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List Of Finnish Films Of The 1960s ...
A list of films produced in Finland ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Finnish films see :Finnish films External links Finnish filmat the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Finnish Films 1960s Films Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarlet Dove (1961 Film)
''The Scarlet Dove'' ( fi, Tulipunainen kyyhkynen) is a 1961 Finnish thriller film directed by Matti Kassila. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. It was Tauno Palo's final screen role. Cast * Tauno Palo - Dr. Olavi Aitamaa * Gunvor Sandkvist - Helena Aitamaa * Helen Elde - Irja Huurre / Ritva * Matti Oravisto - Judge Rantanen / Helena's Lover * Risto Mäkelä - Mankela * Uuno Montonen - Pastor Svanholm * Anton Soini - Man Laying by the Road / Shoe String Vendor / Laughing Man at the Street / Proferros Aitamaa * Arttu Suuntala - Detective Maurila * Pertti Palo - Young Man at the Kiosk * Liana Kaarina - Kiosk Vendor * Martta Kinnunen - Martta, House Maid * Tauno Söder - Optician * Paavo Hukkinen - Sailor * Unto Salminen - Doctor at the Murder Scene * Eila Pehkonen - Woman at the Customs Office * Tuukka Soitso - Man at the Customs Office * Irja Rannikko - Drug Store Keeper * Rauha Rentola - Customer at the Drug Store * Hannes Veivo Hannes is a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 In Film
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic '' Cleopatra'' and two films with all-star casts, '' How the West Was Won'' and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western '' How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for MGM since '' Ben-Hur''. * June 12 – '' Cleopatra'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. ''Cleopatra'' marked the only instance that a film would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Berlin International Film Festival
The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari'' directed by Tadashi Imai. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International feature film jury * Wendy Toye, actress and director (United Kingdom) - Jury President * Harry R. Sokal, producer (West Germany) * Fernando Ayala, director, screenwriter and producer (Argentina) * Jean-Pierre Melville, director and screenwriter (France) * Baldev Raj Chopra, director and producer (India) * Guglielmo Biraghi, journalist and film critic (Italy) * Masatora Sakurai (Japan) * Karl Malden, actor (United States) * Günther Engels (West Germany) International documentary and short jury * T.O.S. Benson, minister of culture (Nigeria) - Jury President * Charles Boost, illustrator and writer (Netherlands) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maunu Kurkvaara
Maunu Kurkvaara (born 18 July 1926) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the “new wave” of Finnish cinema in the spirit of French New Wave cinema. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1993. Many of his films share a nautical theme due to his love of the sea. His film ''Yksityisalue'' was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1965 he co-produced the film ''4x4'' and it was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Biography In 1947-51, he studied painting at the Finnish Academy of Arts, but already applied for the film industry in 1949, first as an organizer and assistant cameraman at Suomi-Film and then as an assistant to director Ville Salminen at a competing company, Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus. In the winter of 1953, Kurkvaara worked as a studio manager in the ballet film ''Pessi and Illusia'' produced by Ralf Rubin. Auteur style of Kurkvaara is characterized by the fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yksityisalue
''Yksityisalue'' is a 1962 Finnish drama film directed by Maunu Kurkvaara. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Sointu Angervo as Soili * Kyllikki Forssell as Margit Koski * Kaarlo Halttunen as Carlstedt * Sinikka Hannula as Kaisu * Jarno Hiilloskorpi as Pentti Vaara * Esko Mannermaa as Judge Salin * Kalervo Nissilä as Toivo Koski * Pehr-Olof Sirén as Mäkelä * Tauno Söder Tauno Söder (13 January 1927 – 2 May 2009) was a Finnish actor. He appeared in 99 films and television shows between 1954 and 1979. He starred in the film ''Yksityisalue'', which was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festiva ... as Rape Sollman References External links * 1962 films 1960s Finnish-language films 1962 drama films Finnish black-and-white films Films directed by Maunu Kurkvaara Finnish drama films {{Finland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarmo Manni
Tarmo Manni (30 July 1921, in Saarijärvi – 24 September 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. He worked for the Finnish National Theatre 41 years of his 44-year career and appeared in 65 films between 1944 and 2000. Manni was known as a flamboyant persona, on and off stage. However, in his final theatre performance, he just sat in a chair for an hour, listening to Gustav Mahler's First Symphony. Selected filmography *''Dynamiittityttö'' (1944) *'' Ihmiset suviyössä'' (1948) *''Prinsessa Ruusunen'' (1949) *''Gabriel, Come Back'' (1951) *''Omena putoaa'' (1952) *''April's Coming ''April's Coming'' (Finnish: ''Huhtikuu tulee'') is a 1953 Finnish comedy film directed by Valentin Vaala and starring Ossi Elstelä, Tuija Halonen and Kurt Ingvall.Qvist & von Bagh p.257 Cast * Ossi Elstelä as Subeditor * Tuija Halonen as Journa ...'' (1953) *''Kun on tunteet'' (1954) *'' The Unknown Soldier'' (1955) *'' Punainen viiva'' (1959) *''Koko kaupungin Vinski'' (1969) *''Da Capo'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Lohikoski
Armand Lohikoski (January 3, 1912 – March 20, 2005) was an American born Finnish movie director and writer. He is best known as a director of a number of '' Pekka ja Pätkä'' movies. Career Before his career as a film director Armand Lohikoski had a long career in the media industry. He was, among other occupations, a journalist, a division director in the Finnish Broadcasting Company (where he produced the first radio quiz in Finland), and a head of the Helsinki office of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films. He was also the first to publish free newspapers in Finland. Armand Lohikoski directed 18 long movies for the major Finnish movie production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus. In addition, he directed many short films and commercials. Both before and during his directing career, he took part in acting. He acted in some of his own films. Lohikoski wrote an travel book ''Dollari on lujassa'' in 1946 of the famous Helsinki based student choir, YL Male Voice Choir, visit to United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Moscow International Film Festival
The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film ''8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * Sergio Amidei (Italy) * Dušan Vukotić (Yugoslavia) * Mohamed Kerim (Egypt) * Stanley Kramer (USA) * Jean Marais (France) * Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Brazil) * Emil Petrov (Bulgaria) * Jan Procházka (Czechoslovakia) * Satyajit Ray (India) * Jan Rybkowski (Poland) * Kiyohiko Ushihara (Japan) * János Herskó (Hungary) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Grand Prix: ''8½'' by Federico Fellini * Golden Prizes: ** ''Death Is Called Engelchen'' by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos ** ''Kozara'' by Veljko Bulajić ** '' Bad Girl'' by Kirio Urayama * Special Silver Prize: Frank Beyer for '' Naked Among Wolves'' * Silver Prizes: **'' A Trip Without a Load'' by Vladimir Vengerov ** ''Tales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikko Niskanen
Mikko Johannes Niskanen (31 January 1929 – 25 November 1990) was a Finnish film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1956 and 1988. His most acclaimed films include '' The Boys'' (1962), ''Under Your Skin'' (1966) ''The Song of the Blood-Red Flower'' (1971), and '' Eight Deadly Shots'' (1972). He won a record number of six Jussi Awards for direction over his career. Career Mikko Niskanen was born in Äänekoski, Central Finland. He was the third of six children, and his father worked as a timber barge pilot. His mother too had a job outside the home, so the children often spent summers with their grandmother in Viitasaari.Argillander, Eino 2009: Proomukärrärin pojasta professoriksi. Viitasaaren Seutu 5 February 2009. At the age of 13, Mikko Niskanen started working in timber felling and floating. Two years later he enrolled in a vocational school in Jyväskylä to become a car mechanic. He took a serious interest in amateu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys (1962 Finnish Film)
''The Boys'' ( fi, Pojat) is a 1962 Finnish war drama film directed by Mikko Niskanen. It is based on a 1958 novel by Paavo Rintala. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. The second lead role, Jake, was played by 17-year-old Vesa-Matti Loiri, who received the Jussi Awards certificate of honor for his role as a young actor.Arto Pajukallio: Elokuvat, page D 7. '' Helsingin Sanomat'', 2 February 2012. (in Finnish) The story conveys the life of school boys in the turbulent period of the World War II in Oulu in northern Finland. The young men, in the absence of their fathers who have gone to war, are fascinated by war and the German Army soldiers and dream of heroic deeds. Cast * Pentti Tarkiainen as Ilmari Kaarela, "Immu" * Vesa-Matti Loiri as Jaakko Hoikka, "Jake" (as Matti Loiri) * Uti Saurio as Paavo Harju, "Pate" * Hannu Vironmäki as Matti Korpi * Markku Söderström as Urkki * Heikki Rissanen as Kaaleppi (from Tuira) * Ilkka Liikanen as Martti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
