Hannu Kivioja

Acting

Hannu Kivioja

Born 1963-06-30 · Ylivieska, Finland

Acting credits

No Thank You poster
4.5

Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.

No Thank You

2014

The Unknown Soldier poster
6.7

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).

The Unknown Soldier

1985

The Dinosaur poster
5.8

Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.

The Dinosaur

2021

The Other Side of Hope poster
7.0

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

The Other Side of Hope

2017

Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala poster
6.6

Karelia in the 11th century. A brutal feud between Kalervo and Untamo leads to the massacre of an entire village. The sole survivor is Kalervo's son, Kullervo, whom Untamo decides to raise as his own. As he grows, Kullervo's immense strength and rebellious nature make him feared by those around him. When he learns the truth about his past, his path becomes clear: revenge. His journey takes him across a harsh and treacherous land and into the hands of slave traders, only to uncover a devastating secret that will change his fate forever.

Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala

2026

Our Father… poster
5.0

Juhani Haavisto returns to his childhood home from the seas and is confronted by his wheelchair-bound, demented father Eino and the traumas of sexual abuse and violence he experienced as a child.

Our Father…

1993

Sand Bride poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sand Bride

1998

Bad Boys: A True Story poster
5.7

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash.

Bad Boys: A True Story

2003

Spy Games poster
4.6

CIA Agent Harry Howe and SVR Agent Natasha Scriabina team up to save the world, their lives and secret love in post Cold War Helsinki.

Spy Games

1999

Sotapoika poster
NR

During the Continuation War, mother Kaarina and son Erkki live at home in a small town while father has been sent to the front. One day the family's life is turned upside down when the father returns home as a deserter from the front .

Sotapoika

1993

The Rose of the Rascal poster
6.4

The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.

The Rose of the Rascal

2001

Yösydän poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yösydän

1993

Kauhun millimetrit poster
7.0

Marja Sauri, who lives in Helsinki at the end of the 1980s, is going to the store to replace defective garden shears with new ones. Along the way, she collides with a woman on the street who Marja insults in anger. Within a day, Marja begins to see strange delusions about the same woman she encountered earlier.

Kauhun millimetrit

1992

Viisasten kivi poster
NR

A young woman has to attend a self-improvement camp

Viisasten kivi

1996

Sibelius poster
4.8

Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

Sibelius

2003

Siriuksen vieraat poster
3.0

Anders flees his drug debts to his former home village. Once there, he must come to terms with his past.

Siriuksen vieraat

1987

Kristuksen morsian poster
1.7

Marion wants to marry her female friend Julia. Marion has grown up in a religious family where her mother became a liberal priest. Young women have lived openly in a relationship, but now Marion's thoughts have changed. He finds himself a new life in the fundamentalist Simeon church led by his grandfather grandfather. Marion's mother Henry, one of the first female priests of the Lutheran Church, cannot stand the idea of her daughter attending a congregation that opposes female priesthood and homosexual relationships.

Kristuksen morsian

2014

Jäänmurtaja poster
7.0

14-year-old Petri dreams about becoming an ice hockey professional. A triangle drama at home makes Dad move away and replaces him with Mutanen, the worst player in the local hockey team. Petri finds out a way to get the best out of Mutanen on ice: before a game, he has to be made really angry so his adrenaline gets flowing.

Jäänmurtaja

1997

Pidetty hiljainen mies poster
6.3

A short film about Kaista, his son Pasi, his ex-wife Elina, and Elina's brother Aleksi, whose spring is dragging on. Kain's words ended when his wife announced that she wanted to be alone for a while and then started dating a man who is fair but dances.

Pidetty hiljainen mies

1995

V2: Dead Angel poster
5.6

The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.

V2: Dead Angel

2007

Rakastin epätoivoista naista poster
4.5

A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit.

Rakastin epätoivoista naista

1999

Shadow of the Eagle poster
4.4

The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.

Shadow of the Eagle

2005

The Prodigal Son poster
5.5

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.

The Prodigal Son

1992

Stormheart poster
4.6

The father of a Finnish family brings home a cute puppy, Stormheart. No one in the family knows anything about the dog. Little by little, the mystery of Stormheart unravels and the dog's new owners learn more about him. They find out that Stormheart's parents had served as guard dogs at the Berlin Wall. Pearl, the 7-year-old daughter of the Finnish family, takes the puppy under her wing and Stormheart, who grows up to the size of a bear, undertakes the task of removing all dangers, threats and obstacles from the path of Pearl.

Stormheart

2008