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Eila Roine
Eila Orvokki Roine (born 26 November 1931 in Turku) is a Finnish actress. She worked for Tampereen Työväen Teatteri from 1951 until her retirement in 1994. On television Eila Roine is best known for her role as Kaija in a television series ''Heikki ja Kaija'' (1961–1971) in which she played opposite her husband, Vili Auvinen (1931–1996). She has also appeared in ''Rintamäkeläiset'' (1974) and in a teen series ''Pertsa ja Kilu'' (1975–1976), directed by Auvinen. For younger generations, she is known as "Eila-mummi" (Grandma Eila) in a children's program ''Pikku Kakkonen''. In 2004, she was named the "Grandparent of the Year" by the Finnish Union for Senior Services. Although mostly known for her television and theatrical work, Roine has also appeared in several films during her career. Personal life Eila Roine was married to Vili Auvinen until his death in 1996. They have two sons together; director and actor Tommi Auvinen and lighting and sound designer Janne Auvinen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 1634–1997). The region was originally called Suomi (Finland), which later became the name for the whole country. As of 31 March 2021, the population of Turku was 194,244 making it the sixth largest city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa and Oulu. There were 281,108 inhabitants living in the Turku Central Locality, ranking it as the third largest urban area in Finland after the Capital Region area and Tampere Central Locality. The city is officially bilingual as percent of its population identify Swedish as a mother-tongue. It is unknown when Turku gained city rights. The Pope Gregory IX first mentioned the town ''Aboa'' in his ''Bulla'' in 1229 and the year is now used as the foundation year of Turku. Turku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vili Auvinen
Vilho Emil "Vili" Auvinen (11 November 1931 – 2 August 1996) was a Finnish actor and theatre director. Theatrical background Auvinen's parents Vilho Auvinen and Hellin Auvinen-Salmi were also actors, so he became familiar with the world of theatre at a young age. His career started as a set designer and in small supporting roles. Auvinen turned to directing in the 1950s after getting hired by Tampereen Työväen Teatteri. In television and films Vili Auvinen is best known for his role as Heikki in a television series ''Heikki ja Kaija'' (1961–1971) in which he played opposite his wife, Eila Roine. He also served as the director of the teen series ''Pertsa ja Kilu'' (1975–1976), based on the novels by Väinö Riikkilä. In films, Auvinen only made a handful of appearances in the 1960s and 1970s. He is remembered for his role as Asumaniemi in an Edvin Laine film ''The Unknown Soldier (1955 film), The Unknown Soldier'' (1955), the first adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikku Kakkonen
''Pikku Kakkonen'' (Finnish for "the little number two") is an ongoing Finnish magazine-type children's TV show shown on Yle TV2. The first episode aired on January 11, 1977. It finished with a bedtime story read by the late Lasse Pöysti (1927-2019) and an East German Sandman animation, setting the format for hundreds of later episodes. Currently the series airs twice a day (mornings and night) on the weekdays and once a day (mornings only) on the weekends. The ''Pikku Kakkonen'' show is based in Tampere, and its signature melodies (The ''Pikku Kakkonen'' mail tune and the main title tune) have been made into mobile phone ringing tones. On October 25, 1983, Pikku Kakkonen introduced a new logo that consists of a moon, a flower, a teddybear, a doll, a ghost, a fish, and a bird which together form the number 2; this matches the frequency for Yle's secondary channel. ''Pikku Kakkonens current intro animation is illustrated by Camilla Mickwitz who was responsible for designing and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eero Roine
Eero Rafael Roine (10 February 1904 – 8 June 1966) was a Finnish actor. He had a long career on stage and also appeared in several films. Actress Eila Roine is Eero Roine's daughter. Selected filmography * ''Tukkijoella'' (1937) * '' Ihmiset suviyössä'' (1948) * ''Kipparikvartetti'' (1952) * ''Opri'' (1954) * ''Kuu on vaarallinen'' (1962) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roine, Eero 1904 births 1966 deaths Finnish male television actors 20th-century Finnish male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here, Beneath The North Star
''Here, Beneath the North Star'' ( fi, Täällä Pohjantähden alla) is a 1968 Finnish drama film directed by Edvin Laine. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. The film is based on the first two volumes of Väinö Linna's novel trilogy '' Under the North Star''. The third volume was adapted into a film two years later under the title ''Akseli and Elina''. Plot Film begins the founding of the Koskela croft in the 1880s and tells the story of the life of the people of the imaginary Pentinkulma village until about 1920. The central theme is the unstable position of crofters and their goal to improve their living conditions. The rural upper class, such as the priestly family, and the poor people, whose socio-economic status is weaker than that of crofters, also play an important role. The story of the film goes all the way to the end of the Finnish Civil War between the Red Guards (Crofters) and the Whites White is a racialized classification of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vodkaa, Komisario Palmu
''Vodkaa, komisario Palmu'' (''Vodka, Inspector Palmu'') is a 1969 film, the fourth and final part of the Inspector Palmu series. The only part of the series to be filmed in color, the film is also the only one not to be based on a novel by Mika Waltari. The film sees a now-retired and married Palmu helping the Finnish Broadcasting company discover the truth behind the murder of one of their reporters. Plot An important agreement on a tunnel building project is being held between Finland and Soviet Union in secrecy, over fears of their political effects. When the press catches wind that the meeting is held at the foreign minister's manor, the talks are hastily moved. A reporter for the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is murdered on the grounds of the manor and his camera-man is caught by the guards. The police and Finnish Broadcasting Company can't come to agreement over how to handle the investigation, as the police want to keep the details of the talks a secret. Finnish Broadca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Freeze (film)
''The Big Freeze'' is a 1993 featurette-length film written and directed by Eric Sykes. The action centres on mishaps involving a father and son plumbing team attending to business in sub-zero temperatures at a retirement home in Finland. Like other Sykes directorial vehicles, the piece is a silent comedy with a star cast - here including Bob Hoskins, John Mills, Donald Pleasence and Spike Milligan. Synopsis A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Everything that can go wrong for these plumbers goes wrong. Cast * Bob Hoskins as Sidney * Eric Sykes as Mr. Blick * Eila Roine as Matron * Donald Pleasence as Soup slurper * Raija Laakso as Louise * Sonja Lumme as Pretty Nurse * John Mills as Dapper Man * Spike Milligan as Der Schauspieler * Sylvi Salonen as The Flapper * Hellin Auvinen-Salmi as Old Lady * Helinä Viitanen as Zimmer Lady * Erkki Thil as Film Director * Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtalon Kirja
''Kohtalon kirja'' (''The Book of Fate'', though the website also uses ''The Booke of Fate'') is a Finnish film released in 2003. The movie was a DVD release, though it premiered in a theater. The movie is a multi-genre episode movie. It's frequently described as a "Horror/Western/War/Action/Sci-fi" movie, as it covers all of those genres in different episodes. The frequent themes are horror and fantasy, too. The movie was conceived and directed by Tommi Lepola and Tero Molin. Many of the makers, including Lepola and the producer Ilkka Niemi, jointly made the movie as their graduation work from Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu. The lead roles were given to freshly graduated acting students. As a graduation work, it is vastly larger than most such projects. In addition to these, many well-known Finnish actors, such as Vesa Vierikko, Santeri Kinnunen and Åke Lindman came to make an appearance in the movie. Many of them found it interesting to work on a movie like this, because such m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juoksuhaudantie (film)
''Trench Road'' ( fi, Juoksuhaudantie) is a 2004 Finnish drama film directed by Veikko Aaltonen. Based on the Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning novel ''Juoksuhaudantie'' by Kari Hotakainen, the film is about a man who tries to get his wife and daughter back by buying a house. Kari Väänänen won the Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the real estate agent Jarmo Kesämaa. Eero Aho and Tiina Lymi were nominated for Jussi Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. Cast * Eero Aho as Matti Virtanen * Tiina Lymi as Helena Virtanen * Ella Aho as Sini Virtanen * Kari Väänänen as Jarmo Kesämaa * Esko Pesonen as Taisto Oksanen * Aake Kalliala as the foreman Siikavire * Eeva Litmanen as Senior Constable Kalliolahti * Matleena Kuusniemi as Sirkku * Kaija Pakarinen as Merja Kesämaa * Katariina Kaitue as Riitta Laakio * Eila Roine Eila Orvokki Roine (born 26 November 1931 in Turku) is a Finnish actress. She worked for Tampereen Työväen Teatteri from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skavabölen Pojat
''Skavabölen pojat'' (Finnish for "the boys from Skavaböle/Hyrylä") is a 2009 Finnish drama film. It was directed by Zaida Bergroth and based on a play by the same name, written by Antti Raivio in 1991 and performed at Q-teatteri in the 1990s. ''Skavabölen pojat'' is a story about two brothers, growing from children to adults, from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, in Grankulla/ Grankulla/Kauniainen and Skavaböle/Hyrylä in the Greater Helsinki Area. The film was awarded the Flash Forward prize at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. Plot The film varies between the "present" in the early 1980s, and the brothers' childhood in the early 1970s. Cast * Ilmari Järvenpää as Rupert Kallio * Onni Tommila as Evert * Lauri Tilkanen * Iiro Panula * Leea Klemola (mother) * Martti Suosalo (father) * Elina Knihtilä * Tommi Korpela * Sulevi Peltola * Henriikka Salo * Eila Roine Reception In the film review column in the '' Helsingin Sanomat'' weekly suppl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 Tapaa Pilata Avioliitto
''21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage'' ( fi, 21 tapaa pilata avioliitto) is a 2013 Finnish film written and directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa. It was the highest grossing locally produced movie of the year in Finland. Main cast *Armi Toivanen as Sanna Manner *Essi Hellén as Aino * Riku Nieminen as Aleksi *Aku Hirviniemi as Jouni *Pamela Tola as Elli *Hannele Lauri Ritva Hannele Lauri (born 21 July 1952 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish actress known for her roles in multiple comedy series. The artistic focus of her career is in stage acting. She was born Hannele Markkula to parents Arvi Markkula, a colone ... as Eila Manner * Jarkko Niemi as Lauri References Finnish comedy films 2013 films Films directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa 2010s Finnish-language films {{Finland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
