Ritva Vepsä

Acting

Ritva Vepsä

Born — Died

1941-02-12 — 2016-07-30

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 4 titles

Marked poster
5.0

Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit suicide, and resurrects at the city morgue after being pronounced dead. After the incident, she wanders out direction-less, being pursued by the doctor who treated her and also a strange, tall man.

Marked

1984

Pedon merkki poster
4.5

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

Pedon merkki

1981

Plainlands poster
6.0

Based 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

Tup akka lakko poster
5.0

'Tup-Akka-Lakko' is a sequel to 'Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit' in which doctor Jyrä invented a test-tube-adult who looked exactly like Mutikainen, a mathematician. When the test-tube-adult's body emerged, his voice moved into Mutikainen's body because of the doctor's error. Problems ensue.

Tup akka lakko

1980

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 15 titles

Time of Roses poster
5.0

In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media.

Time of Roses

1969

Autotytöt poster
10.0

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

Autotytöt

1960

Naiset poster
7.0

Ritva Hakala the single parent of a little boy is working in the office. While Ritva talks lightly about men and her future plans with other women at the office and coffees, she has to avoid her jealous and violent ex-husband, who threatens a relationship with her new male friend Kale.

Naiset

1964

Onnelliset leikit poster
10.0

A film in two episodes. The first, "Juulia", is a young woman's stylish reminiscence of her brief summer romance, set in some of the most chic design locations around Helsinki. The second episode "Tikku", a seemingly semi-improvised comedy, takes an overworked housewife, her three children and her lazy husband out of the city to spend the weekend at the mother-in-law's.

Onnelliset leikit

1964

Varjostettua valoa poster
8.0

Surgeon Niilo Leino finds out that his former fellow student suffering from fears and insecurity is hired as his colleague. Leino tries to give him opportunities to show his ability but it occurs he hasn't escaped from his fears.

Varjostettua valoa

1962

No artwork available
NR

An experimental short film based on Don Quixote by Cervantes.

Don Quijote

1961

Sixtynine poster
5.3

Tuula's husband Jukka takes care of all domestic chores. Tuula seems to have no idea that her husband spends his evenings working as a major league ice hockey referee. She also finds out about his extra-marital affair with a female rally driver. In revenge, Tuula starts seeing her gynecologist Timo Paasi, a married man with six children.

Sixtynine

1969

Commando Assault poster
6.1

Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.

Commando Assault

1963

Totuus on armoton poster
4.4

A man sets out to prove his right against a District Court in a small town. The locals are not willing to accept anything but their own truth of the matter.

Totuus on armoton

1963

Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä poster
4.4

A journalist is reporting on prostitutes active in the harbor area. He falls in love with the beautiful and different Vuokko.

Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä

1964

Miljoonaliiga poster
8.0

Reiska who has moved to Helsinki from the country starts working as an errand boy in Sweden and Denmark for Lehto, a leader of a criminal league. Reiska's friend from school, Lea, who dreams of being a singer, drifts under Lehto's influence as well.

Miljoonaliiga

1968

Kielletty kirja poster
6.0

An author writes a historical novel about witch persecution and is accused of blasphemy.

Kielletty kirja

1965

The Parisian Tie poster
10.0

Based on the short story of the same name by Mika Waltari. One afternoon, Valter, a middle-aged bank employee, runs into an old acquaintance at Espalla, and a long, boozy evening ensues. Relations with his wife are strained, and there is a young, charming secretary working at the bank. Valter feels a longing for the adventures of his youth.

The Parisian Tie

1965

Minkkiturkki poster
4.0

A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

Minkkiturkki

1961

Darling poster
10.0

Tells the story of a young couple using flashbacks.

Darling

1961

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