Matti Kassila (12 January 1924 – 13 December 2018) was a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for the series of four

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movies, based on the character created by

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. During his long career, he won seven

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s, including a concrete Jussi for lifetime achievement, and received numerous other commendations. His 1959 film '' Punainen viiva'' was entered into the

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. He was also one of the screenwriters for the 1968 film ''

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'', directed by

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Films directed by Kassila

* ''Isäntä soittaa hanuria'' (1949) * ''Professori Masa'' (1950) * ''Maija löytää sävelen'' (1950) * ''Lakeuksien lukko'' (1951) * ''

Radio tekee murron ''The Radio Burglary'' ( fi, Radio tekee murron) is a 1951 Finnish crime comedy directed by Matti Kassila and starring Hannes Häyrinen. The idea for the movie came from an actual radio program done by sensationalist reporter Usko Santavuori, in ...

'' (1951) * ''

Radio tulee hulluksi ''The Radio Goes Insane'' or ''The Radio Goes Mad'' ( fi, Radio tulee hulluksi) is a 1952 Finnish comedy film directed by Matti Kassila. The film is a sequel to '' The Radio Burglary,'' again starring Hannes Häyrinen as radio reporter Toivo Terä ...

'' (1952) * '' Varsovan laulu'' (1953) * '' Tyttö kuunsillalta'' (1953) * ''Sininen viikko'' (1954) * ''Hilmanpäivät'' (1954) * ''Isän vanha ja uusi'' (1955) * ''Pastori Jussilainen'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956) * ''Kuriton sukupolvi'' (1957) * ''Syntipukki'' (1957) * '' Punainen viiva'' (1959) * ''Lasisydän'' (1959) * ''

Komisario Palmun erehdys ''Komisario Palmun erehdys'' (Swedish title: ''Mysteriet Rygseck''; international titles: ''Inspector Palmu's Mistake'' or ''Inspector Palmu's Error''; US DVD title: ''The Rygseck Mystery'') is a 1960 Finnish crime comedy film directed by Matti K ...

'' (1960) * '' Tulipunainen kyyhkynen'' (1961) * ''

Kaasua, komisario Palmu! Gas, Inspector Palmu! (original Finnish title: ''Kaasua, komisario Palmu!'') is a 1961 Finnish crime movie directed by Matti Kassila. It is a sequel to Inspector Palmu's Mistake and is followed by The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu. The main ...

'' (1961) * ''

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu ''The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu'' (Finnish: ''Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu'') is a 1962 Finnish comedy- crime film directed by Matti Kassila. It is the third film in the ''Inspector Palmu'' series and the second one produced by Fenna ...

'' (1962) * ''Kolmen kaupungin kasvot'' (1963) * '' Äl’ yli päästä perhanaa'' (1968) * ''

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 ...

'' (1969) * ''Päämaja'' (1970) * '' Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' (1971) * ''Haluan rakastaa, Peter'' (1972) * ''Meiltähän tämä käy'' (1973) * ''Natalia'' (1979) * ''Niskavuori'' (1984) * '' Jäähyväiset presidentille'' (1987) * '' Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus'' (1988) * ''Kaikki pelissä'' (1994)

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* 1924 births 2018 deaths People from Keuruu Finnish film directors {{Finland-film-director-stub