Osmo Uolevi "Ossi" Harkimo (formerly Händelin, 7 October 1923 – 8 April 2007) was a Finnish cinematographer. During his career, he shot more than 40 films. He is best remembered as one of the four cinematographers of the

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film '' The Unknown Soldier'' (1955), for which he received a

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. He received another Jussi Award for his work in the

Matti Kassila 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 Inspector Palmu movies, based on t ...

film ''Sininen viikko'' (1954). Since 1961, he worked as a director for the

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. He also had small acting roles in films such as ''The Unknown Soldier'', ''Pähkähullu Suomi'' (1967) and ''Badding'' (2000). Osmo Harkimo was married to Doris Hackman, a descendant of the founder of the

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cutlery company. Together they had three children: Roy ("Rolle"), Maria, and businessman Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo.

Selected filmography as a cinematographer

*''Intohimon vallassa'' (1947) *''Isäntä soittaa hanuria'' (1949) *''Kaunis Veera eli Ballaadi Saimaalta'' (1950) *''

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) *''Pastori Jussilainen'' (1955) *''Tuntematon sotilas'' (1955) * '' No Tomorrow'' (1957) *''Sven Tuuva'' (1958) *''Lasisydän'' (1959) *''Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut'' (1960) *''Lapualaismorsian'' (1967) *'' Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta'' (1971)

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* Finnish cinematographers 1923 births 2007 deaths {{finland-bio-stub