Irja Elstelä

AKA: Irja Lautia, Irja Lautiainen
0.3102

1904-03-04

Biography

Not Available
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {19}

Maija Taipale

1938-08-28 4.5

Poikamiesten holhokki

Katariina, an orphaned girl from the north, travels to Helsinki to live with her distant relative Mauri, who has been appointed her guardian. The unpretentious child of nature irritates, amuses, and c ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Inkeri (uncredited)

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

Secretary in vicar's office

1956-03-23 3.667

Yhteinen vaimomme

A story set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen, who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni. However, during h ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

(uncredited)

1937-03-28 6

Koskenlaskijan morsian

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna. The ...
Genre :Drama, History

Tilda Runeberg

1940-10-06 0

Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu

A poet finds a new muse in young woman. ...
Genre :Drama, History

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

Maija Koivula

1943-12-25 4

Suomisen taiteilijat

Pipsa catches the theater bug. The schoolgirl becomes obsessed with acting, which causes suffering for the whole family. Pipsa's brother Olli arranges performances for his sister and collects money fo ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Family

Laura Paasio

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

(uncredited)

1939-01-29 0

Eteenpäin – elämään

Senator Fredrik, who advocates a policy of appeasement, expels his nephew Robert, an activist and lover of Justiina, from his home. Decades later, the lovers meet again when Robert returns to claim hi ...
Genre :Drama

Fredrika Runeberg

1944-02-13 0

Ballaadi

At the request of author Zacharias, Fredrik begins composing an opera, inspired by a summer walk in Backas, Espoo. He falls in love with Ebba, who sings like a nightingale about a young mermaid on the ...
Genre :Drama, Music

(uncredited)

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

Greta (uncredited)

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

(uncredited)

1937-10-17 6.1

Juurakon Hulda

Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common sense, and st ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Martta Niskavuori

1938-01-16 5

The Women of Niskavuori

Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher Ilona arrives in the village and causes complications ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mrs. Pohtonen

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

Mrs. Kotka

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

Helka

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

Ellen Horn

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

Gossip woman

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