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Vesa Vierikko
Vesa Tapio Vierikko (born 24 May 1956 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a Finnish actor. Vierikko began acting in 1978 on television working consistently throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He starred in the 2003 film ''Sibelius'' working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo and actors such as Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen and Seela Sella and Miina Turunen. He once again worked with director Koivusalo in '' Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa'' in 2005. More recently in 2006 he has starred in over 16 episodes of ''Akkaa päälle''. Partial filmography * '' Jon'' (1983) * ''Onks' Viljoo näkyny?'' (1988) * '' The Winter War'' (''Talvisota'', 1989) * ''The Match Factory Girl'' (''Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö'', 1990) * ''Hobitit'' (1993) * '' Santa Claus and the Magic Drum'' (''Joulupukki ja noitarumpu'', 1996) * '' Gold Fever in Lapland'' (''Lapin kullan kimallus'', 1999) * '' Ponterosa'' (2001) * '' The Book of Fate'' (''Kohtalon kirja'', 2003) * ''Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and is one of the most significant urban centers in the whole Saimaa region, along with the towns of Imatra, Mikkeli and Savonlinna. With approximately inhabitants () Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland, after incorporating the previous municipalities of Lappee and Lauritsala in 1967, Nuijamaa in 1989, Joutseno in 2009, and Ylämaa in 2010. Lappeenranta, the region's centre for tourism, is the second most visited city by Russian tourists in Finland after Helsinki and it competes with Helsinki for the largest share of tax-free sales in Finland. Lappeenranta is a model for renewable energies and a clean living environment. Lappeenranta was the only Finnish city among the 14 finalists in the international Earth Hour City Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Match Factory Girl
''The Match Factory Girl'' () is a 1990 Finnish-Swedish film edited, written, co-produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, the final installment of his Proletariat Trilogy, after his '' Shadows in Paradise'' and ''Ariel''. It follows Iris, a young, plain-looking factory worker living a lonely, impoverished and uneventful life in late 1980s Finland. Iris is played by Kati Outinen, who had appeared in a number of other Kaurismäki films. Plot Iris lives with her middle-aged mother and stepfather, who spend most of their time watching the news on television. They expect her to give them all of her match factory production line job earnings as well as do all the housework. She goes to dances but does not attract partners. She buys a highly coloured dress in the hope that this will increase her appeal. Seeing it, her parents call her a whore and demand she return it, but she defies them and wears it to a dance club. At the club, Iris meets Aarne, who thinks she is a prostitute becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Male Actors
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 Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ..., the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Fools
''August Fools'' ( fi, Mieletön elokuu) is a 2013 comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. It is a Finnish-Czech co-production set in Helsinki, Finland in the early 1960s. Main cast *Kati Outinen *Esko Salminen * Elena Leeve *Laura Birn *Tapio Liinoja *Vesa Vierikko *Pirkka-Pekka Petelius *Miroslav Etzler *Aku Hirviniemi Aku-Heikki Ilmari Hirviniemi (born 5 December 1983, in Riihimäki) is a Finnish actor. Theatre and television Hirviniemi has worked for several theatres around Finland, including Helsinki, Riihimäki, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Hämeenlinna, whi ... References External links * 2013 films Films directed by Taru Mäkelä Czech romantic comedy films Finnish romantic comedy films 2013 romantic comedy films 2013 multilingual films Czech multilingual films Finnish multilingual films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storage
''The Storage'' ( fi, Varasto) is a 2011 Finnish comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. Cast * Kari-Pekka Toivonen as Antero Rousku * Minttu Mustakallio as Karita * Aku Hirviniemi as Raninen * Esko Salminen as Kataja * Juha Muje as Store manager * Tomi Lauri as Rofa * Vesa Vierikko as Jylhäkorpi * Hannele Lauri as Aino * Vesa-Matti Loiri as Mynttinen * Jope Ruonansuu Jorma Olavi "Jope" Ruonansuu (15 April 1964 – 18 July 2020) was a Finnish actor, impressionist, musician and comedian. He was born in Kemi. He won the Best performer Venla award in 2010. Ruonansuu was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2018. ... as Ykä References External links * 2011 films 2011 comedy films Finnish comedy films 2010s Finnish-language films Films directed by Taru Mäkelä Films based on Finnish novels {{2010s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Foot Under
''One Foot Under'' ( fi, Toinen jalka haudasta) is a 2009 Finnish film produced by Dionysos Films and directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa. Plot Visa Vuorio ( Tobias Zilliacus), a 35-year-old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen ( Helena Vierikko), arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story. While visiting the doctor, Visa hears there's been a mix-up of samples, and he is in fact perfectly healthy. However, he does not want to tell this to either Hanna or his girlfriend Riia ( Susanna Mikkonen), as he wants to avoid shocking them, and doesn't want to lose the experience of having an article series written about him. He only confides in his best friend Harri ( Jar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flight Before Christmas (2008 Film)
''The Flight Before Christmas'' ( fi, Niko – Lentäjän poika, aka ''Niko & The Way to the Stars'') is a 2008 computer animated Christmas film directed by Michael Hegner and Kari Juusonen. It revolves around a young reindeer named Niko who must overcome his fear of flying by heading to Santa Claus' fell to save him and his fleet of flying reindeer from a pack of wolves. The film was a Finnish production with co-producers in Denmark, Germany and Ireland. It was produced by Anima Vitae, Animaker Oy, A. Film A/S, Ulysses Films, and Magma Films. The animation was produced in Finland, Germany and Denmark, with post-production carried out in Ireland. A 45-minute television edit in American English, was produced in the United States for CBS under the title ''The Flight Before Christmas''. A sequel, '' Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure'' was released in October 2012 in Finland. It is one of the most expensive Finnish films. Plot Niko, a young reindeer, is told by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Angel
Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable process that eventually occurs in almost all organisms. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the similar process seen in individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said to die. As of the early 21st century, over 150,000 humans die each day, with ageing being by far the most common cause of death. Many cultures and religions have the idea of an afterlife, and also may hold the idea of judgement of good and bad deeds in one's life ( h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of The Eagle (2005 Film)
''Shadow of the Eagle'' (Finnish: ''Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa'') is a 2005 Finnish film directed and written by Timo Koivusalo. Plot The film is about an early twentieth century Finnish poet under the Russian regime. Cast *Mikko Leppilampi as Aaro *Vesa-Matti Loiri as Verneri * Helena Vierikko as Ella *Anneli Saaristo as Saara *Tapio Liinoja as commander * Anna-Kaisa Tommila as Veera *Vesa Vierikko as vicar * Eriikka Väliahde as Maria *Esko Nikkari as Aaro's father *Seela Sella as Aaro's mother *Antti Luusuaniemi as Antti *Sampo Sarkola In Finnish mythology, the ''Sampo'' () is a magical device or object described in many different ways that was constructed by the blacksmith Ilmarinen and that brought riches and good fortune to its holder, akin to the horn of plenty (cornucopi ... as Aleksi External links * Finnish historical drama films 2000s Finnish-language films 2005 films Films directed by Timo Koivusalo {{finland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtalon Kirja
''Kohtalon kirja'' (''The Book of Fate'', though the website also uses ''The Booke of Fate'') is a Finnish film released in 2003. The movie was a DVD release, though it premiered in a theater. The movie is a multi-genre episode movie. It's frequently described as a "Horror/Western/War/Action/Sci-fi" movie, as it covers all of those genres in different episodes. The frequent themes are horror and fantasy, too. The movie was conceived and directed by Tommi Lepola and Tero Molin. Many of the makers, including Lepola and the producer Ilkka Niemi, jointly made the movie as their graduation work from Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu. The lead roles were given to freshly graduated acting students. As a graduation work, it is vastly larger than most such projects. In addition to these, many well-known Finnish actors, such as Vesa Vierikko, Santeri Kinnunen and Åke Lindman came to make an appearance in the movie. Many of them found it interesting to work on a movie like this, because such m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponterosa
''Ponterosa'' is a 2001 Finnish comedy film directed by brothers Mika and Pasi Kemmo. The film takes place in a campsite in Åland, where a group of very different people get to know each other. Cast * Tony Halme as Mauri, "Maukka" * Heikki Paavilainen as Jussi * Timo Julkunen as Oskari Mäkelä * Paula Siimes as Stella, Mauri's sister * Karita Tuomola as Monica * Jenni Ahola as Nelli * Laura West as Maria * Matti Tuominen as Lauri, "Late", Mauri's and Stella's father * Vesa Vierikko as a urologist * Jarmo Mäkinen as a Coastal Swede * Tuija Ernamo as Saara, Oskari's wife * Santeri Kinnunen as a family man at the campsite * Esko Nikkari as a rural householder on the ship * Lasse Karkjärvi as a travel agency clerk * Mattiesko Hytönen as a real man, Saara's lover * Olli Haaslahti as a young Mauri * Tom Lindfors as a lawyer * Ante Kangas as Rolf * Tuija Timberbacka as a religious person * Janne Itämies Source: Production As ''Ponterosa'' was one of the few majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
