Acting

Sylva Rossi

Born — Died

1908-10-23 — 1992-11-09

Place of birth

Lappeenranta, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Sampo poster
4.6

Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.

Sampo

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Se on sitten kevät

1972

The Boys poster
6.9

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...

The Boys

1962

No artwork available
5.3

Comedic musical film in which Iskelmä OY's manager has to deal with rising stars and old seniors.

Iskelmäketju

1959

Tunteita poster
6.0

Emotions is an episodic film compiled from the theatrical short films of four first-time directors. Directed by Kalevi Korte, Liukastelua tells the story of a young man who helps a woman who has slipped on the street. The accident marks the beginning of a romance. Confiteor, based on a screenplay by Jyrki Lappi-Seppälä and directed by Jaakko Talaskivi, is a story about the friendship between two men that ends with the death of one of them. Leena Salokangas' Toivo, rakkaus (Hope, Love) is the story of a young married woman's one-night stand with a stranger. The final episode is Kristiina, directed by Asko Tolonen. Kristiina Halkola, who plays the title character, suspects she is pregnant.

Tunteita

1965

Putkinotko poster
5.6

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...

Putkinotko

1954

Film credits

1960s · 7 titles

The Boys poster
6.9

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...

The Boys

1962

Tunteita poster
6.0

Emotions is an episodic film compiled from the theatrical short films of four first-time directors. Directed by Kalevi Korte, Liukastelua tells the story of a young man who helps a woman who has slipped on the street. The accident marks the beginning of a romance. Confiteor, based on a screenplay by Jyrki Lappi-Seppälä and directed by Jaakko Talaskivi, is a story about the friendship between two men that ends with the death of one of them. Leena Salokangas' Toivo, rakkaus (Hope, Love) is the story of a young married woman's one-night stand with a stranger. The final episode is Kristiina, directed by Asko Tolonen. Kristiina Halkola, who plays the title character, suspects she is pregnant.

Tunteita

1965

No artwork available
8.0

An existential road movie based on Veijo Meri's novel Peiliin piirretty nainen (The Woman in the Mirror, 1963), following the life of a taxi driver from one evening to the next morning.

Taksikuski

1969

Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä poster
4.4

A journalist is reporting on prostitutes active in the harbor area. He falls in love with the beautiful and different Vuokko.

Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä

1964

Totuus on armoton poster
4.4

A man sets out to prove his right against a District Court in a small town. The locals are not willing to accept anything but their own truth of the matter.

Totuus on armoton

1963

Vaarallista vapautta poster
7.5

Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in danger.

Vaarallista vapautta

1962

Oksat pois… poster
7.0

Kalle leaves with his wife for their honeymoon in Airisto, but instead of a rental car, he mistakenly takes the getaway car stolen by robbers for a diamond heist.

Oksat pois…

1961

1950s · 30 titles

Sampo poster
4.6

Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.

Sampo

1959

No artwork available
5.3

Comedic musical film in which Iskelmä OY's manager has to deal with rising stars and old seniors.

Iskelmäketju

1959

Putkinotko poster
5.6

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...

Putkinotko

1954

Tirlittan poster
3.3

Young Tirlittan gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking for a new home, she meets a friendly policeman, a woman with goat, and a ringmaster with whom Tirlittan ends up performing in a circus.

Tirlittan

1958

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

Vääpelin kauhu poster
4.6

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

Vääpelin kauhu

1957

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

Nuori mylläri poster
5.7

A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to moralistic criticism, even though he is in fact only in love with the tailor's daughter.

Nuori mylläri

1958

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

Kiinni on ja pysyy poster
5.5

Pekka and Pätkä work as inventors. Pätkä accidentally takes a photograph of bank robbers, who begin to track down the photographer. Soma Koivu, the former secretary of the property manager Kiivas, and police officer Antero Kangas help Pekka and Pätkä catch the robbers at a film studio where Pekka is working as a stand-in for Superman.

Kiinni on ja pysyy

1955

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

Vain laulajapoikia poster
9.0

The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer Kaarina and doctor Kalle are offered the chance for romance, despite some misunderstandings.

Vain laulajapoikia

1951

Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä poster
5.0

Pete and Runt travel to Lapland to hunt the snowman in the hope of a cash reward, and take Justiina along as a bait.

Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä

1954

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

Rakastin sinua, Hilde poster
4.4

Two guys love the some girl who just plays with their feelings. Situation damages the friendship of these men and they are tormented as the girl doesn't love back.

Rakastin sinua, Hilde

1954

Sankarialokas poster
5.3

Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.

Sankarialokas

1955

Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa poster
5.5

An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring is eventually crushed.

Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa

1959

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

Niskavuori taistelee poster
5.9

The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.

Niskavuori taistelee

1957

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

Autuas eversti poster
8.0

Colonel Carolus von Haestman, presumed dead by his family, awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his childhood sweetheart, Amelie. His children and grandchildren, in turn, set out to find the runaway lovers. In the end, the funeral turns into a wedding and honeymoon.

Autuas eversti

1958

Vieras mies poster
10.0

A couple who have moved from the city manage a collapsing farm. The man Alfred is an alcoholic, therefore the responsible to solve the situation is his wife Katriina. Help is provided by the former owner Hermann.

Vieras mies

1957

Kuningas kulkureitten poster
5.2

The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karin. Chased by the Cossacks Martin escapes and joins the old wanderer. On the way Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women.

Kuningas kulkureitten

1953

Hilmanpäivät poster
6.2

The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.

Hilmanpäivät

1954

Vihdoinkin hääyö… poster
9.0

Elina and Pentti are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary and have invited Elina's cousin Ann-Mari and her husband Teemu to their village. During the evening, the group begins reminiscing about the past, revealing Elina's brief romance with Martti before she got married.

Vihdoinkin hääyö…

1957

Kulkurin tyttö poster
5.7

Baron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's daughter, and promises to help save their home. Baroness Olivia Metter falls for the young student and helps him with the rescue plan.

Kulkurin tyttö

1952

Musta rakkaus poster
5.3

Marjatta lives in poor conditions in Tampere with her widowed father Arttu who works as a factory worker. Marjatta gets to know engineering student Pauli whose constantly worsening mental health problems and jealousy become a threat to Marjatta and her close circle.

Musta rakkaus

1957

Köyhä laulaja poster
8.5

Sisters Irma and Airi Ranna's café Iltatähti has run into financial trouble. Touring musicians Heikki and Jussi end up as tenants in the same boarding house where the siblings and the poetic accountant live. Since the landlady does not allow music in her nursing home, the musicians practice at Iltatähti and revolutionize the life of the cafe.

Köyhä laulaja

1950

Helunan häämatka poster
8.0

A story about the passengers of the inland waterway Heinävesi. Salli, the daughter of the captain, dreams of an acting career and joins a performance by a theater company traveling on a ship.

Helunan häämatka

1955

Gabriel, tule takaisin poster
6.3

A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.

Gabriel, tule takaisin

1951

1940s · 3 titles