Martti Suosalo
Birthday: Born in 1962-07-19 in Oulu, Finland
Deathday: Alive
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Alamaailma Trilogia
Character: Reijo Sundström
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Hunajan maku
Character: Kari Penttilä
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Raid
Character: Matti Virtanen
Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series. The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-studio. Another policeman takes his own life at his summer home. A young woman, an executive with a powerful electronics concern, also commits suicide. Her embittered father suspects foul play and he invites Raid, the woman's former boyfriend to "make inquiries". Meanwhile, the police are looking fo...
Karppi
Character: Poteri
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again....
Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Tykkimies Pönni
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Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Narkomaani
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Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: DJ Tinke
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Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Jukka Numento
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Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Vankikarkuri
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Ilonen talo
Character: Pekka
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Taisto - muovista ja rakkaudesta
Character: Taisto
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Milkshake
Character: Pappa Mcmakinen
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Matkalaukkukostaja
Character: Sepeteus Tienpää
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Fakta homma
Character: Asko
Fakta homma is a Finnish comedy television series. It first aired on Finnish TV in 1986 and last aired in 1998....
Rikospoliisi ei laula
Character: Suojelupoliisin Syväoja
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Tappajan näköinen mies
Character: Teppo Korhonen
In this gripping thriller based on the novels by Finnish author Matti Rönkä, Viktor Kärppä is a former KGB agent who settles in Finland, the country of his ancestors. He tries to make a living as a private investigator and business facilitator for Russian migrants, but finds himself entangled with organized crime. He may look like a killer, but he isn't one....
Jurismia!
Character: Manageri Sigfried Lebensraum
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Keihäsmatkat
Character: Raipe
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Renki
Character: Kullervo
A man in his 40s hires a handyman to help out with his daily chores. Soon, he finds himself in competition for the love of his family....
Paratiisi
Character: Aru Munoz
Two murders shake the Finnish community of Fuengirola, a group that made this tiny corner of Málaga their own little Finnish paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hilkka Mäntymäki, a veteran crime detective aged 60, is travelling from Helsinki to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims. Because escaping the cold and the dark is much easier than leaving your own past behind....
Paratiisi
Character: Ari Munoz
Two murders shake the Finnish community of Fuengirola, a group that made this tiny corner of Málaga their own little Finnish paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hilkka Mäntymäki, a veteran crime detective aged 60, is travelling from Helsinki to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims. Because escaping the cold and the dark is much easier than leaving your own past behind....
Talvisota
Character: Arvi Huhtala
Pekka Parikka's The Winter War film edited as a five-part TV series....
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The Classic
Character: Kari Hotakainen
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen....
Black Ice
Character: Leo
Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same time she is planning the best way to revenge her husband and his lover....
The Rose of the Rascal
Character: Irwin Goodman
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer....
Last Cowboy Standing
Character: Isä Pekka
In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present....
The Leaning Tower
Character: Johannes
A middle-aged mental patient suffering from a split personality travels to Italy where his two personalities set off all kinds of confusing developments....
Fallen Leaves
Character: Raunio
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog....
The Swan and the Wanderer
Character: Reino Helismaa
The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music....
Sibelius
Character: Sibelius
Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland....
Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
Character: Eversti
New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy....
Kulkuset kulkuset
Character: Olavi
Two diverse families meet for the first time over Christmas dinner. The evening goes off the rails right from the start when the male host couple reveal a closely guarded secret: there's also a hostess in the house, and she's very pregnant! Of course, the frantic group of relatives don't take the news lightly and demand the paternity to be confirmed - which is no simple task. A series of misunderstandings drives the Christmas guests to the brink of a nervous breakdown, and as the evening progres...
Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster
Character: Father
On the verge of her marital life, a young woman makes a journey into the night to find out why she has lost her heartbeat and turned golden....
Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy
Character: Lennart Lindberg
Ricky Rapper and Nelly Noodlehead leave for the island, where Fanny Rapper works as the resort hostess. At the same time, Uolevi Horsmaniemi arrives with his daughter Wendy, who is little older than Ricky and Nelly. Wendy's arrival confuses the relationship between Ricky and Nelly, as Nelly begins to spend more and more time with Wendy....
Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief
Character: Lennart Lindberg
Summer vacation has just begun. In honor of it, Serena Rapper and Lennart Lindberg decide to go on holiday. Ricky gets a new bicycle as a consolation, but it disappears mysteriously. Ricky and Nelly Noodlehead go looking for it which turns into a thrilling adventure....
Ricky Rapper
Character: Lennart Lindberg
Ricky Rapper is a ten year old boy who lives with his aunt Serena and likes to play drums and rap. His aunt breaks her leg, leading to cousin Fanny moving in to take care of the household. Fanny is very strict and that means no more drums for Ricky. With the help of his downstair neighbor Nelly, Ricky seeks to restore the normal order to the apartment....
Hush
Character: Aarne Olli Kuosmanen
Sakari and Veera get engaged, madly in love. Not long after, Veera asks Sakari to help her in a matter relating to her father, and in a way that completely shocks Sakari. He does everything in his power to stop her from pursuing her plan. But before the story is over, Sakari will be been forced to make choices he thought he'd never have to face....
Pelle Hermanni ja Hypnotisoija
Character: Maximilian
The people at Circus Hepokatti decide to throw a big surprise party for Herman The Clown, but no one seems to know when Herman's birthday is. No one has ever organized a birthday party for him before. The birthday arrangements take a surprising turn when the ruthless leader of a rival circus, the ringmaster Tilpehööri, wants Herman to be the attraction of his own circus by any means necessary. When his attempts to trick Herman fail, Tilpehööri decides to bring in the more extreme methods, and so...
Pearls and Pigs
Character: Joensuun juontaja
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner....
Lakeuden kutsu
Character: Taisto Matsomppi
Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen brothers with his business partner Taisto Matsomppi. Erkki misses his wife Kaisu, who back in the day stayed in Finland, and his child, but will the man be forgiven for years of absence?...
A Patriotic Man
Character: Toivo
Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team....
Lapin kullan kimallus
Character: Johan Kaweri
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....
Nightless Night
Character: Ahti / The Janitor
Hard-boiled detective finds himself entangled with a strange cult and macabre rituals....
Pena's Special Hauling
Character: Poliisi
Pena has been driving a truck for 50 years and plans to do so in the future. His memory problem is just a small bump in life's highway....
The Look of a Killer
Character: Teppo Korhonen
Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security Police are trying to catch Kärppä. Kärppä's family is also in great danger. In order to save themselves and their families they need to resort to Kärppäs friend, the police Korhonen , as well as his brother Aleksei....
Aapo
Character: Räsänen
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war begins....
The Winter War
Character: Arvi Huhtala
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala....
Wonderland
Character: Oiva
Recently divorced Helena is getting anxious about spending christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend old time christmas on a farm - only place they can afford....
Laugh or Die
Character: Toivo Parikka
Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. ...
The Singer
Character: Reino Helismaa
The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice....
Hamlet
Character: Rosencrantz
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance. Direct television broadcast from Kino Helsinki. Students from Theatre Academy Helsinki working under director Jouko Turkka....
Palkkasoturi
Character: Mielevä
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Starring: Jouko Turkka
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The controversial Jouko Turkka, actor, writer, teacher and stage director. With his mostly devoted students at the Theatre Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Where he was appointed professor of stage production 1981-1984....
Hardly a Butterfly
Character: Jorma
Heavily built young woman Kaisu comes to work in a small grocery store in the countryside, run by a bossy old lady and her tiny and quiet grown-up son Erni. Faced with a common enemy, the unlikely young couple find support in each other, despite their physical differences....
Job Interview
Character: Oogle
In a world like hell, slum dweller Oogle gets a chance to talk to God, who seems to be on the brink of burn out....
The Last Wedding
Character: Pekka
Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day....
Yöjuna
Character: Juha J. Laaksonen, VR:n insinööri
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Kolme yötä
Character: Mies
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Limbo
Character: Markku
A quiet staircase of an ordinary office building. Two colleagues, Markku, an older accountant, and Eeva, younger HR manager are heading down the stairs, one after another. It turns out that earlier that day, Eeva has had to tell Markku that he has been fired from the company after many years. Markku is bitter and full of rage. Then something unordinary happens....
Vinski and the Invisibility Powder
Character: Pharmacist
10-year-old Vinski feels like an outsider and invisible among his age-mates, and even with his single mother Krista. Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical powder. A powder, that allows you to become invisible for real and walk through walls. It is fantastic to have the powers of a super hero, but soon a group of crooks becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well....
A Long Hot Summer
Character: Kosonen
The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s....
Tuulikaappimaa
Character: Simo Simpatti
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Blindfolded
Character: Risto Putkonen, "Ripa", Jontin isä
Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to the sea where his father is rumoured to have died. Jontti too must discover that his father is not what he appears to be. When his dad moves away with another woman, Jontti is determined to win him back....
Pieniä valheita
Character: Kale
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....
Under the North Star II
Character: Maanmittari
Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner......
The Well
Character: Arvi Parikka
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the pol...
Tango Kabaree
Character: Seremoniamestari
A fictitious biography of Aira Samulin, the goddess of dance and importer of all the international dance crazes to Finland for some fifty years. The life story of this extravagant ever-teen, well beyond the usual retirement age, is told inside a fictitious plot about a Master of Ceremonies trying to persuade Aira to stage a show at his cabaret restaurant. Besides Aira Samulin, many other Finnish celebrities appear among the eccentric lineup auditioning for the show, playing more or less their fi...
Back to the USSR
Character: Mustalainen
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....
Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage
Character: Veterinarian
Iiris tries to recover from her difficult separation with Artturi when she unexpectedly meets Anton. The relationship doesn't get a chance to progress far when Iiris' son Niilo suddenly becomes ill. Niilo would only need a small operation, but once the boy enters the operating room, the hospital is subjected to a cyber attack. The power is cut off, the ventilators stop working and all access to patient data is blocked. Nurses have to prioritize whose life is the most valuable....
Kikka!
Character: Junnu Vainio
Cosmetics saleswoman Kirsi Viilonen dreams of a career as a star artist. When Kirsi meets DJ and radio journalist Paula, she decides to give in completely to her dream of becoming a singer. Despite the scorn of the male-dominated music world, Paula recognizes the star in Kirsi and together they get her a recording contract. Kikka's career takes off when her nipple is accidentally flashed on a TV show. Kikka immediately becomes a national celebrity and one of Finland's best-selling female artists...
Aalto
Character: Alvar Aalto (voice)
Aalto is one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design, Aino and Alvar Aalto gave their signature to iconic Scandic design. The first cinematic portrait of their life love story is an enchanting journey of their creations and influence around the world....
Ryhmäteatteri
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Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company....
Puolin ja toisin
Character: Kandolin
An asphalt contractor, who has sacrificed his life to make a profit, finds himself in a financial dead-end. The ever gentle-minded road engineer Rauno Kannisto is hired to the construction site, to build a road that cuts through the vast forests by the Russian border. He knows nothing of the financial difficulties. Soon, Rauno finds himself in a situation where he doesn't know which way to turn. The sub-contractor becomes the main contractor, workers are loaded in containers from the other side ...
The Mushroom Trip
Character: PJ
PJ, a struggling screenwriter and his best friend Jami, a successful car dealer, are fed up with how painfully stuck their heads are in their ways. They decide to do something about it and rent a cabin on the Finnish archipelago for the weekend to get their minds blown - with magic mushrooms. A little getaway between the men gets out of hand when a series of coincidences turn their plans upside down....
Herman the Circus Clown
Character: Maximilian
Herman the Clown sets out to find his father, whom he hasn't seen since he set off to measure the Earth with his feet. He is secretly followed by the son of Max the Magician, ten-year-old Roni. And so begins an exhilarating adventure full of magic, twists and colorful circus life....
Raportti hurjasta joukosta
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Summary of VHS tapes filmed by Raimo Mikkola from the production of Jouko Turkka's TV series Seitsemän veljestä....