Acting

Lauri Korpela

Born — Died

1891-10-15 — 1954-06-12

Place of birth

Lapinjärvi, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Known for

No artwork available
7.0

Conscientious middle-class clerk, Mr. Lahtinen tries to find the melody of his life.

Herra Lahtinen lähtee lipettiin

1939

Työn sankarilaulu poster
7.0

A triangular drama set in the factory region and wilderness of Lapland.

Työn sankarilaulu

1929

Vieras mies tuli taloon poster
7.0

Astrid, the mistress of Metsäkulma, hires a job seeker named Aaltonen as a farm manager when her mentally ill husband Alfred is unable to work. Old Hermanni helps Astrid and Aaltonen as best he can, but jealous Alfred begins to persecute them.

Vieras mies tuli taloon

1938

Varuskunnan "pikku" morsian poster
10.0

Wholesaler Paavo Markkanen faces a month in prison for drunk driving. Accustomed to an easy life, he avoids prison by switching places with his doppelgänger, the vagrant Knip, but ends up having to do strenuous physical training in his place. Meanwhile, Markkanen's new housekeeper Kaisa Kankkunen spends her days enjoying herself with her male friends.

Varuskunnan "pikku" morsian

1943

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi poster
7.0

Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews. The two fall in love and decide to escape to Italy via Denmark where they have planned to get married. There are always complications because Mauritz's grandmother doesn't want him to marry below him - she has decided that Mauritz is to marry the Swedish beauty, Ingeborg Liliecrona.

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

1943

Takki ja liivit pois! poster
5.5

Ilona, who is dating actor Aarne, wants to pursue a career in theater herself. Sakari, a professor of surgery, strongly opposes his daughter's plans, but changes his mind after falling in love with actress Irma.

Takki ja liivit pois!

1939

Film credits

1940s · 11 titles

Varuskunnan "pikku" morsian poster
10.0

Wholesaler Paavo Markkanen faces a month in prison for drunk driving. Accustomed to an easy life, he avoids prison by switching places with his doppelgänger, the vagrant Knip, but ends up having to do strenuous physical training in his place. Meanwhile, Markkanen's new housekeeper Kaisa Kankkunen spends her days enjoying herself with her male friends.

Varuskunnan "pikku" morsian

1943

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi poster
7.0

Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews. The two fall in love and decide to escape to Italy via Denmark where they have planned to get married. There are always complications because Mauritz's grandmother doesn't want him to marry below him - she has decided that Mauritz is to marry the Swedish beauty, Ingeborg Liliecrona.

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

1943

Cross of Love poster
5.8

The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she ends up selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.

Cross of Love

1946

Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit poster
5.9

Once a naïve, love-struck girl now forsaken by her lover, Maija leaves her island home to work as a housemaid in the city, only to be seduced by her employer's son Erkki, then forced to leave the household in order to avoid the scandal of a pregnancy. With few prospects for a decent job, Maija is reduced to working as a bar hostess to make ends meet, ever fending off the advances of disreputable clients, even as she continues to hold out hope for an enduring love that will redeem her from her fate.

Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit

1944

Intohimon vallassa poster
6.9

A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her family in hopes of securing their future, but her husband turns out to be an alcoholic brute of a man and she longs for the man she truly loves. In English known as Passionate Power.

Intohimon vallassa

1947

Pikajuna pohjoiseen poster
4.8

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

1947

Unelma karjamajalla poster
6.2

A small village provides a scene for intrigues, fights, love, jealousy, accusations, and revenge.

Unelma karjamajalla

1940

SF-paraati poster
5.2

A love story between a taxi driver and a travel guide in the form of a musical.

SF-paraati

1940

En ole kreivitär poster
4.8

Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess and a false one cause misunderstandings. The film won Jussi Awards for filming and staging.

En ole kreivitär

1945

Uuteen elämään poster
7.0

Small-time criminal Niilo gets the chance of a lifetime when the wealthy Sahlbergs mistake him for their long-lost nephew. Taking on the role of Yrjö Sahlberg, Niilo becomes the manager of a safe factory, where his old partner in crime, Oksa, begins to blackmail him into shady dealings. After falling in love with his "cousin" Annikki, Niilo wants to face his past and start a new life as an honest man.

Uuteen elämään

1942

Ketunhäntä kainalossa poster
8.0

In this comedy set in Helsinki in 1940, laid-off office girls Sirkku, Irkku, and Mirkku forget their everyday worries in the company of cheerful musicians Vallen, Jalle, and Nalle.

Ketunhäntä kainalossa

1940

1930s · 6 titles