Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 – 13 July 2022) was a Finnish actor.
Litja made over 60 film and television appearances since 1959. A prominent figure in Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s, since the mid-1990s he mostly appeared on television.
Litja played the main character in the 1977 film ''
The Year of the Hare'' about a Finnish man from
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 U ...
who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Year of the Hare'' (1977)
* ''
Wonderman'' (1979)
* ''
That Kiljunen Family
''That Kiljunen Family'' ( fi, Kiljusen herrasväki) is a 1981 Finnish musical comedy family film directed by Matti Kuortti and starring Jukka Sipilä and Marja-Sisko Aimonen. It is based on the 1914 children's book by the same name by Jalmari Fi ...
'' (1981)
* ''
The Clan – Tale of the Frogs'' (1984)
* ''
Farewell, Mr. President
''Farewell, Mr. President'' (or ''Goodbye, Mr. President''; fi, Jäähyväiset presidentille) is a 1987 Finnish action Thriller film, thriller film directed by Matti Kassila and starring Hannu Lauri. It tells the story of a disgruntled waiter pl ...
'' (1987)
* ''
The Glory and Misery of Human Life
''The Glory and Misery of Human Life'' ( fi, Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus) is a 1988 Finnish drama film directed and written by Matti Kassila starring Lasse Pöysti, Liisamaija Laaksonen and Tuula Nyman. It is based on the novel by F.E. Sillanpä ...
'' (1988)
* ''
Princess
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subst ...
'' (2010)
* ''
The Grump
''The Grump'' ( fi, Mielensäpahoittaja) is a 2014 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski, in which the main character is The Grump, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö.
''The Grump'' was selected to compete for ...
'' (2014)
References
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1938 births
2022 deaths
People from Kamennogorsk
Finnish male film actors
Finnish male television actors
20th-century Finnish male actors
21st-century Finnish male actors
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