Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä (14 January 1924 Raahe - March 19, 1992 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. The most significant roles of Mäkelä's film career take place in the early 1960s. From 1945 Mäkelä starred in the theater. He became known for Pyynik's summer theater, where he starred in the 1940s, well before his film career began. There, in his mid-1960s, his bravery role was Colonel Karjula of the Unknown Soldier. Mäkelä starred in the Pori and Tampere theaters, the Helsinki National Theater-Work Theater and the Finnish National Theater and visited the Radio Theater several times. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed ... (more)
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed ... (more)
A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in. (more)
A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in. (more)
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate. (more)
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate. (more)
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people. (more)
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people. (more)
An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath ... (more)
An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath ... (more)
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates. (more)
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates. (more)
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to ... (more)
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to ... (more)
A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better. (more)
A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better. (more)
At Pösökylä's lodge, Taneli injures her leg in fur hunter Eemel's wolf irons, and Eemeli decides to take up the position of lodge lodge. During the leave of office, Eemeli gives lessons to the rich Petter who rules the village and arranges the engagement of his ... (more)
At Pösökylä's lodge, Taneli injures her leg in fur hunter Eemel's wolf irons, and Eemeli decides to take up the position of lodge lodge. During the leave of office, Eemeli gives lessons to the rich Petter who rules the village and arranges the engagement of his ... (more)
A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that ... (more)
A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that ... (more)
A western set in the "Wild North". (more)
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella. (more)
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella. (more)
Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P ... (more)
Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P ... (more)