Ilkka Koivula

Acting

Ilkka Koivula

Born 1966-03-16 · Ranua, Finland

Ilkka Koivula (born March 16, 1966 in Ranua) is a Finnish actor. He is best known for Freakin' Beautiful World (1997), The Swan and the Wanderer (1999), Rentun Ruusu (2001), Eila (2003), Lights in the Dusk (2006) and Under the North Star (2009).

Acting credits

Sisu poster
7.4

When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.

Sisu

2022

Le Havre poster
7.0

In the French harbor city of Le Havre, an elderly shoeshiner with an ailing wife crosses paths with a young African refugee pursued by the police for deportation.

Le Havre

2011

Vinski 2 poster
NR

The town of Hömpstad is once again under threat from criminals and Vinski's help is needed. When the criminals manage to steal the invisibility powder for themselves, Vinski has a real showdown on his hands.

Vinski 2

2026

Bad Luck Love poster
5.8

A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned on marijuana, while Pulu is known to drink cleaning products when he's run out of booze. Ali has fallen in love with Inka, a bright woman with a mind of her own, and her independent nature occasionally throws him into a fit of jealousy.

Bad Luck Love

2000

A Summer by the River poster
6.8

Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at the boating site with his widowed father Tenho.

A Summer by the River

1998

The Other Side of Hope poster
7.0

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

The Other Side of Hope

2017

Get Away poster
5.2

A family's vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the present-day implications of the island's cannibalistic past.

Get Away

2024

Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala poster
6.6

Karelia in the 11th century. A brutal feud between Kalervo and Untamo leads to the massacre of an entire village. The sole survivor is Kalervo's son, Kullervo, whom Untamo decides to raise as his own. As he grows, Kullervo's immense strength and rebellious nature make him feared by those around him. When he learns the truth about his past, his path becomes clear: revenge. His journey takes him across a harsh and treacherous land and into the hands of slave traders, only to uncover a devastating secret that will change his fate forever.

Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala

2026

Freakin' Beautiful World poster
5.2

The Helsinki-based teenagers Ippe, Papu and Mia have become entangled in drug circles. Their problems get even worse when violent dealer Kalle starts blackmailing the indebted Ippe.

Freakin' Beautiful World

1997

Lights in the Dusk poster
6.8

Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.

Lights in the Dusk

2006

Bayonet poster
6.1

Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez is a retired boxer from Tijuana who finds himself living in a cramped flat in Finland. As his future begins to look up, a desire for redemption draws him back into the ring.

Bayonet

2018

The Swan and the Wanderer poster
7.1

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.

The Swan and the Wanderer

1999

The Rose of the Rascal poster
6.4

The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.

The Rose of the Rascal

2001

Vaseline Hours poster
NR

Ale and Lare are two wannabe career criminals who work for a ruthless kingpin Liljeroos. This dynamic duo takes action when a weasel named Sepi snitches about the big score: the easy way for Ale and Lare to get rid of criminal lifestyle and start it over. But this doesn't please Liljeroos at all.

Vaseline Hours

2014

Tavern Man poster
7.0

A typical day in the life of a lonely man who works in an unsuccessful tavern located in the historical center of Guimarães, an old town in Portugal. During the day, the man spends his time coming up with new menu items for his tavern, while at night he gets ready to meet someone special.

Tavern Man

2012

White Snow poster
5.9

Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.

White Snow

2010

Badding poster
5.6

The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.

Badding

2000

Carnage poster
6.0

When an underground marketplace of illegal activities is besieged by an army of bloodthirsty assassins, a ragtag group of criminals must band together to fight for survival.

Carnage

2024

Nuoruuteni savotat poster
7.0

Lumberjacking is a second part of saga about young author, Kalle Päätalo. It's a story about growing up and becoming a storyteller in hard times when their father was in the forced labour camp. He was a lunatic.

Nuoruuteni savotat

1988

Pidetty hiljainen mies poster
6.3

A short film about Kaista, his son Pasi, his ex-wife Elina, and Elina's brother Aleksi, whose spring is dragging on. Kain's words ended when his wife announced that she wanted to be alone for a while and then started dating a man who is fair but dances.

Pidetty hiljainen mies

1995

The River poster
6.1

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

The River

2001

Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone poster
5.5

Julius, who devours comic books and vampire stories, has a lively imagination. Julius meets Arnold Cautious, who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and introduces himself as a degenerated, strawberry juice-drinking vampire. Julius and Cautious become friends. Together they try to make the Lucky Stone, the recipe for which is in Cautious' grandmother's secret recipe book. Julius wants to give the stone to his estranged parents so they can rediscover their common happiness. Julius and Arnold's laboratory attempts to make the Lucky Stone falter badly time and time again, but they stubbornly pursue their quest for happiness.

Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone

2023

The Last Ones poster
4.5

Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.

The Last Ones

2020

Rakastin epätoivoista naista poster
4.5

A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit.

Rakastin epätoivoista naista

1999