''The Scarlet Dove'' ( fi, Tulipunainen kyyhkynen) is a 1961 Finnish
thriller film
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directed by
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 ...
. It was entered into the
11th Berlin International Film Festival
The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film ''La notte'' directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the ...
. It was
Tauno Palo
Tauno Valdemar Palo (born Tauno Brännäs; 25 October 1908 – 24 May 1982) was a Finnish actor and singer in what some consider the golden age of Finnish cinema.
In ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'' Peter von Bagh names Palo as the ...
's final screen role.
Cast
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Tauno Palo
Tauno Valdemar Palo (born Tauno Brännäs; 25 October 1908 – 24 May 1982) was a Finnish actor and singer in what some consider the golden age of Finnish cinema.
In ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'' Peter von Bagh names Palo as the ...
- Dr. Olavi Aitamaa
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Gunvor Sandkvist - Helena Aitamaa
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Helen Elde - Irja Huurre / Ritva
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Matti Oravisto
Matti Kustavi Oravisto (23 October 1921 – 15 November 2001) was a Finnish actor who appeared in theatre, film and television.
Oravisto started to work as an actor in the Finnish National Theatre immediately after graduating from theatre school ...
- Judge Rantanen / Helena's Lover
*
Risto Mäkelä
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
*Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
* ...
- Mankela
*
Uuno Montonen
Uuno is a Finnish and Estonian male given name, and may refer to:
*Uuno Kailas (1901–1933), Finnish poet, author, and translator
*Uuno Klami (1900–1961), Finnish composer
*Uuno Laakso (1896–1956), Finnish actor
*Uuno Montonen (1891–1973), ...
- Pastor Svanholm
*
Anton Soini - Man Laying by the Road / Shoe String Vendor / Laughing Man at the Street / Proferros Aitamaa
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Arttu Suuntala - Detective Maurila
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Pertti Palo - Young Man at the Kiosk
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Liana Kaarina - Kiosk Vendor
*
Martta Kinnunen - Martta, House Maid
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Tauno Söder
Tauno Söder (13 January 1927 – 2 May 2009) was a Finnish actor. He appeared in 99 films and television shows between 1954 and 1979. He starred in the film ''Yksityisalue'', which was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festiva ...
- Optician
*
Paavo Hukkinen
Paavo Hukkinen (27 October 1911 in Hanover, Germany – 7 June 1988 in Helsinki) was a German-Finnish actor.
Hukkinen entered film in 1937 starring in the film Tukkijoella and appeared in some 70 Finnish films and TV series between then an ...
- Sailor
*
Unto Salminen
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* Unto (name)
*Unto a Good Land (Swedish: Invandrarna) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1952
*Unto Ashes, musical ensemble based in New York City incorporating madrigal, folk, New Age music and Dark Wave
*Unto the Fourth Generat ...
- Doctor at the Murder Scene
*
Eila Pehkonen
Eila Mirjam Pehkonen (since 1948 Kostermaa, 18 October 1924 – 10 September 1991) was a Finnish actress.
In theatre and films
Pehkonen was born into a family of five children. She was interested in acting and theatre since childhood, and in 1 ...
- Woman at the Customs Office
*
Tuukka Soitso
Tuukka is a Finnish male given name. The origin of the name may be from the Scandinavian names Tore and Tor, but other studies suggest the origin comes from the names ''Thoke'' and ''Thuki''.Irja Rannikko 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 Ha ...
- Drug Store Keeper
*
Rauha Rentola
Rauha Olivia Elisabet Rentola (4 February 1919, Kuhmoinen − 20 July 2005) was a Finnish actress. During her career, she appeared in close to a hundred films while also working for Finnish National Theatre for half a century.
Selected filmography ...
- Customer at the Drug Store
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Hannes Veivo
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Hannes may refer to:
*Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) Swedish chemist and Nobel-prize winner
*Hannes Aigner (born 1989), German slalom canoeist and Olympic medalist
*Hannes An ...
- Detective
References
External links
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1961 films
1960s Finnish-language films
1960s thriller films
Finnish black-and-white films
Films directed by Matti Kassila
Finnish thriller films
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