the Intelligence Agency officer Mari Saari has to befriend this ex-terrorist to find out why she’s here. In order to uncover the mystery, Mari Saari has to form an unlikely partnership with an older streetwise narcotics cop. But everything is not as it seems.
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Void
Title: Void
Character: Eero Kaila
Released: September 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambitious actor Pihla is about to get her international break. Neither of them is willing to sacrifice their career even though their relationship is doing worse than ever. Void is a comedy-drama about the price of success and the agony of failure, and about situations where your partner just doesn’t get it.
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Happier Times, Grump
Title: Happier Times, Grump
Character: Tiaisen Harri
Released: August 24, 2018
Type: Movie
The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when the life walks in, all of a sudden. The granddaughter needs the stubbornness and wisdom of her grandpa. In return, The Grump gets a meaning for his life – and a big secret.
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Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
Title: Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
Character: Father Sulo
Released: April 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Matti is 11 years old and dreams of a family vacation in his father’s native country, Finland. He manages to get what he wants by telling a whopping lie. But once they get there, Matti, his younger brother Sami and his parents find themselves without a place to stay, no money and no car in the middle of Finnish wilderness. Only a miracle can save them – or Uncle Jussi, who has been struggling to compete with Matti’s father his whole life. This movie based on Salah Naoura’s award-winning children book offers entertainment for people of all ages.
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Title: Deadwind
Character: Alex Hoikkala
Released: March 14, 2018
Type: TV
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.
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Super Furball
Title: Super Furball
Character: Sakari Laaksonen
Released: January 26, 2018
Type: Movie
Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, who can fly and solve problems with her superpowers. At the same time, the herrings in the nearby Baltic Sea bay are screaming for help because of poisoned water. As the Super Furball, Emilia takes it upon herself to fix the situation and finds ways to be more courageous in her own life.
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Wonderland
Title: Wonderland
Character: Harri
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Recently divorced Helena is getting anxious about spending christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend old time christmas on a farm - only place they can afford.
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Title: Love and Order
Character: Markku Nyqvist
Released: October 29, 2017
Type: TV
The storm has collapsed Finland's infrastructure and made people's lives. What happened also seems to have consequences for people’s emotional lives, especially for men. Rauni Kolehmainen, Commissioner of Public Order Police, tries his best to keep both the world and his own life together.
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The Eternal Road
Title: The Eternal Road
Character: Jussi Ketola
Released: September 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
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Heroes of the Baltic Sea
Title: Heroes of the Baltic Sea
Character: Captain Vrome
Released: April 16, 2017
Type: Movie
The movie version of the 2016 adventure series Heroes of the Baltic Sea.
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The Other Side of Hope
Title: The Other Side of Hope
Character: Melartin
Released: February 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
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Title: Heroes of the Baltic Sea
Character: Captain Vrome
Released: December 26, 2016
Type: TV
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Tatu and Patu: An Oddsville Christmas
Title: Tatu and Patu: An Oddsville Christmas
Character: Rafael Angstinen
Released: October 19, 2016
Type: Movie
A young girl and her two friends from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville make plans to celebrate Christmas together, but when she is late to pick them up from the train station, the pair wander out on their own leading to a delightful series of hilarious mishaps, inventions, and flights of fancy - until they find their little friend, who finally shows them the true meaning of Christmas.
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Flowers of Evil
Title: Flowers of Evil
Character: Koski
Released: September 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and public buildings, confronting the security guards and the riot police. The narrative goes backwards, towards the riots which mark the end of our movie. As the story begins, the unrest is still bubbling under, ready to explode any time. Vandalism and robbery are not uncommon in the suburbs; neither is violence towards the police and the security guards. Frustration, alienation, isolation and poverty corrode the asphalt surface of the multicultured society, otherwise relatively harmonious.
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Lake Bodom
Title: Lake Bodom
Character: Hiker (voice)
Released: August 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Every camper’s worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. As the years passed and the case grew cold, the unsolved mystery turned into an urban legend, a creepy campfire story passed from generation to generation. Now, a group of teenagers arrives at the same campsite, hoping to solve the murder by reconstructing it minute by minute. As night falls, it turns out that not all of them are there to play. Tonight… it’s girls against boys. Let the killing games begin.
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Deadweight
Title: Deadweight
Character: Ahti Ikonen
Released: February 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton container vessel Brugge, which enters the port of Savannah/United States behind schedule. The loading of the ship commences in haste as the crew, led by the ambitious Romanian officer Katia, works by the piece so that they can sail in time. The Filipino seaman James has an accident during this semi- legal lashing procedure. Ahti has to face the consequences of his orders: In the port of Rotterdam/Netherlands unionized dockworkers exploit the incident and refuse to unload the ship. Standstill. The captain is caught between the frontlines. Ahti is keen to elucidate the accident, but the situation becomes more and more contradictory…
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The Mine
Title: The Mine
Character: Yksi Talvivaaran johtajista
Released: January 22, 2016
Type: Movie
A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.
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Waste Land
Title: Waste Land
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Waste Land is a tragicomic ensemble film about a bunch of kids squatting an abandoned seaside hotel. The shabby hotel offers a life outside the society, at least momentarily. The house is more than a house – it is a utopian space for love, partying and freedom. But can the days of ease last when the squat is confronted both by outside forces and by internal conflicts?
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Distractions
Title: Distractions
Character: kiinteistövälittäjä Max Strömberg / Ukko, "Ukkeli"
Released: September 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a tired mother, a doomed superhero and the rest of the comrades in this uncontrollable world. Mixing comedy and fantasy with dark stories, Distractions will deliver the laughs with strings attached.
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The Midwife
Title: The Midwife
Character: Gödel
Released: September 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when she falls in love with a German-Finnish officer Johannes, who is leaving to German-led Titovka prison camp in the Soviet Union. Helena enlists into the camp as a nurse, where she experiences the brutality of war.
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Title: Napamiehet
Character: Tommi Korpela
Released: March 28, 2015
Type: TV
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The Swedish Moment
Title: The Swedish Moment
Character: Kari Lampikallio
Released: November 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer friend for help. Paranoia, jealousy and a series of increasingly absurd events ensue.
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Boy Upside Down
Title: Boy Upside Down
Character: Mikael
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.
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Raspberry Boat Refugee
Title: Raspberry Boat Refugee
Character: Father
Released: August 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.
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Santa
Title: Santa
Character: Jussi
Released: January 31, 2014
Type: Movie
A trip to Lapland leads to immense changes in the life of a single mother and her seven- year- old son. Love, hope and efforts to save the life of the little boy will change dramatically the lives of the two grown-ups. “Santa” - is a story about human relations and often painful challenges that life poses. In order to overcome these challenges one must believe in the miracle of a fairy-tale and... breath in deeply the fresh air of the North. It’s so fresh, you almost want to drink it. And it’s worth living for. The movie contains breathtaking Lapland views and is peppered with Marius Ivaškevičius specialty humor.
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August Fools
Title: August Fools
Character: Jalkanen, ylikomisario
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.
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Things We Do for Love
Title: Things We Do for Love
Character: Ismo
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of nature. When he meets and falls in love with the spirited, unruly Ansa, his ‘bench’ is suddenly filled. But in order to be with her he has to not only overcome his own frailties, but also the impending danger of Ansa’s volatile ex-con ex, and then Ansa herself, a woman prone to impulsiveness and impetuousness.
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Title: The Spiral
Character: Juha Virtanen
Released: November 2, 2012
Type: TV
The charismatic leader of an artist collective based in Copenhagen plan an art heist. He intends to steal six of the worlds most famous paintings.
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Purge
Title: Purge
Character: Martin Truu
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually, and their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
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Police Investigates
Title: Police Investigates
Character: Seppo
Released: March 8, 2012
Type: Movie
A short film directed by Aleksi Salmenperä.
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Love and Other Troubles
Title: Love and Other Troubles
Character: Ronald Reagan
Released: January 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Ville, 25, is a downbeat former child star who's successfully avoided his womanizing rock 'n' roll dad for years. Everything changes when his dad moves into his flat and they both fall in love with the same American line-dancing teacher.
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Home Sweet Home
Title: Home Sweet Home
Character: Jaatinen
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.
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Title: Virta
Character: Tero Hammerberg
Released: April 7, 2011
Type: TV
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Title: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Character: Aimo
Released: December 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
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Priest of Evil
Title: Priest of Evil
Character: Kengu
Released: October 29, 2010
Type: Movie
Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.
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Jäät
Title: Jäät
Character: Kai
Released: October 4, 2010
Type: Movie
A Finnish TV movie.
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Title: Parasta aikaa
Character: Roihu, liikunnansijainen
Released: December 26, 2009
Type: TV
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Backwood Philosopher
Title: Backwood Philosopher
Character: Maisteri 'Putte' Kronberg
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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Where Is Where?
Title: Where Is Where?
Character: Death
Released: September 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Where is Where? is an experimental film that quarters the screen in order to have four different scenes play simultaneously. It's a meditation on the Algerian war that culminates in a brutal killing.
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Last Cowboy Standing
Title: Last Cowboy Standing
Character: Ossi
Released: September 4, 2009
Type: Movie
In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present.
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Title: Ihmebantu
Released: June 6, 2009
Type: TV
Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show.
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Title: Ihmebantu
Character: Various
Released: June 6, 2009
Type: TV
Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show.
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Forbidden Fruit
Title: Forbidden Fruit
Character: Suviseura saarnaaja
Released: February 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.
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Hellsinki
Title: Hellsinki
Character: Ukin mies
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.
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Falling Angels
Title: Falling Angels
Character: Lauri
Released: December 5, 2008
Type: Movie
The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.
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The Flight Before Christmas
Title: The Flight Before Christmas
Character: Porolauman johtaja (voice)
Released: September 22, 2008
Type: Movie
A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel.
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Title: Suojelijat
Character: Luumu
Released: March 4, 2008
Type: TV
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The Home of Dark Butterflies
Title: The Home of Dark Butterflies
Character: Harjula
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani has been shuttled between foster homes and temporary families for the past six years, leaving any prospect of stability in his life a faded dream. When Juhani winds up in a remote shelter for troubled youth known as The Island, he has little idea of how ruthless superintendent Olavi Harjula can truly be.
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The Border
Title: The Border
Character: Heikki Kiljunen
Released: November 30, 2007
Type: Movie
The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be wrong ones and correcting them make things worse.
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Ganes
Title: Ganes
Character: Otto Aaltonen
Released: September 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is making career as a small time criminal. His family's destiny is about to come true, and it's going to be the usual: jail, alcoholism and violent death. After learning about rock music Remu learns to play drums and pushes himself into different bands. His first time in jails interrupts his music career, but after being released he starts his own band; Hurriganes.
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Man's Job
Title: Man's Job
Character: Juha
Released: February 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha begins prostituting himself to support his wife and children. With this he makes in two hours what it took him two days to earn before. The shame and deception mushroom, but the pay from the new profession seems to offset the downside.
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V2: Dead Angel
Title: V2: Dead Angel
Character: Tom Marjola
Released: January 12, 2007
Type: Movie
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.
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The Fakir
Title: The Fakir
Character: Fakir's Father
Released: September 16, 2006
Type: Movie
The Fakir is fairy tale about the responsibility of ones life, and avoiding it.
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The Prince of Soap
Title: The Prince of Soap
Character: Apulaisohjaaja
Released: February 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself and the star. Jealous producer Raakel does everything she can to destroy Ilona's plans.
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Lights in the Dusk
Title: Lights in the Dusk
Character: Lecturer
Released: February 3, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Unna and Nuuk
Title: Unna and Nuuk
Character: Nuukin isä
Released: January 20, 2006
Type: Movie
11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.
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The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005
Title: The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005
Character: Marker
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Not meant for the public eye, this film reveals the dark reality of what's wrong with company's product. With its primitive instincts triggered by bad behaviour of people around it, the seemingly tame Father Christmas will forget the intensive training and turn into a brutal beast. You better watch out, you better not cry, There's no room for mistakes.
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For the Living and the Dead
Title: For the Living and the Dead
Character: Kai
Released: February 18, 2005
Type: Movie
An ordinary suburban family is shattered when their youngest son is killed in an accidental fire while locked inside the family's car on their yard. Mother Marja can't stop crying, father Jaakko can't cry at all but blames himself for the fire. Their remaining son Timo develops problems at school because of his constant worries about his parents' safety. In their grief, Marja and her sister Leena have to confront an old family secret, their little sister's accidental death for which Leena has quietly blamed herself through decades.
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Precious Brother
Title: Precious Brother
Character: Otto
Released: September 8, 2004
Type: Movie
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Vares: Private Eye
Title: Vares: Private Eye
Character: Uusniitty, saattovartija
Released: July 23, 2004
Type: Movie
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
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Rare Exports Inc.
Title: Rare Exports Inc.
Character: Marker
Released: June 19, 2003
Type: Movie
An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.
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Title: Ranuan kummit
Released: March 13, 2003
Type: TV
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Raid
Title: Raid
Character: russian criminal
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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Bad Boys: A True Story
Title: Bad Boys: A True Story
Character: Mutka
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Blue Corner
Title: Blue Corner
Character: Kuulusteleva poliisi
Released: October 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace Knocking Petteri Summanen and Sulevi Peltola. It is therefore goes without saying that expectations were high in its case. But how it happened? Dreams own peripheral clearly some form of casing, which does not let therein, but hits the deck of the cut made without the kehääkin - Joint events yhteenparsimisen means.
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Rumble
Title: Rumble
Character: Mäkinen
Released: May 31, 2002
Type: Movie
Finnish Road Movie
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Love Is a Treasure
Title: Love Is a Treasure
Character: Nurse / Man
Released: February 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It consists of five episodes each telling the story of one woman. The episodes are based research and interviews but the stories and dialogue are fiction, combinations of different elements. —The Cinematic Works of Eija-Liisa Ahtila
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On the Road to Emmaus
Title: On the Road to Emmaus
Character: Kuoppala
Released: October 5, 2001
Type: Movie
A cynical city dweller returns to his hometown to sell his family home, but becomes unexpectedly nostalgic.
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The Classic
Title: The Classic
Character: liikunnan opettaja
Released: February 23, 2001
Type: Movie
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
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Ken tulta pyytää
Title: Ken tulta pyytää
Character: televisiotoimittajan ääni
Released: February 9, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: Mennen tullen
Character: 'Rauski' Häkkinen / Herr Mehmet Faruk / Additional characters
Released: December 22, 2000
Type: TV
Mennen Tullen is a four-part parody mini-series created by Studio Julmahuvi. It aired on YLE between 2000 and -01. Though created in a form of a serious murder-mystery it is in fact a dark comedy with occasional absurd elements, technology and conventions. The cast of characters are from Julmahuvi's various fictional cop-series and there are also other references to Julmahuvi's previous productions.
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Title: Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
Character: Kalle
Released: February 29, 2000
Type: TV
Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Pote
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Jukki
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Mafia
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Rikos & rakkaus
Title: Rikos & rakkaus
Character: Aarne Sirkiä
Released: February 5, 1999
Type: Movie
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Jerico 2000
Title: Jerico 2000
Released: January 2, 1999
Type: Movie
Jerico 2000 is a magazine programme parody made by Julmahuvi group. It's mainly made of parts from "Studio Julmahuvi" TV series. It participated in Rose d'Or film festival in Montreux.
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White Marble
Title: White Marble
Character: Biljardia pelaava mies
Released: December 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just before the festivities Ossi suddenly disappears and goes on tour to 'make an inventory of his life'. He checks into a hotel, poses as a publishing director to lure an aspiring female novelist, next travels to bother his old mistress and her new husband with his surprise visit and obnoxious comments, then goes to see his son for the first time in 34 years just to receive an even colder treatment. Meanwhile, his equally demented wife goes looking for him with a local policeman.
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Poliisin poika
Title: Poliisin poika
Character: Ollikainen
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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Title: Studio Julmahuvi
Character: Various Characters
Released: October 30, 1998
Type: TV
Sketch show Studio Julmahuvi ran for 8 episodes on YLE in 1998. The show is a parody of YLE's own programming, squeezing an entire evening's worth of programming into a half-hour show which included everything from news and weather to a children's show and a German police drama, with commercials and TV-spots on the side. The show was created with an impressive budget of 67 000 € per episode which resulted in extremely high production-values.
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A Clear Winter's Day
Title: A Clear Winter's Day
Character: Teuvo
Released: December 25, 1997
Type: Movie
An old man gets lost looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a street corner, he ends up in the same small café. The café owner builds an ice sculpture of the woman he admires.
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I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
Title: I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
Character: Mies leipäjonossa
Released: November 24, 1997
Type: Movie
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Johanneksen leipäpuu
Title: Johanneksen leipäpuu
Character: Vetelehtijä Hinkkanen
Released: May 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Manical portrait of a small businessman.
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Kauhun millimetrit
Title: Kauhun millimetrit
Character: Mies kahvilassa
Released: March 6, 1992
Type: Movie