Acting
Arttu Suuntala
Born 1920-02-18 · Luumäki, Finland
Acting credits
7.0A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Inspector Palmu's Error
1960
7.0A farm trader falls in love with a rich girl with many admirers.
Kun tuomi kukkii
1962
6.2A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.
The Doll Merchant
1955
6.7Kaarina, an orphan girl raised by Taneli, the innkeeper, notices that her friendship with her childhood friend Antti is turning into romance. Henrik, the patron, also has his eye on Kaarina.
Kaunis Kaarina
1955
7.0Traveler Severi travels to Helsinki to enjoy some culture, where he meets Sinikka and Simo, who run a buying and selling business. At a customs auction, he buys a painting that businessman Kehveli and his assistants also have their eyes on.
Hei, rillumarei!
1954
9.0The 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
4.9Justiina 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
5.7Inspector Susikoski is inspecting the murder of an agronom in the countryside, during his summer holiday trip. He participates to the investigation of the case. The case seems to be clear, but there is much more than meets the eye.
Kolmas laukaus
1959
6.1Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
The Scarlet Dove
1961
4.8Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printing plates are desperately searched by the gang and our heroes try to hide from them by travelling to Mallorca, where some of the local hoods try to kill them and retake the missing plates.
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
1959
7.0Overworked industrialist Daniel escapes the hustle and bustle of high society to his old workplace at the Akkakoski log floating site. Working under a pseudonym, he befriends Moterni-Jaska, the oldest member of the loggers' group. His daughter Elisabeth follows in her father's footsteps by signing up as a camp cook and soon finds herself falling for Kari, the foreman.
Kaksi vanhaa tukkijätkää
1954
6.5A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.
Hän varasti elämän
1962
9.0A radio reporter from Helsinki arrives in the village of Kankkula just before Midsummer to conduct interviews. The old sheriff demands that his nephew Lauri, who serves as the village policeman, continue the generations-old tradition of arresting the old master of Tippavaara, whom the sheriff believes to be brewing moonshine. However, Lauri is in love with the old man's niece Leena, and the couple's plans to get engaged conflict with Lauri's duties.
Kankkulan kaivolla
1960
6.5The 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
10.0Young 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
5.6A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.
Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
1969
7.5Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
Tyttö tuli taloon
1956
5.1Pete 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
5.3Justiina 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
7.0Kalle 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
6.8A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
Villi Pohjola
1955
5.4Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.
Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä
1960
7.1Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
Evakko
1956
6.5Masa, a drifter, meets Pikku-Aleksi, whose wife Jenny has just left him penniless on the side of the road. In their search for food, the friends end up at an army barracks, where Masa is mistaken for Major Pikkarainen, who has come for an inspection.
Majuri maantieltä
1954