Leif Wager

AKA:

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1922-02-11

Helsinki, Finland

Biography

Leif Christian Wager was a versatile Finnish actor. Appearing in some 75 feature films and musicals.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {41}

Harri

1948-02-13 0

Haaviston Leeni

Leeni, a country girl, leaves to seek her fortune in Helsinki, but encounters numerous difficulties. ...

Genre :Drama

Kari Karstela

1951-12-30 6.5

…ja Helena soittaa

Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), ...

Genre :Drama

1955-09-15 2

Kihlaus

Eeva serves two noblemen, who have treated their servant badly. She writes to her childhood friend Aapel and proposes marriage. The man does not believe the proposal, but leaves to fetch Eeva. Upon se ...

Genre :Comedy

Valde Kannel

1952-03-28 0

Mitäs me taiteilijat

The director of the Vaudeville Theater is looking for new performers after the former star was forced to give up her singing career. Out of numerous auditionees, singer P. Waltteri Vitikka is hired. A ...

Genre :Comedy

1961-01-13 2

Tähtisumua

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 i ...

Genre :Music

Mauritz Armborg

1943-01-31 6

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

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 vi ...

Genre :Romance, History

Pertti Jarkamo

1948-01-23 3

Läpi usvan

Pertti works as telegraph operator on a ship. The ship arrives in Helsinki and Pertti looks forward to meet his mother and the neighbor girl, who he is in love. But his plans change, when he steps int ...

Genre :Drama

1965-01-02 0

Minne av två måndagar

Adaptation of Arthur Miller's "A Memory of Two Mondays". ...

Genre :

Johan Fleming

1962-09-20 0

Daniel Hjort

Based on Josef Julius Wecksell's play. The story is set during the era of political unrest in 1590s Sweden.Daniel Hjort, the grim and lonesome assistant to the powerful Fleming family, finds himself c ...

Genre :History, Drama

Manager Eskeland

1990-11-16 5

Friends, Comrades

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, h ...

Genre :Drama, War, History

kartanon isäntä

1978-10-13 5

Poet and Muse

Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz a ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Jorma

1953-03-29 5

Kolmiapila

A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the children who have arrived there and their fates. ...

Genre :Drama

1946-12-31 0

Synden Lockar

Swedish-language parallel version of the film Synnin jäljet (Traces of Sin). ...

Genre :Drama

Montresor

1963-06-11 0

A Barrel of Amontillado

Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with p ...

Genre :Drama, Horror, TV Movie

Reino Sompa

1947-06-01 3.75

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Joakim

1962-03-20 0

The City

A man has buried himself in women, in religious ecstasy , in vanity and in his belief in so-called artistic activity. His tension and frustration has only increased. And now he gives it all up. Awaits ...

Genre :Drama

Mauno Jatinen

1952-03-24 0

Tåg norrut

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Uncle Fabian

1986-12-29 0

The Enchanted Road

Writer and psychiatrist Oscar Parland (1912-1997) narrates this nostalgic story about his early childhood memories and fantasies. Five-year-old Riki spends the summer of 1917 at his cosmopolitan famil ...

Genre :TV Movie, Drama, Comedy

Toivo Lahtinen

1960-05-13 3.6

Kaks' tavallista Lahtista

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

Genre :Comedy, Music

1. konstaapeli

1961-03-23 3

Toivelauluja

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 h ...

Genre :Music

colonel, Stockholm military agent

1970-11-06 5.5

Päämaja

The story follows Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim and Quartermaster General Airo at the Finnish Defense Forces headquarters in Mikkeli during the decisive moments of the Continuation War in the summer o ...

Genre :Drama, War

Alf Randell

1946-04-12 5

Nuoruus sumussa

Three young men trying to find a place in society after the war. ...

Genre :Drama

Risto Kaarna

1942-11-01 7.5

Puck

Liisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history, everyone does not accept the relationship. In addition, Liisa has her own doubts, and a secret that ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Aleksanteri I

1950-08-11 4

Tanssi yli hautojen

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. ...

Genre :Drama, History, Romance

alilääkäri Alec von Wentell

1949-04-29 0

Vain kaksi tuntia

In this story, which focuses on the events of a single evening, Kaarlo Kaarila, a dedicated chief physician, discovers that his wife Irja is having an affair with Dr. Alec von Wentell. The hospital's ...

Genre :Drama

Sandels

1958-12-19 5.3

Sven Tuuva the Hero

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 ea ...

Genre :War, Drama

Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää

1952-05-16 3.8

Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?

St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private detective Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää has died or is still ...

Genre :Comedy

Thomas Stenwall

1994-04-17 3

Tuomas Murasen rikos

Genre :Drama, Crime

Kuisma

1943-08-15 0

Hevoshuijari

Heavily indebted Commissioner Birger seeks to marry the wealthy Helena. The young lady rejects his advances and longs for her childhood friend Kuismaa. Birger's jealous mistress Verotshka complicates ...

Genre :Drama

Viktor Halling

1944-09-10 0

Sylvi

18-year-old orphan Sylvi is unable to refuse the marriage proposal made by her guardian, Aksel. The young wife is unhappy with her elderly husband and loves her childhood friend Viktoria instead. Sylv ...

Genre :Drama

Lauri Alanko

1951-10-05 0

Kesäillan valssi

A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relat ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, Music

Kaarlo Kaski

1961-04-28 0

Olin nahjuksen vaimo

While living separated, Mr. Kaski finds out that her wife has written a book about their marriage. And the book is not very flattering in tone towards Mr. Kaski and his abilities as a man. ...

Genre :Comedy

Lauri Alanko

1954-12-25 0

Onnelliset

Pianist Lauri Alango and his wife Annina's fortune is cracked when opera diva Delia Rosati attracts Lauri to accompany her on tour. ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Leka

1951-08-03 2

Rion yö

Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Antti

1953-01-30 4.5

Saariston tyttö

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 Antt ...

Genre :Drama

1988-03-08 2

Stiller, Garbo & jag

One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben ...

Genre :Documentary, Drama

Carolus Koskelin

1955-04-08 4.5

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland. ...

Genre :Drama

1986-03-04 2

Laulu

A documentary about Helsinki's nightlife, soundtracked by rock band Sielun Veljet, theater troupe Ryhmäteatteri, and radio DJ Teppo Turkki. ...

Genre :Documentary

Walden

2000-01-10 6.875

Raid

Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series. The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-s ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Elrond

1993-03-29 5.455

The Hobbits

Hobitit is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1. Produced by Olof Qvickström, it is based on the events of the books The Hobbit and The Lord of t ...