Aku Korhonen

AKA: August ”Aku” Aleksander Korhonen, August Aleksander Korhonen
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1892-12-29

Käkisalmi, Finland

Biography

August ”Aku” Aleksander Korhonen (29 December 1892 in Käkisalmi − 5 September 1960 in Helsinki) was a Finnish theatre and film actor. During his career, he appeared in 76 films and received three Jussi Awards. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Helga's Father

1940-04-28 3

Suotorpan tyttö

Helga Suotorppa has given birth to an illegitimate child while working as a maid. Inkeri, the kind-hearted mistress of the Lehtola house, offers the woman, who has a bad reputation in the village comm ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Oiva Kettunen

1948-03-12 4

Kilroy sen teki

Ulla Järvinen gets a telegram about the death of her aunt and that she has inherited a manor, but the aunt is very much alive. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Söderberg - Janitor

1950-03-17 4

Amor hoi!

Master Tuula Vihervo teaches languages ​​at a women's college, where American-Finnish Charles Thompson Jr arrives to do an inspection on behalf of his father's college donor. The arrival of a guest an ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mr. Coleman

1953-01-23 3

Maailman kaunein tyttö

Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Eemeli Perttula

1955-03-24 5

Minä ja mieheni morsian

Tuulikki Tenho, who lied about her marital status to get a job as a secretary at a timber company, has to pretend that she is married to Yrjö Aaltonen, an architect she has just met. A romance begins ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Pekka

1954-08-13 4

Kun on tunteet

Based on short stories by early 20th century feminist writer Maria Jotuni, the film is a series of lively dialogue scenes between men and women, young and old, living in a small Finnish town. Most epi ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Doctor

1957-04-05 4.8

Musta rakkaus

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 probl ...
Genre :Drama

Aku Ruusunen

1940-05-12 5

SF-paraati

A love story between a taxi driver and a travel guide in the form of a musical. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Uncle John

1954-01-15 6

The Bridal Wreath

A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it. ...
Genre :Drama

1951-08-31 4

Sadan miekan mies

Captain Kaarnoja finds himself caught up in intrigues and a dispute between the noblewoman Elisabeth and her cousin, Captain Gyllenskiöld. Kaarnoja comes into possession of a mysterious letter, which ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure, History

Gustaf Schroderus

1943-03-20 4

Tuomari Martta

Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle, the mother's place is at home with the child and not at work. Only her mother-in-law Ilona encoura ...
Genre :Drama

Harkko

1954-11-19 3.7

Rakastin sinua, Hilde

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. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1944-01-15 5

Vaivaisukon morsian

Elias, who is preparing for his wedding, dances drunk with a beggar in front of the church and dies of a heart attack. His fiancée Anna is devastated by grief and on the verge of suicide. In his despa ...
Genre :Drama, History

1924-01-20 0

Suursalon häät

After Matti is stabbed to death at his own wedding, Eero of Ojelmiston becomes a suspect, presumed to have avenged his recently deceased wife. Eero escapes with the help of a court judge but surrende ...
Genre :Drama

Pekka Kierto

1945-01-20 6

Ristikon varjossa

Lauri and Anna are released from prison. They run into trouble when they cannot find work because of their past. Lauri obtains false identity papers, which enable him to get a job at a factory. A dang ...
Genre :Drama

Peter Blomqvist

1946-11-08 5

Kirkastuva sävel

A story about the life of Eero, a machine shop worker, and his younger brother Martin in the working-class neighborhoods of Helsinki, and the change brought about by a conductor and his daughter who m ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1947-01-10 2

Kuudes käsky

Sinikka, the young mistress of the Lenteelä house, gets into a relationship with her neighbor Antti while her husband Jukka is away at the front. The couple becomes the subject of gossip throughout th ...
Genre :Drama

José Carillo 'Harry Brown'

1948-12-23 0

Pontevat pommaripojat

Poke and Pena, two private investigators in debt, see an advertisement in the newspaper about Dr. Peltonen's disappearance and the promised reward for finding him. The boys retreat to investigate the ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Roope Römsten

1955-01-21 0

Onni etsii asuntoa

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

Vesa

1946-03-22 2.5

Menneisyyden varjo

A story of a stunning ladies man engineer Rainer Leimu, whose life is weighed down by a broken family background. Rainer marries his employer's daughter, but the happiness of the young couple is overs ...
Genre :Drama

Nikolai Bobrikoff

1930-04-13 0

Kajastus

A historical drama depicting the Finnish struggle against Tsarist Russia. Opens at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in February 1899. Tsar Nicholas II signs the February Manifesto, the purpose of ...
Genre :Drama, History

1931-11-15 5

Tukkipojan morsian

Eetu, a wealthy homeowner, attempts to seduce Leena Kosken. But when austere log boy Erkki meets her at midsummer dances, Leena falls in love with him instead. Jealous, Eetu turns the men of the villa ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

juhliva lappalainen

1931-10-19 0

Erämaan turvissa

A Russian officer rescues the wanted anarchist Vera Maretskaja. A romance arises between them, but the secret police arrests the officer in a restaurant and expels him to Siberia on charges of aiding ...
Genre :Drama, History

Baron Hallberg

1952-10-03 6.3

The Witch

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy... ...
Genre :Horror, Fantasy

Toimittaja Hugo Auvonen

1947-06-01 4.7

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

Severi

1943-09-12 5.4

Valkoiset ruusut

Set in turn of the century Helsinki, author Arvo Helavalla's novel makes an indelible impression on adolescent Auli Ranta. She idolizes the author of a work that can never be forgotten. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Hermanni

1957-11-08 0

Vieras mies

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 ow ...
Genre :Drama

Lapatossu

1940-11-10 3

Tavaratalo Lapatossu & Vinski

Vinski inherits a general store in Ihantala from his aunt, which he starts running with his friend Lapatossu. The friends face fierce competition from the greedy merchant Juhos. The resourceful Lapato ...
Genre :Comedy

Lapatossu

1937-10-31 4.8

Lapatossu

Lazy but resourceful storyteller Lapatossu solves problems at the railway construction site with his seemingly simple friend Vinski. ...
Genre :Comedy

Lapatossu

1939-09-03 2

Lapatossu ja Vinski olympia-kuumeessa

Inspired by Olympic fever, the Karamellitehdas candy factory challenges Saron Suklaa to a wooden spoon competition. Factory owner Aukusti mistakenly believes that Lapatossu and Vinski are athletes and ...
Genre :Comedy

Alpertti

1953-07-24 4

Me tulemme taas

The film tells the story of the romance between the timber rafters and widow Kaisa, her daughter Satu and Katri from Karkela. Problems are caused by the men in the village, especially the Master of Ka ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Professor

1944-08-13 5

Nainen on valttia

A famous operette star Kirsti Kalpa escapes her busy and selfish fiance and hides as maid to house of 3 bachelors ( professor, composer and butler) , who basically hate women. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Sokea-Hanski

1948-03-05 4.8

Laitakaupungin laulu

The new idealistic welfare officer Helmi tries to improve conditions in "Sin Alley," but difficulties arise, particularly with the leader of the petty criminals, Jukka, whose son Reino also drifts int ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Robert Routanen

1938-10-30 4

Rykmentin murheenkryyni

The lazy but resourceful farmhand Hemminki and the bookworm Lauri initially struggle to cope in the army, but the company commander's cook Mimmi and the captain's daughter Elli help them adapt to disc ...
Genre :Comedy

Bobrikoff

1939-02-19 5

Helmikuun manifesti

February Manifesto was Yrjö Norta's and Toivo Särkkä's Finnish movie from 1939. It is a Finnish historical drama about developing independency based on book of the writer Mika Waltari. Movie Starring ...
Genre :Drama, History

Sotka-Jussi

1950-07-14 3

Tapahtui kaukana

Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter dislikes. On a lonely skiing-trip across the vast wilderness, the young lady ends up in a shack inhabi ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Clauson

1942-04-05 3

Onni pyörii

Story about about a young man who was raised in an orphanage. Kauko goes to Helsinki to work as a store help. The living the big city is not so easy as Kauko expects and not so grand. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Music

Tuomas Kantola

1951-01-26 5

Lakeuksien lukko

Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to ...
Genre :Drama, History

Rantoon professori

1956-04-26 5.8

Silja – nuorena nukkunut

In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Prosecutor

1933-03-25 0

Sininen varjo

The director's daughter, Raila Tuulo, is the only one who has seen the burglar terrorizing the city, the mysterious "Blue Overalls," and recognizes him as Joel Ormak. Under Raila's influence, Joel giv ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Kalle Liljepek

1934-02-18 6.5

Helsingin kuuluisin liikemies

Mattila's relatives Konstu and Fransi travel to Helsinki to meet their friend Kalle Liljepeki, who runs a failing general store in Sörnäis. The companions get Maiki, the daughter of the house, and Sun ...
Genre :Comedy

Master Elf

1949-04-08 3

Prinsessa Ruusunen

Princess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Family

Fredrik Lehtonen

1945-09-02 4

Matkalla seikkailuun

Film about personnel of the company which have developed a serum which will make you younger and stronger. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Verneri Jokainen

1954-11-12 5

Taikayö

Amanda and her cousin Eliisa run a food stall for the loggers, despite the crooked landowner Remander. Verneri, a street vendor from Karelia, and Olavi, who pretends to be a vagrant, turn the women's ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1955-09-18 4.3

Lähellä syntiä

A story about the love and subsequent life story of agronom Elmer Oras and Margi Kaski and their son. The story has its origins just before the Winter War. After a brief encounter, both fell in love. ...
Genre :Drama

Alfred Haaravirta

1937-02-28 3

Asessorin naishuolet

Alfred Haaravirta's worries begin, when his longtime housekeeper dies. So Alfred sends a letter to his old friend Matilda and asks her to be his new housekeeper. But Matilda misunderstands the letter ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Antti Ihalainen

1938-01-30 5.5

Tulitikkuja lainaamassa

Set in North Karelia, whne Antti Ihalainen's house runs out of matches, he goes to borrow some from a neighbor. On the road, he meets a rich widower, Jussi Vatanen, who asks Ihalai to be his speaker a ...
Genre :Comedy

Salomon Harju

1938-02-26 0

Olenko minä tullut haaremiin

In this comedy set in an urban environment, a bachelor household unaccustomed to housework seeks a maid. Unbeknownst to each other, engineer Arvi hires Helvi, a music student, and Martti, a master's d ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Hermanni Metsäkulma

1938-11-27 0

Vieras mies tuli taloon

Astrid, the mistress of Metsäkulma, hires a job seeker named Aaltonen as a farm manager when her mentally ill husband Alfred is unable to work. Old Hermanni helps Astrid and Aaltonen as best he can, b ...
Genre :Drama

Gran

1939-04-02 5

Jumalan tuomio

Aarne, the son of Laamanni Horn, who is studying law, falls in love with his father's office assistant Helena, but due to his parents' prejudices, he wants to keep his cross-class relationship a secre ...
Genre :Drama

Sakari Vartio

1939-04-30 2

Takki ja liivit pois!

Ilona, who is dating actor Aarne, wants to pursue a career in theater herself. Sakari, a professor of surgery, strongly opposes his daughter's plans, but changes his mind after falling in love with ac ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1939-11-12 9

Pikku pelimanni

Unemployed Anna leaves her son Olavi to be raised by Antti, a shoemaker. When the shoemaker dies, Olavi is sent to an orphanage, from which he runs away with a cat and a violin under his arm. After ma ...
Genre :Drama, Music, Family

Virtanen

1940-12-01 3

Yövartija vain…

Old Virtanen is a respected night watchman at a textile factory and a single father to his daughter Aino, who is about to graduate from high school. The heartless factory owner Kuusela fires Virtanen, ...
Genre :Drama

Mikko Nousiainen

1941-02-23 0

Jos oisi valtaa…

Waste paper collector Mikko dreams of being a wealthy mining engineer who succeeds in all his business ventures. He is also lucky in love when Clas, a factory owner, charming daughter Aune takes a lik ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Aku Karppala

1941-11-09 4

Täysosuma

A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Kalle Karlsson

1942-09-06 0

Uuteen elämään

Small-time criminal Niilo gets the chance of a lifetime when the wealthy Sahlbergs mistake him for their long-lost nephew. Taking on the role of Yrjö Sahlberg, Niilo becomes the manager of a safe fact ...
Genre :Drama

August Kivipaasi

1942-09-27 5

August järjestää kaiken

Bank manager wants to hire younger employees. Fired cashier decides to teach him a lesson. ...
Genre :Comedy

Aaretti Kivistö

1955-05-27 7

Kukonlaulusta kukonlauluun

A farm boy leaves his sweetheart Eliina and moves to the city for a relationship with Laila, a summer guest at the farm. ...
Genre :Drama

Heroja

1947-10-31 6

Särkelä itte

The self-assured manager Julius Särkelä maintains strict discipline in his office and at home, which is experienced by his daughter Saara and her suitor Martti, as well as the landlord Heroja, who is ...
Genre :Comedy

Professor

1949-04-01 0

Pikku pelimannista viulun kuninkaaksi

After ending up in an orphanage, Olavi sets out to find his mother. While playing the violin on the street, his exceptional talent catches the attention of a music school professor, who takes him unde ...
Genre :Drama, Family

S. Juurioja

1949-10-20 0

Orpopojan valssi

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful couplet singer - the "king of couplets". ...
Genre :Drama, History

Jussi Keitele

1950-04-28 7

Köyhä laulaja

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 accountan ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Topias Tuomaanpoika

1938-12-25 0

Nummisuutarit

In the comedy set in Etelä-Hämee in the middle of the 19th century, Esko, the son of a cobbler, goes with the speaker Mikko Vilkastu to find a bride for himself from Karri's adopted daughter, Crete. H ...
Genre :Comedy, History

Vakooja

1929-09-02 5.8

Korkein voitto

The heavily indebted baron Henrik von Hagen, who loves women and partying, learns that his former lover, Russian ballerina Madame Vera Vasiljevna, will be visiting Finland. They are reunited and spark ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Thriller

Jussi Mäkinen

1936-03-22 0

Onnenpotku

Set during the recession of the early 1930s, Reino, an engineer who has been laid off from a shipyard, is not considered suitable as a son-in-law for a factory owner. Reino, who has lost his beloved M ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Salttu

1936-11-29 0

Pohjalaisia

In 1850s Southern Ostrobothnia, the new county police chief angers the peasants with his arrogance, dishonesty and violent methods. Jussi, a young farmer, dares to stand up to the police chief. His co ...
Genre :Drama, History

Sora

1936-09-27 3.5

Kaikenlaisia vieraita

Young heiress' spendthrift nephew turns her manor into a boarding house for the summer. Suddenly the heiress returns... ...
Genre :Comedy

A.B. Huitu

1937-11-28 5

Kuriton sukupolvi

Immersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his children's upbringing. He falls in love with his son Pelle's girlfriend Marja and becomes a laughing stoc ...
Genre :Comedy

1937-09-26 0

As Dream and Shadow…

In 1930s Ostrobothnia, the Ylitalo siblings enjoy a summer filled with love. Eliina, who is disabled but full of joie de vivre, falls for university student Yrjö, while the divine Johanna's heart beat ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Konsta Jänkälä

1939-03-19 7

Halveksittu

Merchant Iivari encounters significant challenges in his entrepreneurial career when Merthen, a commercial counselor, attempts to prevent his success. Merthen's daughter Verna falls in love with the h ...
Genre :Drama

A.E. Hagfors

1948-11-05 0

Ruusu ja kulkuri

The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an international singing star, Aappo never forgets his first love ...
Genre :Drama, Music, History

Männikkö, editor of Iltatorvi

1954-12-31 4

Leena

Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen together and press thinks they are engaged. ...
Genre :Comedy

Eetu Savela

1953-09-04 0

Sillankorvan emäntä

The proud widow of Sillankorva falls in love with her young neighbor, Jaakko Hallan, whom she offers to take in as her son. However, much to the bitter disappointment of the mistress of the house, the ...
Genre :Drama

Professor Hukkinen

1955-04-15 3.5

Tähtisilmä

Poor orphan coffee delivery girl loves a poor painter who can't sell his artworks. Painter likes delivery girl, but has stuck in a friend zone. Delivery girl tries to help the painter to get forward i ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance