Acting

Turo Kartto

Born 1910-05-13 · Viitasaari, Finland

Acting credits

Rikas tyttö poster
5.3

A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker.

Rikas tyttö

1939

The Road of War poster
8.5

The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to the Soviet invasion; the battle for Karelia; the bombing of Helsinki and other Finnish cities; as well as the activities of the foreign press corps in Finland and the heroic efforts of Finnish women and the Red Cross in their treatment of the wounded.

The Road of War

1940

Aktivistit poster
5.7

In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.

Aktivistit

1939

Tottisalmen perillinen poster
6.0

Baron von Sumers, owner of the Tottisalmen estate, sends his mischievous grandson Klaus to learn manners at the vicarage in the neighboring parish. Yrjö, the vicarage's farmhand, has an accident because of Klaus and ends up in Tottisalmen for medical treatment. When Yrjö's resemblance to the baron's missing son is noticed, events from the past begin to unfold.

Tottisalmen perillinen

1940

Onnenpotku poster
7.0

Set during the recession of the early 1930s, Reino, an engineer who has been laid off from a shipyard, is not considered suitable as a son-in-law for a factory owner. Reino, who has lost his beloved Maire, finds happiness when he befriends Hillin-Jussi, an unemployed rogue.

Onnenpotku

1936

Kaikenlaisia vieraita poster
5.0

Young heiress' spendthrift nephew turns her manor into a boarding house for the summer. Suddenly the heiress returns...

Kaikenlaisia vieraita

1936

No artwork available
NR

Oy Rettig Ab's corporate image. A young couple in love get to know the operations of the Turku tobacco factory.

Rakkautta ja tupakkaa

1938

Täysosuma poster
5.0

A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end.

Täysosuma

1941

Markan tähden poster
4.0

Irmeli, a fashion designer enjoying herself in Hanko, is urgently needed at her workplace. Ritva sets off to fetch her sister, but ends up by chance as a maid at Director Markka's villa, where Irmeli soon finds herself too. Director Markka and his nephew Reima are charmed by the clever sisters.

Markan tähden

1938

No artwork available
NR

Documentary film about ceremonies of independence day in Finland in year 1940.

Itsenäisyyspäivä 1940 Helsingissä

Avioliittoyhtiö poster
7.3

Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beautiful face behind glasses and her curls under a scarf.

Avioliittoyhtiö

1942

No artwork available
NR

Promotion for the newspaper Uus Suomen. The documentary film includes images of the newspaper's printing and statistical information about the newspaper.

Uuden Suomen Matti

1939

Vihtori ja Klaara poster
3.6

The film revolves around Vihtori's clandestine involvement with an attractive and rather worldly young woman named Ritva, who is planning to marry boxing champion and garage owner Klasu Tullari, son of Vihtori's friend Tomi, and their interactions with daughter Vappu and her fiancé, Peter von Schaslick, a mechanic in Klasu's garage, under the nose of the threatening and suspicious Klaara, with lazy son Nisse acting as a rather sardonic Greek chorus. Teuvo Tulio's only comedy.

Vihtori ja Klaara

1939

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about Finnish one movie company.

Mitä on Suomi-Filmi?

1939

No artwork available
NR

Pictures of new and old Turku.

Auran kuuluisa kaupunki

1940

Behind the camera

Wake Up, Helsinki! poster
5.5

Impressionistic short documentary of a Helsinki morning at the end of 1930s with a poetic narration.

Wake Up, Helsinki!

1939

Iskelmäparaati poster
NR

From the big band Ramblers to the chorus girls – everyone is giving their best. Matti Rajula on sax, Asser Fagerström on piano and Eric Tidlund on vibraphone. Singer Olavi Virta steps on stage and performs "mi onni tuo...". Margaretha von Bahr gives a fiery performance.

Iskelmäparaati

Rivilotta poster
8.0

The war documentary Rivilotta (1943), directed by Turo Karto, was filmed in the winter of 1941-42. The film, produced by the Finnish Defence Forces, presents the goals of the Lotta Svärd organization and the different aspects of the Lotta Svärd's work.

Rivilotta

1943

Rivilotta poster
8.0

The war documentary Rivilotta (1943), directed by Turo Karto, was filmed in the winter of 1941-42. The film, produced by the Finnish Defence Forces, presents the goals of the Lotta Svärd organization and the different aspects of the Lotta Svärd's work.

Rivilotta

1943

The Road of War poster
8.5

The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to the Soviet invasion; the battle for Karelia; the bombing of Helsinki and other Finnish cities; as well as the activities of the foreign press corps in Finland and the heroic efforts of Finnish women and the Red Cross in their treatment of the wounded.

The Road of War

1940

Jumalan myrsky poster
6.0

Kilian Melker, heir to a trading house, becomes head of a large enterprise on which the entire future of the financially troubled company depends. He falls in love with Hanna, the daughter of the Niskala family, but marries the wealthy Elisa Karhelin to save his family's fortune.

Jumalan myrsky

1940

Antreas ja syntinen Jolanda poster
7.0

Blind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic person. Kind high school girl Martta loves Antreas, while office worker Jolanda is the fulfillment of his dreams. The blind and poor man's feelings are not reciprocated, but when he inherits millions, even the flighty Jolanda seeks Antreas' company.

Antreas ja syntinen Jolanda

1941

Onnellinen ministeri poster
6.3

An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".

Onnellinen ministeri

1941

Täysosuma poster
5.0

A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end.

Täysosuma

1941

Avioliittoyhtiö poster
7.3

Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beautiful face behind glasses and her curls under a scarf.

Avioliittoyhtiö

1942

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about Finnish one movie company.

Mitä on Suomi-Filmi?

1939