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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 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 Publishing Group, 2000. External links * 1951 films 1951 comedy films Finnish comedy films 1950s Finnish-language films 1950s Finnish films Films directed by Ville Salminen Finnish black-and-white films {{Finland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Salminen
Veikko Oskari Ville Salminen (2 October 1908, Mariehamn – 28 November 1992, Quarteira) was a Finland, 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 10th Berlin International Film Festival, 1960 Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography Director *''Lumikki ja 7 jätkää'' (1953) *''Pekka Puupää (film), Pekka Puupää'' (1953) *''Säkkijärven polkka'' (1956) *''Evakko'' (1956) *''Kaks' tavallista Lahtista'' (1960) Actor *''Aktivistit'' (1939) * ''The Dead Man Loses His Temper'' (1944) *''Herra ja ylhäisyys'' (1944) * ''Cross of Love'' (1946) *''Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut'' (1949) *''Laivan kannella'' (1954) *''Wonderman (1979 film), Wonderman'' (1979) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Luoma-Aho
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1950s Finnish 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 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Films
The following events in film occurred in the year 1951. 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 (1951 film), Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armas Jokio
The Arma people is an ethnic group of the middle Niger River valley, descended from Saadi dynasty, Moroccan invaders of the 16th century. The name, applied by other groups, derives from the word ''ar-rumah'' () 'fusiliers'.Nehemia Levtzion, 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. Songhai expedition The Saadian invasion of the Songhai Empire, 1590 expedition sent to conquer the Songhai Empire trade routes by the Saadi dynasty of Morocco was made up of four thousand Moroccan people, ... [...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 ''Little Presents'' () is a 1961 Finnish drama film directed by Jack Witikka. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Leif Aaltonen * Aapeli - God (voice) (as Simo Puupponen) * Kaarlo Halttunen - Clocksmith * ...'' (1961) References External links * 1904 births 1992 deaths Actresses from Helsinki Actors 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 Aav (1944–1995), Estonian actress *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 provinces of Indonesia, 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 the Papuan customary region of Tabi Sai ... {{given name Estonian feminine given names Feminine given names 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'' () and ''Erik XIV''. Another performance was the title role in the stage play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Markus
Karl William Marcus (formerly Söderström) (12 January 1917 Liverpool, England – 10 October 1989 Espoo, Finland) was a Finnish-British film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer who used the stage name William Markus. Family Marcus was born in Liverpool, England, to a Finnish father, Captain, Lieutenant Commander Karl Ilmari Söderström and an English mother May Isabel Blance Cope.William Markus at Elonet His mother languages were English, Finnish, and Swedish. He had a dual citizenship in Finland and . His acting career started in 1944, and he changed his surname from Söderström to Marcus.
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