Acting

Irja Kuusla

Born — Died

1904-01-26 — 1988-07-04

Place of birth

Karstula, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 10 titles

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä poster
5.2

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä

1960

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut poster
6.5

The unlucky layabout Isarkar Keturi brings a criminal gang to heel with the help of his assistant Mikael. He frees Irma, the daughter of mining magnate Tömstet, from captivity and a forced marriage to Kurt. Irma achieves her dream of becoming a pop star, with Isaskar's help.

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

1960

Lumisten metsien tyttö poster
8.0

Wintery forest and stubborn 16 year old girl dazzle the teacher from Helsinki.

Lumisten metsien tyttö

1960

Scandal in the Girls' School poster
7.0

The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the students, the warm relationship between two girls is a causing concern.

Scandal in the Girls' School

1960

Nina ja Erik poster
3.8

Nina, Erik, and Heikki are charged in court and receive prison sentences, with the girl receiving a suspended sentence. Erik's father Tauno returns home and finds Nina waiting for him. The girl recounts the events that led to the situation, which are presented in flashback.

Nina ja Erik

1960

Jengi poster
6.3

Paavo and Eeva, two young people who have moved from the countryside to the city, meet a gang led by Kalle, who spend their time loitering and committing petty crimes. A fateful evening on a motorboat irrevocably changes the young people's lives.

Jengi

1963

Kultainen vasikka poster
7.5

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Kultainen vasikka

1961

Pikku Pietarin piha poster
7.0

A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person – and hint at magical powers.

Pikku Pietarin piha

1961

Kertokaa se hänelle… poster
9.0

Mauno, an orphan boy, moves from the countryside to Tampere to live with his foster parents, Iida and Eero, who support him in his music studies. As an adult, Mauno travels to Helsinki to search for Helena, a Karelian girl he rescued during the war, who is studying violin. At first, the girl does not recognize Mauno, but a joint concert changes the situation.

Kertokaa se hänelle…

1961

Opettajatar seikkailee poster
4.8

An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.

Opettajatar seikkailee

1960

1950s · 29 titles

The Doll Merchant poster
6.2

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

The Doll Merchant

1955

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

Tytön huivi poster
7.0

Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy girl Marketa.

Tytön huivi

1951

Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä poster
4.6

Pekka Puupää and Pätkä, who return to Helsinki from an unsuccessful variety show tour, are forced into refresher training, where they are trained as frogmen. During the diving exercises, the friends encounter the mermaid Helmi, whom they help into the bathtub at home, to Justiina's shock. The friends, who have become civilians, eventually end up on a plane bound for Suez, being cornered by UN soldiers.

Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä

1957

Senni ja Savon sulttaani poster
4.0

University student Jaakko and master's degree holder Aarne arrive in a rural village, where they become involved in organizing a charity event and the relationship problems of farmhand Kaapro and maid Senni.

Senni ja Savon sulttaani

1953

Tapahtui kaukana poster
5.3

Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter dislikes. On a lonely skiing-trip across the vast wilderness, the young lady ends up in a shack inhabited by two research engineers and a funny old Lapland man who sees peculiar dreams.

Tapahtui kaukana

1950

Lasisydän poster
6.3

A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.

Lasisydän

1959

The Milkmaid poster
5.5

Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday

The Milkmaid

1953

Opri poster
10.0

Opri is an evacuee from Karelia and is forced to move into a nursing home when his cottage is demolished. He immediately begins to take care of other elderly residents and nursing home staff, as well as their romantic concerns, as soon as he steps into his new home.

Opri

1954

Lain mukaan poster
6.7

Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.

Lain mukaan

1956

Pikku Ilona ja hänen karitsansa poster
9.0

Ilona, an orphan from the cruel Paksula family, ends up in Helsinki at a children's home for immigrants and from there becomes a foster daughter in the Orpana family, where she begins to sort out the relationship between her war-disabled stepbrother Pentti and his girlfriend Irene.

Pikku Ilona ja hänen karitsansa

1957

Sven Tuuva the Hero poster
5.7

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.

Sven Tuuva the Hero

1958

Katarina kaunis leski poster
5.7

1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus Schildt.

Katarina kaunis leski

1950

Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa poster
5.5

Justiina Puupää drives her husband Pekka and his friend Pätkä to look for work. The two decide to make money the easy way and try to have an accident after first getting accident insurance. After trying their luck, they hurt their heads and in the hospital, the comrades see each other's more outrageous antics.

Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa

1957

Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos! poster
3.7

Captain Routa has to teach a civil defense class to the girls at a boarding school. He accidentally wanders into the shower room and tries to get out disguised as a cleaner, but ends up in the same bed as gymnastics teacher Marjatta. Private Pöntinen, who is dating the boarding school cook, has a blast when he gets his hands on Captain Routa's uniform.

Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos!

1959

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina poster
4.9

Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a painting is created that wins first prize at a contemporary art exhibition. In the meantime, the men, along with their assistant Miss Kaihokielo, have been charged with art theft. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, the Puupääs use the art prize money to convert the house's bomb shelter into a children's clubroom.

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina

1959

Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa poster
5.3

Justiina gives lessons to friends who are avoiding work and sends them to work. Pekka and Pätkä end up in a woodworking factory, where their job is to nail together the legs of a Christmas tree. The men think they will get rich this way, but through misadventures they end up in many different jobs and being chased by a crowd of admiring women.

Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa

1955

Punainen viiva poster
6.0

The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his family in Kainuu in the early 20th century. While shopping in the village, Topi hears about the upcoming parliamentary elections. His wife Riikka decides to find out more and ends up at a meeting of the Social Democrats.

Punainen viiva

1959

Alaston malli karkuteillä poster
3.7

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

Alaston malli karkuteillä

1953

Varsovan laulu poster
7.8

A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.

Varsovan laulu

1953

Vääpeli Mynkhausen poster
5.0

Professor Visaoksa's spoiled city kids are sent to the countryside to live with their strict general uncle and learn some manners. The general's buddy, who tells the kids war stories and is nicknamed Sergeant Mynkhausen, finally gets the kids under control.

Vääpeli Mynkhausen

1957

Tanssi yli hautojen poster
4.8

In the early 1800s, Finnish governor's daughter first detests but soon falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander I who has just taken Finland over from Sweden's rule.

Tanssi yli hautojen

1950

Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy poster
10.0

During the Helsinki Olympics, Sotajermut Ryhmä and Romppainen are Olympic coaches. When Delila, coached by Romppainen, is robbed, a series of events begins, involving secret plots, fights, and even tenderness.

Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy

1952

Taikayö poster
7.5

Amanda and her cousin Eliisa run a food stall for the loggers, despite the crooked landowner Remander. Verneri, a street vendor from Karelia, and Olavi, who pretends to be a vagrant, turn the women's heads. When university student Oswald arrives in town, long-buried secrets begin to surface.

Taikayö

1954

Niskavuoren Aarne poster
6.4

Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.

Niskavuoren Aarne

1954

Yhden yön hinta poster
6.3

The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.

Yhden yön hinta

1952

Pastori Jussilainen poster
5.7

The year is 1895 in a small village in Savo, where new ideas such as women's rights and folk high schools are vehemently opposed by Pastor Jussilainen, both in his home and in the parish. His wife Eveliina, the maids, and the conservative parishioners all experience his vehemence. However, the pastor meets his match when his mother-in-law arrives for a visit.

Pastori Jussilainen

1955

Onni etsii asuntoa poster
7.0

Due to the post-war housing shortage, Pirkko, who has nowhere to sleep, is given accommodation at the full-service guesthouse run by landlady Töttermanska. There she meets the other residents: student Eskoo, foreman Heikki, antique dealer Theodor, and businessman Roope, whose acquaintance with the beautiful Dolly draws the whole group into criminal activities.

Onni etsii asuntoa

1955

Äidittömät poster
8.0

Professor Derek Wytycky and his son Hans, who are immersed in the study of Indian poetry, wake up one day to find that the mother of the family is nowhere to be seen. When their housekeeper Gloria also leaves, having had enough of the absent-minded men, father and son hire private detective Mademoiselle Catherine Anaconda to investigate Mrs. Wytycky's disappearance.

Äidittömät

1958

1940s · 15 titles

Ristikon varjossa poster
8.0

Lauri and Anna are released from prison. They run into trouble when they cannot find work because of their past. Lauri obtains false identity papers, which enable him to get a job at a factory. A dangerous criminal named Asseri begins blackmailing Lauri, who is using the alias "Pentti Tahvana." Lauri's true identity is revealed in connection with the murder of Kaalep, the factory's night watchman.

Ristikon varjossa

1945

Naimisiin päiväksi poster
8.0

A Finnish romantic comedy, based on a play about cousins trying to inherit a legacy. To get the inheritance they must be married, even for a day.

Naimisiin päiväksi

1946

Kultamitalivaimo poster
6.0

Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.

Kultamitalivaimo

1947

Prinsessa Ruusunen poster
4.7

Princess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince.

Prinsessa Ruusunen

1949

Aatamin puvussa – ja vähän Eevankin… poster
4.8

The holiday of Pharmacist Himanen and Lieutenant Paavo Kehkonen turns into a nightmare when they pick up Station Chief Viirimäki, who is in a hurry to get to work. Their boat engine dies and runs into the rocks, leaving them stranded on an island with no clothes. Posing as a woman, Himanen gets to know the police chief's daughter Alli, but as a result of coincidences and misunderstandings, the two men end up in jail, each suspected in turn of being a fugitive Vikström.

Aatamin puvussa – ja vähän Eevankin…

1940

Poikamies-pappa poster
7.5

Bohemian painter Lasse receives a million-dollar inheritance from his aunt who has moved to Australia, on condition that he finds a permanent job, a spouse, and an heir within a week. To top it all off, Lasse must find the will, which unfortunately disappears inside a framed movie star poster belonging to his roommate Jop.

Poikamies-pappa

1941

Suotorpan tyttö poster
5.0

Helga Suotorppa has given birth to an illegitimate child while working as a maid. Inkeri, the kind-hearted mistress of the Lehtola house, offers the woman, who has a bad reputation in the village community, a place to work, which the desperate Helga gratefully accepts. She supports Mauria, who is in trouble after being abandoned by his rich and proud fiancée Hildur.

Suotorpan tyttö

1940

Katupeilin takana poster
5.0

1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. However, Vapu's father, business advisor Ossian Biörcke, is not as accepting when his daughter's actions begin to be revealed.

Katupeilin takana

1949

Vastamyrkky poster
9.0

A successful doctor moves back to her home village and notices severe flaws in its health services.

Vastamyrkky

1945

Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu poster
7.0

A poet finds a new muse in young woman.

Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu

1940

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

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

Suomisen Ollin tempaus poster
6.0

Olli, a schoolboy from the Suominen family, accidentally causes two accidents, which he does not dare to confess to his father Väinö. He runs away from home in Helsinki and tries to get to the Savijärvi clearing camp with his friend Jaska. The journey, which began joyfully, turns into a nightmare when the boys, who have run into trouble, have to flee from the law and Olli's lively little sister Pipsa.

Suomisen Ollin tempaus

1942

Hedelmätön puu poster
8.0

Erkki, a journalist, suffers from epilepsy and agrees to be sterilized in order to marry his fiancée Helena. Unhappy about his infertility, Erkki begins to drink more and more, and eventually Helena returns to Helsinki to continue her studies. There she meets Associate Professor Sysikorpi, who falls hopelessly in love with her.

Hedelmätön puu

1947

Suomisen perhe poster
10.0

The film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the family.

Suomisen perhe

1941

1930s · 5 titles

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