Leni Katajakoski

Acting

Leni Katajakoski

Born — Died

1935-09-28 — 2020-04-12

Place of birth

Tampere, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

29 titles

Known for

Simpauttaja poster
5.4

During the spring harvest, a strange man arrives in the village on the shores of Lake Pielinen, carrying a rifle and a backpack. He is a skilled worker, a ruthless talker, and a ladies' man. By the time the autumn snow falls, the village has changed. No one can quite figure out the man. He calls himself Simpauttaja. Based on Heikki Turunen's award-winning debut novel, the film is a tragicomic portrayal of rural change.

Simpauttaja

1975

Mullin mallin poster
4.5

An idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astray, and the men end up at an empty hotel, where they begin a program of evening entertainment led by Severi Suhonen.

Mullin mallin

1961

The Year of the Hare poster
7.3

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life

The Year of the Hare

1977

Patarouva poster
9.0

Kaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.

Patarouva

1959

Trust poster
3.8

In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.

Trust

1976

Laivaston monnit maissa poster
4.2

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Laivaston monnit maissa

1954

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 10 titles

Mullin mallin poster
4.5

An idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astray, and the men end up at an empty hotel, where they begin a program of evening entertainment led by Severi Suhonen.

Mullin mallin

1961

Tähtisumua poster
4.5

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Tähtisumua

1961

Johan nyt on markkinat! poster
6.3

The life of First Lieutenant Heikki Lilja, who is dating Colonel Taipale's daughter Tiina, is turned upside down when his company is ordered to search for the dangerous escaped convict Kahle-Kustaa. Things are complicated by Lilja's friend, the artist Paaso, and Paaso's admirer Merja Metsä, Lilja's strict superior Colonel Taipale, and Police Chief Mäkinen.

Johan nyt on markkinat!

1966

Kaks' tavallista Lahtista poster
4.3

The musical comedy tells the story of two friends about Usko and Toivo, both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.

Kaks' tavallista Lahtista

1960

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

Minkkiturkki poster
4.0

A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

Minkkiturkki

1961

Kankkulan kaivolla poster
9.0

A 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

Oho, sanoi Eemeli poster
9.0

Eemeli, a lazy farm boy, is sent out into the world by his parents due to poor potato harvest forecasts. On his way to the logging camp, he meets Tommi, a man from Helsinki who sells razors and is headed to the same destination. At the logging camp, the loggers and Eemeli perform several musical numbers and flee from Isabella, the cook, who is hungry for men.

Oho, sanoi Eemeli

1960

Älä nuolase… poster
6.2

Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the prize is actually worthless. Posing as American oil millionaires, the men get caught up in a web of deception.

Älä nuolase…

1962

No artwork available
6.5

A film centered around a popular Finnish song book. Young lovers Pirkko and Pekka break off their engagement at the end of an evening spent at a dance restaurant. At home, Pirkko finds a songbook in her room, whose songs turn into musical scenes. The night watchman carries the songbook with him, and it ends up, via a sad prostitute, a police officer, and a night shelter resident, with Pekka, who is waiting for Pirkko's forgiveness and comes to pick up his fiancée.

Toivelauluja

1961

1950s · 14 titles

Patarouva poster
9.0

Kaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.

Patarouva

1959

Laivaston monnit maissa poster
4.2

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Laivaston monnit maissa

1954

Niskavuoren naiset poster
4.6

A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.

Niskavuoren naiset

1958

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

Vääpelin kauhu poster
4.6

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

Vääpelin kauhu

1957

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

Muuan sulhasmies poster
8.0

Mauritz Grafvenhjelm, alias Moppe, an impoverished nobleman, and his friend Ville enjoy a carefree life as vagabonds in summery Porvoo until Moppe finds a large sum of money and receives a reward for it. After celebrating thoroughly at the Belvedere restaurant, he wakes up in the morning in a cell with no memory of what happened and learns that he has become engaged to the restaurant owner, Miss Svea Jonson.

Muuan sulhasmies

1956

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

Mies tältä tähdeltä poster
6.0

Office clerk Eero Koskinen prefers to spend his nights drinking and reminiscing the war with his friends, instead of taking care of his wife and two children. A two-week drinking spree gets him fired, and a new job is not easy to find because of his reputation. He goes to a rehab centre in the countryside for a couple of weeks, but with no permanent result. Meanwhile, his wife has to get a job and is employed by her old sweetheart, now a recently divorced successful businessman.

Mies tältä tähdeltä

1958

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

Kulkurin masurkka poster
3.8

A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.

Kulkurin masurkka

1958

Yks' tavallinen Virtanen poster
6.5

Engineer Kallio, who is searching for uranium, arrives at the summer hotel owned by Director Lehtelä, accompanied by his assistants Joltinen and Pummi and painter Väinö. The manager's daughter Anni, his wife Mammi, and hotel employee Sirkka try to figure out the guests' secret identities.

Yks' tavallinen Virtanen

1959

Sotapojan heilat poster
4.5

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

Sotapojan heilat

1958

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