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Toivo Mäkelä

Toivo Mäkelä

Toivo Mäkelä (26 September 1909 – 20 April 1979) was a Finnish film actor, appearing in 54 films between 1951 and 1979. They won a Jussi Award for Best Actor in 1978 and was awarded a Pro Finlandia medal in 1960.

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Movies Starring Toivo Mäkelä (41)

Onnellinen mies (1979)

Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge construction site, but he quickly finds himself clashing against the local decision-makers. The bridge engineer ...

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Aika hyvä ihmiseksi (1977)

The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli. ...

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Hiekkakuningas (1972)

A story about one man's success and another's demise. Algoth Mäki, who moved to southern Finland in search of work, encounters the harsh world of gravel mining, where others succumb, but Hurme, the Sand King, continues his rise up the social ladder. ...

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Äl' yli päästä perhanaa (1968)

In the farce, the producer has invited people to his place to plan a film celebrating the centenary of independence. They get drunk and come up with three possible films, which they also act in themselves. The topics chosen, in the spirit of Finnish nation ...

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Oppenheimerin tapaus (1967)

A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer. ...

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Pähkähullu Suomi (1967)

A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland's 50th anniversary, the film's whole premise is about presenting Finland in hilarious fashion to foreigners and perhaps also making fun ...

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Turkasen tenava! (1963)

Architect Matti picks up Ritva and her young son while on a business trip. When the car runs out of gas, the travelers are forced to spend the night at a guesthouse, pretending to be a married couple. During the night, Ritva runs away, leaving the child in ...

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Villin Pohjolan kulta (1963)

A western set in the "Wild North". The Vornan brothers Joel, Tommi, and Kai are framed for the robbery of a gold-laden carriage and the murder of its drivers. Behind the accusations are Kristo, the saloon owner, and Markus, the bank manager, who wants to m ...

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Vaarallista vapautta (1962)

Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in d ...

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Naiset, jotka minulle annoit (1962)

A triangular drama set in the world of theater. ...

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Hän varasti elämän (1962)

A 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 ...

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Älä nuolase… (1962)

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 decept ...

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Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)

Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son of a l ...

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Kultainen vasikka (1961)

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni. ...

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Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had ...

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Olin nahjuksen vaimo (1961)

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. ...

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The Scarlet Dove (1961)

Dr. 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 fou ...

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Minkkiturkki (1961)

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

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Opettajatar seikkailee (1960)

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 a ...

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Autotytöt (1960)

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland. ...

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Inspector Palmu's Error (1960)

A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate. ...

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Kankkulan kaivolla (1960)

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 m ...

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Kaks' tavallista Lahtista (1960)

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

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Justus järjestää kaiken (1960)

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella. ...

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Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä (1960)

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers. ...

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Lasisydän (1959)

A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road. ...

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Punainen viiva (1959)

The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his family in Kainuu in the early 20th century. While shopping in the village, Topi hears about the upcoming parliamentary elections. His wife Riikka decides to fi ...

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Verta käsissämme (1958)

After returning home from being a prisoner of war Viktor gets a job from his friend Rolf with whom he had served. The men trust each other until Viktor meets Rolf's wife Astrid. ...

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Asessorin naishuolet (1958)

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one. ...

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Syntipukki (1957)

"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he knows. ...

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Kuriton sukupolvi (1957)

Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who ha ...

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Pää pystyyn Helena (1957)

Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkke ...

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The Harvest Month (1956)

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline a ...

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Viettelysten tie (1955)

Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the ship, they get into the wrong track and come across prostitution and drug crime. ...

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Villi Pohjola (1955)

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor. ...

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Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)

A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences. ...

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Scarlet Week (1954)

After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the b ...

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Kovanaama (1954)

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life. ...

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Kolmiapila (1953)

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. ...

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The Witch (1952)

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... ...

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Pitkäjärveläiset (1951)

1765. Regina Tuomaantytär is engaged to Juha. However, she is also courted by Martti Heikkilä, soldier Matti Modig and Kalle Brockman. Regina's two sisters and Sikala's maid Maria have fallen in love with Martti again. ...

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