Lilga Kovanko

Acting

Lilga Kovanko

Born

1943-12-12 (82)

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Lilla Kovanko, born Olga Lilga Losinskij-Kovanko, is a Finnish stage and screen actress.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

For the Living and the Dead poster
6.5

An ordinary suburban family is shattered when their youngest son is killed in an accidental fire while locked inside the family's car on their yard. Mother Marja can't stop crying, father Jaakko can't cry at all but blames himself for the fire. Their remaining son Timo develops problems at school because of his constant worries about his parents' safety. In their grief, Marja and her sister Leena have to confront an old family secret, their little sister's accidental death for which Leena has quietly blamed herself through decades.

For the Living and the Dead

2005

Kites Over Helsinki poster
4.8

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, hoped to succeed his father, succumbs to drugs while pursuing a career in rock music. Younger Riku grows up under the shadow of his more talented big brother and slowly drifts into the late 1980s, noticing then how many of his friends have managed to take advantage of the economic upswing.

Kites Over Helsinki

2001

No artwork available
NR

Short film based on Tove Jansson's novel.

The Great Journey

2006

Playing Solo poster
4.7

Emma and Joel get dumped by their partners on the same day, and when they meet each other they think they're a perfect match. Emma discovers she is pregnant and ends up taking care of Joel's mother while he goes off on tour to conduct around the world. Pregnancy, a crazy mother-in-law, trust, and loyalty test the couple to make the right decisions.

Playing Solo

2007

1980s · 6 titles

Aurinkotuuli poster
4.0

Gravity researcher Erik Rankamaa dies in his prime in 1970. He is been deep frozen and gets defrosted in 1999, while people of his time are still alive.

Aurinkotuuli

1980

Valkoinen kääpiö poster
4.0

The story of one man's struggle after he gets caught in a nuclear fallout and gets sick with leukemia.

Valkoinen kääpiö

1986

A Matter of Life and Death poster
7.0

"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.

A Matter of Life and Death

1986

Aidankaatajat poster
7.5

Three old men escape from the hospital and travel to Turku in search of one of the mens daughter

Aidankaatajat

1982

Dirty Story poster
4.4

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.

Dirty Story

1984

Nattseilere poster
4.9

Outer Senja in 1877. A young girl is found apparently lifeless among flotsam and seaweed. The storm has washed her ashore. Miraculously, they revive her, but she has lost her memory, and no one knows who she is or where she comes from. They call her "Båremor" or "The Girl from the Sea." A fisherman and his wife take care of her, and it gradually becomes clear that she has extraordinary abilities. Among other things, she plays the organ beautifully. The girl feels like a stranger among the weather-beaten coastal people, and she is driven to track down her original home. During her escape, she hides in the boat of the wandering vagabond Borr, a notorious and wanted daredevil. On the run from the sheriff and the priest, they try to find their way back to her birthplace.

Nattseilere

1986

1970s · 5 titles

Series credits