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Vares - Yksityisetsivä
''Vares: Private Eye'' () is a 2004 Finnish crime film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. It is based on the eleventh '' Vares'' novel ''Keltainen leski'' (1999) by Reijo Mäki. The setting is Turku, a city on the west coast of Finland. It stars Juha Veijonen as private detective Jussi Vares who investigates a case involving a large amount of dirty money. The film is the first of nine films in the '' Vares'' series. The first sequel, '' V2: Dead Angel'', was released in 2007. Cast * Juha Veijonen as Jussi Vares * Laura Malmivaara as Eeva Sunila * Samuli Edelmann as Mikko Koitere * Pekka Valkeejärvi as Jari "Hillosilmä" Munck * Kari Hietalahti as Tetsuo Sinkkonen * Jorma Tommila as Antero Kraft * Minna Turunen as Ifigenia Multanen * Jari Halonen as Karl E. Miesmann * Markku Peltola as Luusalmi * Jasper Pääkkönen as Jarmo * Santeri Kinnunen Santeri Karl-Henrik Kinnunen (born 20 August 1969) is a Finnish actor. Kinnunen, who spent most of his career at the Helsinki City Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksi Mäkelä (director)
Tane Aleksanteri ”Aleksi” Mäkelä (born 20 November 1969) is a Finnish film director and occasional actor. He is best known for having directed several popular films such as '' Häjyt'' (1999), '' Matti'' (2006) and '' Vares – yksityisetsivä'' (2004). During his career, he has also worked for television. Personal life Aleksi Mäkelä's father was an actor Vesa Mäkelä (1947–2003). Selected filmography Films *''The Romanov Stones'' (''Romanovin kivet'', 1993) *''Sunset Riders'' (''Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat'', 1994) *'' The Tough Ones'' (''Häjyt'', 1999) *''The South'' (''Lomalla'', 2000) *'' Bad Boys'' (''Pahat pojat'', 2003) *'' Vares: Private Eye'' (''Vares – yksityisetsivä'', 2004) *'' Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'' (''Matti'', 2006) *'' V2: Dead Angel'' (''V2 – Jäätynyt enkeli'', 2007) *''Hellsinki'' (''Rööperi'', 2009) *''Life for Sale'' (''Kotirauha'', 2011) *'' The Hijack That Went South'' (''Kaappari'', 2013) *''Kummeli V'' (2014) *''Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while the Turku metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the third most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country after Helsinki metropolitan area, Helsinki and Tampere metropolitan area, Tampere. Turku is Finland's oldest city. It is not known when Turku was granted city status. Pope Pope Gregory IX, Gregory IX first mentioned the town of ''Aboa'' in his ''Bulla'' in 1229, and this year is now used as the founding year of the city. Turku was the most important city in the eastern part of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden (today's Finland). After the Finnish War, Finland became an Grand Duchy of Finla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Detective Films
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. Suomi may also refer to: *Finnish language Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finla ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Crime Thriller Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Action Thriller Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topias Tanska
Topias may refer to: * Thopia family, medieval Albanian noble house * Topias Leinonen (born 2004), Finnish hockey player * Topias Palmi (born 1994), Finnish basketball player * Topias Taavitsainen (born 1998), better known as Topson, Finnish professional ''Dota 2'' player * Topias Vilén (born 2003), Finnish hockey player See also * Toivo Topias Pohjala Toivo Topias Pohjala (July 27, 1931 – November 12, 2018) was a Finnish agronomist and politician. He was born in Harjavalta, and is son of Toivo Pohjala. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is th ... (1931–2018), Finnish agronomist and politician * Ville Topias Pulkki (born 1969), Finnish acoustics researcher {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Copeloussis
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Heli Sutela
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Santeri Kinnunen
Santeri Karl-Henrik Kinnunen (born 20 August 1969) is a Finnish actor. Kinnunen, who spent most of his career at the Helsinki City Theatre, has acted in numerous film and television productions and worked as a voice actor. Kinnunen started the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1987, from which he graduated in 1991. He has acted in the KOM Theater in 1990 and 1991, in the Finnish National Theatre in 1991 and 1992, and in the Helsinki City Theater since 1992. He is the son of actors Heikki Kinnunen and Rose-Marie Precht. Selected filmography *'' A Charming Mass Suicide'' (2000) as Seppo Sorjonen *''Ponterosa'' (2001) as a family man at the campsite *'' Kohtalon kirja'' (2003) as Lieutenant Grönvall *'' Vares: Private Eye'' (2004) as Touko Reiman *'' Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'' (2006) as reporter at the airport *''Hellsinki'' (2009) as Teukka *'' M/S Romantic'' (2019, TV) TV-series *'' How to Kill a Bull'' (1989) as Alpo "Allu" Antero Korva *'' Vintiöt'' (1994) as several sket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Pääkkönen
Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor. Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series ''Vikings'' (2016–2018; 2020) as Halfdan the Black. His next roles were in Spike Lee's comedy-drama film ''BlacKkKlansman'' (2018) and in the war drama film '' Da 5 Bloods'' (2020). Early life Pääkkönen was born in Helsinki, the son of actor Seppo Pääkkönen and Virve Havelin. His uncle Antti Pääkkönen is also an actor, and is a prolific voice actor. Already as a child, Pääkkönen was a theater assistant and attended Kallio Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts in Kallio, Helsinki. When Pääkkönen was 17, he spent a year in Maryland as an exchange student at Baltimore's Owings Mills High School during the 1997–98 school year. Career Pääkkönen's first film role was in '' The Glory and Misery of Human Life'' from 1988, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Peltola
Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere. Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismäki's Academy Award-nominated film from 2002 '' The Man Without a Past''. Other films that Peltola featured in include '' V2 – jäätynyt enkeli'', '' Young Gods'', '' Drifting Clouds'', '' Kamome Shokudo'', '' Jade Warrior'' and ''Perhoshäkki''. From the 1980s until his death, Peltola was the singer and bass guitarist of the Finnish band Motelli Skronkle. He also released two solo albums: ''Buster Keatonin ratsutilalla'', released by Ektro Records in 2003 and ''Buster Keaton tarkistaa idän ja lännen'' at the beginning of 2006. Peltola died in the early hours of 31 December 2007 at his home in Kangasala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the east of the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Halonen
Jari Juhani Halonen (born 30 September 1962) is a Finnish film and theatre director, writer and occasional actor. Known as a controversial and outspoken person, his films, such as '' Back to the USSR'' (1992), '' Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma'' (1995) and '' The Christmas Party'' (1996), have garnered a cult following while also having been met with mixed reception by critics. Selected filmography As a director *''Huolehtivainen rakastaja'' (1990) *'' Back to the USSR – takaisin Ryssiin'' (1992) *'' Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma'' (1995) *'' Joulubileet'' (1996) *'' Aleksis Kiven elämä'' (2002) *'' Kalevala – Uusi aika'' (2013) As an actor *'' Vares – yksityisetsivä'' (2004) See also * Jumalan teatteri ( Finnish for "the theatre of God") was a Finnish avant-garde, radicalist group of student actors from the Helsinki Theatre Academy. The group was composed of and Jari Halonen, now directors, and Jorma Tommila and , now actors. Jumalan te .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
