Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

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Pähkähullu Suomi (1967)

A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the film’s whole premise is about presenting Finland in hilarious fashion to foreigners and perhaps also making fun of some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jukka Virtanen
CAST:  Spede Pasanen  •  Esko Salminen  •  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Ere Kokkonen

A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the film’s whole premise is about presenting Finland in hilarious fashion to foreigners and perhaps also making fun of some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jukka Virtanen
CAST:  Spede Pasanen  •  Esko Salminen  •  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Ere Kokkonen

Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life (2004)

Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Tapio Hämäläinen  •  Marita Nordberg

Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Tapio Hämäläinen  •  Marita Nordberg

The Year of the Wolf (2007)

Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Saarela
CAST:  Krista Kosonen  •  Kari Heiskanen  •  Johanna af Schultén  •  Ville Virtanen

Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Saarela
CAST:  Krista Kosonen  •  Kari Heiskanen  •  Johanna af Schultén  •  Ville Virtanen

Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma (1995)

The 21st-century tale centers on taciturn detective Lipton Cockton as he looks into a series of murders involving exploding victims. The main clue in the case is the white halter dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the subway vent scene in The Seven Year Itch. This ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jari Halonen
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Hannu Huuska  •  Outi Mäenpää

The 21st-century tale centers on taciturn detective Lipton Cockton as he looks into a series of murders involving exploding victims. The main clue in the case is the white halter dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the subway vent scene in The Seven Year Itch. This ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jari Halonen
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Hannu Huuska  •  Outi Mäenpää

Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva (1990)

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Pekka Huotari  •  Pertti Koivula  •  Jukka Puotila

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Pekka Huotari  •  Pertti Koivula  •  Jukka Puotila

Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät (1992)

The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Kalevi Kahra  •  Pentti Siimes  •  Vesa Vierikko

The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Kalevi Kahra  •  Pentti Siimes  •  Vesa Vierikko

Eight Deadly Shots (1972)

Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikko Niskanen
CAST:  Mikko Niskanen  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Paavo Pentikäinen  •  Tauno Paananen

Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikko Niskanen
CAST:  Mikko Niskanen  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Paavo Pentikäinen  •  Tauno Paananen

Bad Luck Love (2000)

A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Saarela
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Tommi Eronen  •  Maria Järvenhelmi  •  Gyan Dookie

A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Saarela
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Tommi Eronen  •  Maria Järvenhelmi  •  Gyan Dookie

Back to the USSR (1992)

Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jari Halonen
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Jouko Turkka  •  Rose-Marie Precht  •  Vappu Jurkka

Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jari Halonen
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Jouko Turkka  •  Rose-Marie Precht  •  Vappu Jurkka

Man's Job (2007)

Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Salmenperä
CAST:  Tommi Korpela  •  Maria Heiskanen  •  Jani Volanen  •  Stan Saanila

Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Salmenperä
CAST:  Tommi Korpela  •  Maria Heiskanen  •  Jani Volanen  •  Stan Saanila

Popular Music (2004)

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reza Bagher
CAST:  Niklas Ulfvarson  •  Max Enderfors  •  Tommy Vallikari  •  Andreas af Enehielm

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reza Bagher
CAST:  Niklas Ulfvarson  •  Max Enderfors  •  Tommy Vallikari  •  Andreas af Enehielm

Mosku: The Last of His Kind (2003)

A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapio Suominen
CAST:  Kai Lehtinen  •  Maria Järvenhelmi  •  Petter Sairanen  •  Rauno Ahonen

A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapio Suominen
CAST:  Kai Lehtinen  •  Maria Järvenhelmi  •  Petter Sairanen  •  Rauno Ahonen

Marked (1984)

Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismo Sajakorpi
CAST:  Eero Melasniemi  •  Satu Silvo  •  Georg Dolivo  •  Hillevi Lagerstam

Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismo Sajakorpi
CAST:  Eero Melasniemi  •  Satu Silvo  •  Georg Dolivo  •  Hillevi Lagerstam

Hei kliffaa hei (1985)

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DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Simo Salminen  •  Hannele Lauri  •  Kari Franck

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DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Simo Salminen  •  Hannele Lauri  •  Kari Franck

Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti (1987)

Uuno Turhapuro reads guide books to learn how to be an orchestra conductor and a secret agent. Meanwhile, his father in law hatches a complicated scheme to finally get rid of Uuno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spede Pasanen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Simo Salminen  •  Heikki Kinnunen

Uuno Turhapuro reads guide books to learn how to be an orchestra conductor and a secret agent. Meanwhile, his father in law hatches a complicated scheme to finally get rid of Uuno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spede Pasanen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Simo Salminen  •  Heikki Kinnunen

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DIRECTION:  Ilari Nummi
CAST:  Tiina Tenhunen  •  Katja Krohn  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Markku Huhtamo

Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava (1997)

New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Vesa Vierikko  •  Tom Pöysti  •  Kalevi Kahra

New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Vesa Vierikko  •  Tom Pöysti  •  Kalevi Kahra

Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies (1998)

Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Santeri Kinnunen  •  Heikki Nousiainen

Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Santeri Kinnunen  •  Heikki Nousiainen

Aita (2001)

Middle-aged Late is building a fence in his family home for a summer break, but he falls in love with his daughter's new friend, 16-year old flirtatious Saija.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Antti Virmavirta  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen  •  Elena Leeve  •  Janne Reinikainen

Middle-aged Late is building a fence in his family home for a summer break, but he falls in love with his daughter's new friend, 16-year old flirtatious Saija.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Antti Virmavirta  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen  •  Elena Leeve  •  Janne Reinikainen

Tähtikeinu (2003)

L. Onerva and Eino Leino - two people, two rebels, prisoners of a difficult love relationship. Along with two passionate poets, there will be a third wheel, a young and talented composer Leevi Madetoja.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veli-Matti Saikkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Anna-Leena Härkönen  •  Oskari Katajisto  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

L. Onerva and Eino Leino - two people, two rebels, prisoners of a difficult love relationship. Along with two passionate poets, there will be a third wheel, a young and talented composer Leevi Madetoja.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veli-Matti Saikkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Anna-Leena Härkönen  •  Oskari Katajisto  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
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