Lasse Pöysti
Birthday: Born in 1927-01-24 in Sortavala, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Deathday: 2019-04-05
Lasse Pöysti is a Finnish actor, director and a screenwriter. He has acted in both Finnish and Swedish productions. He retired from acting in 2012.
TV Credits
Maan mitta
Character: Niiranen
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Julkalendern
Character: Pixie
An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series....
Meidän Herramme muurahaisia
Character: konstaapeli Metso
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Dårfinkar & dönickar
Character: Morfar
A young girl cuts off her hair as a protest against her mother and is mistaken for a boy at her new school....
Rosenbaum
Character: Erik 'Lunkan' Lundkvist
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Mumintrollet
Character: Mumintrollet
Moomintroll was a Swedish television series about the Moomins 1969 directed by Vivica Bandler and Ulla Berglund. The series, which is in 13 parts, is written by Tove and Lars Jansson, and produced by Swedish Radio. The premier was December 5, 1969 on TV2. The series became known for Moomins took off their heads a bit into the series. In 2008 the series was up as the play "The King of Moomin Valley" at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki....
Det blir jul på Möllegården
Character: Gårdstomte
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Movie Credits
Kilroy sen teki
Character: Pete
Ulla Järvinen gets a telegram about the death of her aunt and that she has inherited a manor, but the aunt is very much alive....
Ruma Elsa
Character: Usko Aamunen
The boyish, temperamental chemistry student Elsa Kassel disapproves of her mother and sisters running after men, but when she hears that she's referred to as "ugly Elsa", she takes on a transformation. The new, charming Elsa tests her attractiveness on men and causes confusion all the way to her mother's new groom, Professor Harjula....
Katupeilin takana
Character: Arvid Molander
1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. However, Vapu's father, business advisor Ossian Biörcke, is not as accepting when his daughter's actions begin to be revealed....
Villi Pohjola
Character: Jean
A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor....
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
Character: Siilipää
Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pres...
The Flight of the Eagle
Character: Photographer
The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are never heard from again....
Täysosuma
Character: (uncredited)
A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end....
Onnellinen ministeri
Character: (uncredited)
An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model"....
Näkemiin, hyvästi
Character:
When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives....
Kenraalin morsian
Character: Jukka Oksapää
In a military camp, the arrival of a group of women causes admiration and confusion. In particular, Sofia, the captain's mother-in-law, turns the lives of the general and soldier Hurska upside down....
Vain laulajapoikia
Character: Dr. Aarne Syrjä
The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer Kaarina and doctor Kalle are offered the chance for romance, despite some misunderstandings....
Vihaan sinua – rakas
Character: Tauno Karnala
While Leena is spending time at a health resort in the countryside, her husband Esa, an accountant, finds himself falling for Kirsti, who works at his office. The breakdown of their marriage also stirs up feelings in their adult children, who begin to question their own ideas about relationships....
White Marble
Character: Ossi Ahmala
Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just before the festivities Ossi suddenly disappears and goes on tour to 'make an inventory of his life'. He checks into a hotel, poses as a publishing director to lure an aspiring female novelist, next travels to bother his old mistress and her new husband with his surprise visit and obnoxious comments, then goes to see his son for the first time in 34 ...
Kaikkien naisten monni
Character: Nieminen
The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attempts are made to teach him in different ways - the women of the locality are also interested in teaching. Soon Nieminen will be the competing with sergeant major Vasikainen for the affections of the colonel's cook Vieno....
Kovanaama
Character: Esko Pekuri
Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life....
The Tears of Saint Peter
Character: The Cripple
Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote her product she promises to wake up from the dead all citizens of the town who have died within the last ten years. Both the bishop and the mayor are alarmed as they fear loss of influence over them and try to work against Carla. There are also many citizens who d...
Lapin kullan kimallus
Character: Konrad Planting
In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The friends find gold at the first excavation site, which Kittilä's crown prince Konrad Planting and Edvard Manninen also start looking for....
La Vénitienne
Character: Nathan Burnstein
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The Blessed Ones
Character: Dr. Dettow
As she suffers from paranoid delusions, a middle-aged teacher's slightly younger man is bit by bit pulled into her condition. Love has made her vulnerable and jealous and slowly but surely their marriage is transformed into a pitch-black folie à deux....
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Character: Johannes Puntila
Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants her to marry another man than his sober personality wants....
Hormoonit valloillaan
Character: Pena
Väinö Kehkonen, the head of a Helsinki-based construction company, takes his wife and the Ärmälä couple to Dr. Puosu for a rejuvenating hormone injection, which causes them to behave like children. The director, previously known for his lack of drive, gains energy and enthusiasm from the injection, both in his business and personal life....
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
Character: The Stablemaster
A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom....
The School of Wives
Character: Chrysalde
The elderly Arnolphe has decided to marry a young woman, Agnes, whom he has fallen in love with. She is too young and innocent to realize what plans he has for her. But Agnes and Arnolphe's young friend, the dandy Horace, have fallen in love with each other. Their love is a threat to Arnolphe's attempt at getting married. Can the cunning Arnolphe stop them?...
Putkinotko
Character: Malakias
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side......
Laivaston monnit maissa
Character: Segerstråhle
Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy....
Suomisen perhe
Character: Olli Suominen
The film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the family....
Macklean
Character: Carl August Ehrensvärd
Sweden in the 1780s. At the court the nobility lords and ladies dance, love, intrigue and compete for the King's favor. To this Stockholm arrives Rutger Macklean, nobleman and an officer. With a notion of an extensive re-organisation of the agricultural lands and the farm properties....
Dirty Story
Character: The detective
The director of one of Finland's largest company, United Metal, discovers the company's Chairman dead in the office. A chain of bribes unravels....
The City
Character:
A man has buried himself in women, in religious ecstasy , in vanity and in his belief in so-called artistic activity. His tension and frustration has only increased. And now he gives it all up. Awaits the bailiff. His personal bankruptcy is signed....
Swedish Wedding Night
Character: nasaren
A wealthy butcher, fond of liquor and women is about to marry a much younger woman. The woman's father has locked himself in the attic and refuses to come to the wedding....
Barna från Blåsjöfjället
Character: Lasso-Lassi
A mother is taken to a hospital and the town council wants to split up her children and put them in foster homes, but the children have a diffrent plan. They set out on a epic journey down thru Sweden, from Lappland down to Stockholm in search of their father. They encounter many people on their journey and make new friends while trying too elude the police....
Suomisen Olli rakastuu
Character: Olli Suominen
Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans....
Punahilkka
Character: Matti, lentokapteeni
Tells the story of young Anja, a teenage girl living in an approved school (otherwise known as a reform school), and the problems she faces in the outside world after running away....
A Matter of Life and Death
Character:
"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity hospital in Sweden. She meets a doctor, who she has been in love for 15 years....
White Lies
Character: Lindqvist
Palle Hagman is a charming dreamer with great and dazzling powers of persuasion. His dream is to become a big star in the entertainment world. When he gets the chance to put on a variety show, he believes that the road to success is wide open. But Palle is a great optimist, and when the setbacks become too many, he is forced to resort to "white lies" to save himself and his family......
Näkemiin Helena
Character: Lennu Jaatikainen
A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family....
Syntipukki
Character: Frans Koikkalainen
"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he knows....
Hunting for Miss Europe
Character: Antero W. Lintunen
Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded during the Miss Europe competitions held in Finland. The story follows the career and relationship development of bird photographer Antero Lintunen (Lasse Pöysti) and American journalist Evelyn McNutty (Lippe Hokkanen). In the path signified by coincidences and misunderstandings, they also find each other....
Suomisen Olli yllättää
Character: Olli Suominen
Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations with his family is in turmoil. He also finds the sweet life in restaurants more exhilarating than being in the school and reading books for the forthcoming student exams....
Mestari
Character: Kalevi Suomalainen
Eero Tyrni, a reporter for Iltapäivä newspaper, is in Austria doing a story on ski jumper Teemu Kimpilä. Kimpilä's jumps fail and he disappears from the scene. Left behind are his third wife Sari, his sponsors, the Ski Association, and the Finnish people. Tyrni is tasked with finding out where Kimpilä disappeared to....
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
Character: Martti Hongisto
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children....
Radio tekee murron
Character: Radio Reporter
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila....
Justus järjestää kaiken
Character: Justus
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella....
Rion yö
Character: Lasse
Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang....
Pyhä perhe
Character: Paavo Mäkinen
Paavo Mäkinen's alcoholism is hard on the whole family. His wife Terttu falls into depression and is hospitalized. Their children Marja, Tapsa, and Sanna each show symptoms in their own way: leaving home, drinking, skipping school. Will Paavo manage to stop drinking for the sake of his family?...
Rosenbaum - Bländverk
Character: Erik "Lunkan" Lundkvist
At a porn club in Stockholm, a brutal murder is committed - and one of the striptease dancers takes the blame....
Rosenbaum - Målbrott
Character: Erik "Lunkan" Lundkvist
One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym teacher is guilty....
Rosenbaum - Det sista vittnet
Character: Erik "Lunkan" Lundkvist
At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything indicates that the chairman of the board is guilty....
Professori Masa
Character: Pentti Simola
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down....
Sinut minä tahdon
Character: Seppo Vesa
Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is prepared to do anything to win his affection. At her friend's suggestion, Katri leaves the city to make Erkki miss her and finds her life's mission in the countryside in Kari Tuulos, a scientist who lost his sight in an explosion....
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
Character: Olli Suominen
Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The peaceful rural life is interrupted when small farmer Pullin's hay barn is destroyed in a fire and Anita and Aarne, the Lokka family who have moved in next door, get to know the Suominen family....
Tukkijoella
Character: Pölhö-Kustaa
A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pietola and the house matron, Katri is coveted by malicious Rättäri. He owns the IOU papers for Pietola and tries to get Katri using the IOU as blackmail....
Suomisen Ollin tempaus
Character: Olli Suominen
Olli, a schoolboy from the Suominen family, accidentally causes two accidents, which he does not dare to confess to his father Väinö. He runs away from home in Helsinki and tries to get to the Savijärvi clearing camp with his friend Jaska. The journey, which began joyfully, turns into a nightmare when the boys, who have run into trouble, have to flee from the law and Olli's lively little sister Pipsa....
Suomisen taiteilijat
Character: Olli Suominen
Pipsa catches the theater bug. The schoolgirl becomes obsessed with acting, which causes suffering for the whole family. Pipsa's brother Olli arranges performances for his sister and collects money for a poor war widow....
Isäpappa ja keltanokka
Character: Aimo Tammela
A widower takes care of his three children who are trying to find him a new wife....
Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
Character: Heikki Piiparinen
In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ram that has escaped from Piiroinen's farm and win the heart of Annastiina, the farmer's daughter, who is also sought after by other suitors....
2 hauskaa vekkulia
Character: Jussi Mäki
Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price....
Miljonäärimonni
Character: Lasse Vihuri
A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army....
Asessorin naishuolet
Character: Veikko Pajukivi
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one....
Sotapojan heilat
Character: Esko Puustinen
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals....
Sankarialokas
Character: Esko Sirola
Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955....
A Dream of the Mediterranean
Character: Reader (voice)
A documentary about Göran Schildt and his relationship with the Mediterranean....
Over Land and Sea
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Pieniä valheita
Character: Aaro
The relationship between a priest's wife and the renovator crackles with passion. While the rectory terrace is being restored, there is a triangular drama at the fore: a priest, a priest’s wife and a renovator....
Vääpelin kauhu
Character: Jaska
A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service....
Maailman paras
Character: Vanha paavo Nurmi
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The Adventures of Picasso
Character: Sirkka's Father (uncredited)
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that....
There are so many things you cannot understand
Character: Self
Tove Jansson, Erna Tauro, Birgitta Ulfsson, Lasse Pöysti, Gunvor Sandqvist and Bo Andersson have gathered in Tove Jansson's studio to discuss and enjoy the evening. The evening will be accompanied by songs written by Tove Jansson and composed by Erna Tauro....