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The General's Fiancée
''The General's Fiancée'' (Finnish: ''Kenraalin morsian'') is a 1951 Finnish comedy film directed by Ville Salminen and starring Sakari Halonen and Leena Häkinen.Qvist & von Bagh p.260 Cast * Sakari Halonen as Pvt. Taavetti Hurskainen * Leena Häkinen as Kaisa * Eija Inkeri as Helena * Eino Kaipainen as Major-general Anton Narva * Kullervo Kalske as Captain Saarto * Ruth Luoma-Aho as Irma Saarto * William Markus as Lieutenant Olavi Naula * Lasse Pöysti as Lance corporal Oksapää * Irja Ranin as Elli * Elsa Turakainen Elsa Turakainen (8 August 1904 – 7 February 1992) was a Finnish actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1934 and 1973. Selected filmography * '' Skandaali tyttökoulussa'' (1960) * ''Little Presents ''L ... as Sofia Tissari * Armas Jokio as Tunnistamaton rooli References Bibliography * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Salminen
Veikko Oskari Ville Salminen (2 October 1908, Mariehamn – 28 November 1992, Quarteira) was a Finnish film actor, director, writer and producer. He was the father of comedic actor Ville-Veikko Salminen and cinematographer Timo Salminen. Salminen was also a painter and drew complete storyboards of his films before he began shooting. Salminen's film ''Kaks' tavallista Lahtista'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 1960 Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography Director *''Lumikki ja 7 jätkää'' (1953) *''Pekka Puupää'' (1953) *''Säkkijärven polkka'' (1956) *''Evakko'' (1956) *''Kaks' tavallista Lahtista ''Kaks' tavallista Lahtista'' is a 1960 Finnish drama film directed by Ville Salminen. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Eemeli as Janitor Vepsäläinen * Vesa Enne as Janitor's son * Hannu Halonen * Paa ...'' (1960) Actor *''Aktivistit'' (1939) *''Herra ja ylhäisyys'' (1944) * '' Cross of Love'' (1946) *''Kalle-Kust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kullervo Kalske
Kullervo () is an ill-fated character in the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the aftermath of the massacre of his entire tribe, he comes to realise that the same people who had brought him up, the tribe of Untamo, were also the ones who had slain his family. As a child, he is sold into slavery and mocked and tormented further. When he finally runs away from his masters, he discovers surviving members of his family, only to lose them again. He seduces a girl who turns out to be his own sister, having thought his sister dead. When she finds out it was her own brother who seduced her, she commits suicide. Kullervo becomes mad with rage, returns to Untamo and his tribe, destroys them using his magical powers, and commits suicide. At the end of the poem the old sage Väinämöinen warns all parents against treating their children too harshly. Story The story of Kullervo is laid out in runes (chapters) 31 through 36 of the Kalevala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Finnish-language Films
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Finnish Comedy Films
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1951 Comedy Films
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Films
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's '' Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the biggest cult classics in the ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armas Jokio
The Arma people are an ethnic group of the middle Niger River valley, descended from Moroccan invaders of the 16th century . The name, applied by other groups, derives from the word ''ar-rumah'' ( ar, الرماة) "fusiliers". N. Levtzion, "North-West Africa: from the Maghrib to the fringes of the forest" inThe Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 4 : c.1600-c.1790 Ed. Cambridge University Press (1975), pp.154-155 The Arma ethnicity is distinct from (but sometimes confused with) the 3.6 million Zarma people of western Niger, who predate the Moroccan invasion and speak the Zarma language, also a member of the Songhay languages. As of 1986, there were some 20,000 self-identified Arma in Mali, mostly around Timbuktu, the middle Niger bend and the Inner Niger Delta. The Songhai expedition and aftermath The 1590 expedition sent to conquer the Songhai Empire trade routes by the Saadi dynasty of Morocco was made up of four thousand Moroccan, Morisco refugees and European renega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Turakainen
Elsa Turakainen (8 August 1904 – 7 February 1992) was a Finnish actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1934 and 1973. Selected filmography * ''Skandaali tyttökoulussa'' (1960) * ''Little Presents'' (1961) References External links * 1904 births 1992 deaths Actresses from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish film actresses 20th-century Finnish actresses {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Ranin
Irja is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Irja Askola (born 1952), Finnish bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland *Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), Swedish teacher, novelist and short story writer *Irja Hagfors (1905–1988), Finnish dance artist, choreographer and dance teacher *Irja Ketonen (1921–1988), Finnish media executive *Irja Koikson (born 1980), Estonian footballer *Irja Lipasti (1905–2000), Finnish sprinter *Irja Seurujärvi-Kari (born 1947), Finnish Sámi politician and academic See also *Papua (province) Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by the ... {{given name Finnish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Pöysti
Lasse Erik Pöysti (24 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a Finnish actor, director, theatre manager and writer. He was born in Sortavala. Biography Pöysti began his career as a child actor, becoming known to the Finnish public as Olli Suominen in the "Suominen family" films. The first of these films as '' Suomisen perhe'' (1941). Pöysti was 14 years old at the time of the film. Pöysti matriculated in 1945 in the Helsinki Normal Lyceum. From 1967 to 1974, Pöysti served as manager of the Lilla Teatern, with ex-wife Birgitta Ulfsson, and also acted in many roles in Swedish. During 1974–1981 he was the manager of the Tampere Workers' Theatre, and during 1981–1985 the manager of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In his later career he has had many speaking roles in musical plays. He also had many roles on television, including the leading roles in the Strindberg plays ''Gustav III'' ( fi, Kustaa III) and ''Erik XIV''. Another performance was the title role in the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Markus
Karl William Marcus (12 January 1917 – 10 October 1989) was a Finnish film director, actor and screenwriter who used the screenname William Markus. He directed 13 films between 1953 and 1965. His film ''Miriam'' was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Markus was born in Liverpool, England, to a Finnish father and an English mother. at Elonet Selected filmography * '''' (1951) – actor * ''Miriam
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Ruth Luoma-Aho
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Arkansas * Ruth, California * Ruth, Louisiana * Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky * Ruth, Michigan * Ruth, Mississippi * Ruth, Nevada * Ruth, North Carolina * Ruth, Virginia * Ruth, Washington * Ruth, West Virginia In space * Ruth (lunar crater), crater on the Moon * Ruth (Venusian crater), crater on Venus * 798 Ruth, asteroid People * Ruth (biblical figure) * Ruth (given name) contains list of namesakes including fictional * Princess Ruth or Keʻelikōlani, (1826–1883), Hawaiian princess Surname * A. S. Ruth, American politician * Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American baseball player * Connie Ruth, American politician * Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), American politician * Elizabeth Ruth, Canadian novelist * Kristin Ruth, American judge * Nanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
