Writing

Kaarlo Nuorvala

Born 1910-06-28 · Viipuri, Finland

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Saariston tyttö poster
5.7

Liisa, the daughter of fisherman Simeon, is having a romance with Peter, a city dweller who has arrived on the island. Liisa feels she is being punished for her forbidden feelings when her fiancé Antti's sister Maija falls ill with diphtheria and Antti is lost at sea in a storm.

Saariston tyttö

1953

Viettelysten tie poster
5.5

Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the ship, they get into the wrong track and come across prostitution and drug crime.

Viettelysten tie

1955

Viettelysten tie poster
5.5

Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the ship, they get into the wrong track and come across prostitution and drug crime.

Viettelysten tie

1955

Viettelysten tie poster
5.5

Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the ship, they get into the wrong track and come across prostitution and drug crime.

Viettelysten tie

1955

Miljonäärimonni poster
5.0

A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army.

Miljonäärimonni

1953

Vääpelin kauhu poster
4.6

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

Vääpelin kauhu

1957

Kummituskievari poster
5.5

Log driver brothers and crooks compete in trying to find loot of an old bank robbery in a supposedly haunted inn.

Kummituskievari

1954

No artwork available
NR

Educational short film about how young children in Finland have to face a lot of pressure both in school and home. School, exams, home work, tasks they have to do at home and hobbies cause stress.

Mental pressure

1963

No artwork available
NR

Educational short film about how young children in Finland have to face a lot of pressure both in school and home. School, exams, home work, tasks they have to do at home and hobbies cause stress.

Mental pressure

1963

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

Hiipivä vaara poster
9.5

A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.

Hiipivä vaara

1944

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

Se alkoi omenasta poster
3.0

Autobiographical vanity showcase commissioned by Tabe Slioor, a self-made socialite and notorious symbol of loosening morals in early 1960s Finland. The film exploits the scandal she caused as the secret mistress of the mayor of Helsinki. Left unfinished because of her quarrels with the production company, the story relies heavily on her shamelessly narcissistic narration.

Se alkoi omenasta

1962

Pää pystyyn Helena poster
7.0

Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.

Pää pystyyn Helena

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Finns Know Their Wood

1961

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin poster
5.0

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

1956

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa poster
3.4

Three Finnish girls travel to Stockholm to look for work. But soon they notice that the big city is not such a great place as they thought. Most of the foreign men who they meet there are crooks and liars.

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa

1952

2 hauskaa vekkulia poster
5.3

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.

2 hauskaa vekkulia

1953

Gas, Inspector Palmu! poster
7.3

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?

Gas, Inspector Palmu!

1961

Taas tyttö kadoksissa! poster
6.3

Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.

Taas tyttö kadoksissa!

1957

Säkkijärven polkka poster
10.0

Young Vesterinen gets to fulfill his musical dreams with the support of his friend Mirja. His passion for playing the accordion takes Vili from Viipuri to Helsinki, where his friendship with pianist Jaakko helps him advance his career.

Säkkijärven polkka

1955

Oslofilm: Sommer-Oslo fra morgen til kveld poster
NR

A Finnish-produced film about Oslo that highlights the city’s best qualities. Summer is a wonderful time in the busy commercial and industrial city, and the film offers a glimpse into the hectic lives of residents and tourists from morning to evening on a beautiful summer day. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

Oslofilm: Sommer-Oslo fra morgen til kveld

1966

Salakuljettajan laulu poster
6.0

Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.

Salakuljettajan laulu

1952

Hän tuli ikkunasta poster
5.3

Tom Mack falls in love with fashion designer Leila Linna. Romance develops, with a little diamond smuggling to keep things interesting.

Hän tuli ikkunasta

1952