Helge Herala

Acting

Helge Herala

Born 1922-09-30 · Hämeenlinna, Finland

Acting credits

Paratiisin lapset poster
6.0

Eeva, the strong-willed and ambitious businesswoman, dreams to build a spa called Paradiso Baltica.

Paratiisin lapset

1994

Darling poster
10.0

Tells the story of a young couple using flashbacks.

Darling

1961

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu poster
6.6

A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes problems for the police.

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu

1962

Poliisin poika poster
5.9

The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They are joined by Trampas's pregnant girlfriend and Jusse, a refugee from Rwanda, as a driver.

Poliisin poika

1998

Akseli and Elina poster
6.6

A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.

Akseli and Elina

1970

Koomikko poster
9.0

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations of bird sounds. Alienated look at the frustrations of show business, as presented by a cast of popular Finnish TV comedians with their absurd dialogue and eccentric inside jokes.

Koomikko

1983

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi poster
5.3

The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli.

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi

1977

Viimeinen savotta poster
5.5

Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after running away from the despotic master. He soon becomes familiar with hookers, card hustlers and alcohol.

Viimeinen savotta

1977

Natalia poster
7.3

Sammeli from Näljängä and Einari from Haataja, who were hunting bears, encounter Natalia, a cow that has crossed the eastern border. In the name of friendship between neighboring countries, Natalia is asked to return to the Soviet Union.

Natalia

1979

Pölhölä poster
5.5

Masochists are in for a treat when Spede Productions' most vulgar folk farce hits the screen. Created by no fewer than three first-time directors, the film tells the story of the village of Pölhölä, "where people are even more foolish than in Hölmölä."

Pölhölä

1981

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

Autotytöt poster
10.0

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

Autotytöt

1960

Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle poster
5.9

Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this.

Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle

1986

Here, Beneath the North Star poster
6.8

Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.

Here, Beneath the North Star

1968

Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life poster
4.6

Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.

Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life

2004

Noin 7 veljestä poster
6.3

The greedy lord of the manor, von Wurstburg, lives lavishly on his estate, heavily taxing the local peasants, when the official heir to the estate, the noble Sir William, arrives. At the same time, the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood, who helps the poor, sets up camp in the nearby woods. When the estate threatens to fall into Sir William's hands and the peasants rise up against von Wurstburg's excesses in Robin Hood's footsteps, the lord finds himself in a double bind.

Noin 7 veljestä

1968

Sillankorvan emäntä poster
10.0

The proud widow of Sillankorva falls in love with her young neighbor, Jaakko Hallan, whom she offers to take in as her son. However, much to the bitter disappointment of the mistress of the house, the man falls in love with her daughter Johanna.

Sillankorvan emäntä

1953

Vääpelin kauhu poster
4.6

A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.

Vääpelin kauhu

1957

Kissa ja Varjo poster
NR

Kissa is a former thief and Varjo is a police officer. One morning, a woman walks into the men's private detective agency, and they both fall in love with her. To avoid a fight, Varjo takes his boat and leaves. When the sunburnt man returns years later, the woman has been murdered and Kissa has disappeared.

Kissa ja Varjo

1993

Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä poster
6.2

Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends Härski Hartikainen and Sörsselssön return to the army for a refresher course and by chance Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura is made the Finnish Defence Minister. In one of the most memorable scenes, Uuno's wife, Elisabeth, dresses as Uuno and substitutes him for a day as Uuno has an apparently urgent meeting (at a restaurant) and while becoming lost in the woods with a malfunctioning radio, Tuura accidentally declares war on Sweden.

Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä

1984

The Witch poster
6.2

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...

The Witch

1952

Tup akka lakko poster
5.2

'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

Virtaset ja Lahtiset poster
7.8

Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children.

Virtaset ja Lahtiset

1959

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla poster
5.5

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla

1990