
Acting
Kari Sorvali
Born — Died
1951-11-26 — 2026-06-20
Place of birth
Pori, Finland
Known for
Acting
Credits
32 titles
Known for
7.9Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
Nurses
2014
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kaverille ei jätetä
1999
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Tie Eedeniin
2003
7.1Raid 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 for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end. The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction.
Raid
2000
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kiinnisidottu
1994
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Virta
2011
Film credits
1990s · 6 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yötuuli
1992
4.5Finnish friends escape taxes to Florida.
Paradise America
1990
5.1A middle-aged woman wants a child and starts to look for a suitable father when she doesn't succeed in the plan with her husband.
Lahja
1997
4.8New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy.
Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
1997
4.7A sequel to Soinio's film Kuutamosonaatti (Moonlight Sonata) of 1988. A rural family clings to life until the resourceful Sulo uses the salvific powers of sauna, moonshine, and tar to resurrect his injured brother Arvo, their deceased mother, and even buried revolutionaries. When Arvo drifts to Helsinki and falls into illicit moonshining and wild pursuits of a celebrity, Sulo and their revived mother set out to retrieve him from his urban excesses.
Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers
1991
8.0Movie about family called Virtanen in Finland under regime of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, who ruled the country over 25 years.
Virtaset ja Kekkonen
1993
1980s · 7 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kehvelit
1981
6.9Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Rahikainen struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
Crime and Punishment
1983
6.9After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.
The Winter War
1989
5.3On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with guilt. When the court releases the perpetrator inlack of evidence, Saara's aggressive brother Jari talks her mild-mannered husband Sakari into a self-made revenge plot. Armed with two rifles, Jari and Sakari take matters into their own hands.
Lain ulkopuolella
1987
6.0Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with Finnish traditions, the brilliant acting, directing, plus the warm, beautiful Finnish summer more than make up for the cultural gap.The story begins with a group of brothers with their families coming up to honour the memory of their recently deceased father. Spending time together, opening old wounds and creating new ones... it all boils down to brotherhood. No matter what happens, brothers take care of their own.
Plainlands
1988
10.0Max Sjöman, Architect: "This is the story of my daughter. Her life was short. Short is not purposeless. I brick her picture into the cornerstone of an atomic power station. It is my testament to the future generations. They'll see from that photograph what a healthy child once looked like."
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983
5.8A female fashion model Anni Stark takes leave from the fashion business and goes to Finland's Lapland for a vacation. Little does she know that there's a totally lunatic bunch of local hillbillies living in a nearby farmhouse. The plot thickens as one of the residents begins to harass Anni, who is left alone in the wilderness with only her dog to protect her. Too bad for her that her dog turns out to have divided loyalties.
The Moonlight Sonata
1988
1970s · 1 titles
Series credits
7.9Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
Nurses
2014
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kaverille ei jätetä
1999
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Tie Eedeniin
2003
7.1Raid 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 for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end. The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction.
Raid
2000
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kiinnisidottu
1994
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Virta
2011
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Paholaisen tytär
2002
6.2No synopsis available yet.
Matkalaukkukostaja
1991
6.5The story of Helena Koskinen, a camera assistant, and Tapani Helander, a studio director, who met in England while on a filming trip. The series begins when Helena suffers a serious brain injury in an accident at work, leading to memory loss, and actor Risto Kareinen sells a wristwatch containing a listening device to the Russian manager of an Estonian rock band for 100 marks.
Pakanamaan kartta
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Poikkeustila
2007
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Viimeiset siemenperunat
1993
6.2Influenza virus wreaks havoc in Finnish common people. Eventually, the virus ends up on motorist Toivo Kesseli and puts his life on the verge of destruction.
Lentsu
1990
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Joulukalenteri: Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu joulun jäljillä
1993
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Peräkamaripojat
2001
1.0No synopsis available yet.
Sata lasissa
2013




