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Ã…ke Lindman
Åke Leonard Lindman (born Åke Leonard Järvinen; 11 January 1928 – 3 March 2009) was a Finnish director and actor. In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952. He represented the football club HIFK in the Finnish league where he played 81 games and scored 9 goals, he also played in second division for 8 seasons. In the 1960s, the British English Football League club Swindon Town F.C. wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career. Åke Lindman's breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in the Edvin Laine film'' The Unknown Soldier'' in 1955. Later, he would also achieve fame as captain Torsten Jansson in the Swedish soap opera ''Rederiet''. Lindman also found success as the director of, amongst others, the television series ''Stormskärs Maja'' and the film '' Framom främsta linjen'', a movie about the Finland-Swedish infantry r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallila
Vallila () is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Vallila is a central-northern neighbourhood, bordered by Pasila to the west and Alppiharju to the south. Like Kallio, Vallila is mostly residential and has a reputation of being a working-class neighbourhood. In the past two decades people from artistic professions have found the area. Vallila though still retains its roots from 1910s to 1980s by being one of the rare neighbourhoods which still has an industrial area and abundant amount of workshop businesses. Because of gentrification Vallila is nowadays considered a trendy area in Helsinki (like Kallio) among young adults and housing is expensive, particularly in Puu-Vallila. Several major companies, such as S Group, Telia Finland, OP Financial Group and Nordea, have their headquarters in Vallila. Vallila is famous for its many old wooden houses dating back to the 1900s–1920s, which are spread over many blocks. Many buildings by the main streets are fine exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day The Clown Cried
''The Day the Clown Cried'' is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It is based on an original screenplay by Joan O'Brien and Charles Denton, from a story idea by O'Brien, with additional material from Lewis. The film was met with controversy regarding its premise and content, which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that ''The Day the Clown Cried'' would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be screened before June 2024. According to Lewis's son, there is no complete negative of the film, and outstanding copyright issues have prevented its release. Plot Helmut Doork is a washed-up German circus clown during the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust. Although he was once a famous performer who toured North America and Europe with the Ringling Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shoes Of The Fisherman (movie)
''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 American film based on the 1963 novel of the same name by the Australian novelist Morris West. Shot in Rome, the motion picture was directed by Michael Anderson and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot During the height of the Cold War, Kiril Pavlovich Lakota, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine, is unexpectedly set free after 20 years in a Siberian labour camp by his former gaoler Piotr Ilyich Kamenev, now the Premier of the Soviet Union. He is sent to Rome, where the elderly Pope Pius XIII makes him a cardinal, assigned titulus of the Church of St. Athanasius. Lakota is reluctant, begging to be given "a simple mission with simple men", but the pope insists that he kneel and receive the scarlet ''zucchetto'' that designates the rank of cardinal. When the pontiff suddenly collapses and dies, the process of a papal conclave begins, and Cardinal Lakota participates as one of the electors. During the ''sede vacante'', two ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billion Dollar Brain
''Billion Dollar Brain'' is a 1967 British espionage film directed by Ken Russell and based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Len Deighton. The film features Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, the anti-hero protagonist. The "brain" of the title is a sophisticated computer with which an anti-communist organisation controls its worldwide anti-Soviet spy network. ''Billion Dollar Brain'' is the third of the Harry Palmer film series, preceded by ''The Ipcress File'' (1965) and ''Funeral in Berlin'' (1966). It is the only film in which Ken Russell worked as a mainstream 'director-for-hire', and the last film of Françoise Dorléac. A fourth film in the series, an adaptation of ''Horse Under Water'', also to be released by United Artists, was tentatively planned but never made. Caine played Palmer in two later films, ''Bullet to Beijing'' and ''Midnight in Saint Petersburg''. Plot Harry Palmer (Michael Caine), who has left MI5 to work as a private investigator, is told ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make Like A Thief
''Make Like a Thief'' is a 1964 Finnish-American film. Production The film was a Finnish-US co production. Long said he made the film because it was a job, and it gave him the chance to direct and see Finland. It was filmed during a strike by Finnish filmmakers; the producers received a special dispensation to make the movie. References External links * * 1964 films English-language Finnish films Finnish multilingual films American multilingual films American crime films Finnish crime films 1964 crime films 1960s multilingual films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{1960s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady In Black (1958 Film)
''The Lady in Black'' (Swedish: ''Damen i svart'') is a 1958 Swedish mystery thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.54 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with sets designed by the art director Bibi Lindström. The film is the first film in director Arne Mattsson's Hillman-series of five thriller films, all containing a colour in the title: ''The Lady in Black'' (1958), ''Mannequin in Red'' (1958), ''Rider in Blue'' (1959), '' The Lady in White'' (1962), and ''The Yellow Car'' (1963). Plot summary Private detectives John and Kajsa Hillman are visiting friends on Holmfors mill when several people disappear mysteriously. A young lady disappears one night at the mill. She was seen going off to post a letter, and then just vanishes. That same night, the "family ghost" ''The Lady in Black'' was visible, a bad omen. Many people at the mill and its surroundings have their motives and many have also behaved mysteriously. Cast * Karl-Arne Holmst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Tomorrow (1957 Film)
''No Tomorrow'' (Swedish: ''Ingen morgondag'') is a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Jarl Kulle, Margit Carlqvist and Kolbjörn Knudsen.Qvist & Von Bagh p.63 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location in Helsinki and Porkkalanniemi on the Gulf of Finland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bibi Lindström. It was adapted by Finnish writer Mika Waltari from his own novel of the same title. Synopsis During the Continuation War Finnish Captain Viktor Aaltonen it taken prisoner in Karelia and sent to a Soviet prisoner of war camp for many years. Cast * Jarl Kulle as Viktor Aaltonen * Margit Carlqvist as Astrid Bergas * Kolbjörn Knudsen as Bergas * Lars Ekborg as Raul * Allan Edwall as Poet * Carl-Olof Alm as Artist * Olof Widgren as Doctor Linnmo * Gunnar Olsson as Toivo Hietari * Jan Olov Andersson as Pojke som pekar ut mordplats * Eric Fröling as Socialhjälpstjänsteman * Åke Lindm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 (1957 Film)
''1918'' is a 1957 Finnish war film directed by Toivo Särkkä. It is based on the play and novel by Jarl Hemmer. The events of the film take place during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Ã…ke Lindman as Samuel Bro * Anneli Sauli as Essi Söderman * Ture Ara as Ceder (as Tuure Ara) * Matti Aulos as Humalainen * Kerttu Björlin as Avustaja * Sirkka Breider as Naisvanki * Kyösti Erämaa as Tuomiokapitulin jäsen * Kaarlo Halttunen Kaarlo Halttunen (18 August 1909 – 8 March 1986) was a Finnish actor. He appeared in 87 films and television shows between 1933 and 1970. He starred in the film ''Yksityisalue'', which was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film F ... as Patruuna Bro References External links * 1957 films 1950s war drama films 1950s Finnish-language films Finnish war drama films Films directed by Toivo Särkkä Finnish black-and-white films Finnish Civil War 1957 drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Come During Spring
''We're Coming Back'' (Finnish: ''Me tulemme taas'') is a 1953 Finnish musical comedy film directed by Armand Lohikoski and starring Tuija Halonen, Tapio Rautavaara and Siiri Angerkoski.Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.265 Partial cast * Tuija Halonen as Satu * Tapio Rautavaara as Olli * Siiri Angerkoski as Kaisa, the widow * Aku Korhonen as Alpertti * Anneli Sauli as Katri Karkela * Tommi Rinne as Minäpoika, lumberjack * Åke Lindman as Kymppi, lumberjack boss * Uuno Montonen as Valfriiti * Masa Niemi as Reetrikki * Veikko Linna Veikko is a male Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Veikko Aaltonen (born 1955), Finnish director, editor, sound editor, and production manager * Veikko Asikainen (1918–2002), Finnish footballer * Veikko Ennala (1922-19 ... as Konsta Karkela * Armas Jokio as Jooseppi * Kai Lappalainen as Eugen Karkela References Bibliography * John Sundholm. ''Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Puupää (film)
''Pekka Puupää'' ( sv, Kalle Träskalle, also ''Pete Blockhead'' in English translation)Pekka Puupää – (in Finnish) is a 1953 Finnish directed by and starring , and |
