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Eteenpäin – elämään (1939)
Character: Robert Harmaalahti
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 his inheritance.
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Jumalan tuomio (1939)
Character: Aarne Horn
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 secret. Aarne finds himself presiding over his first court case in conflicting circumstances, as he is assigned to judge Helena.
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Verta käsissämme (1958)
Character: Rolf Bergas
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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Menneisyyden varjo (1946)
Character: Rainer Leimu
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 overshadowed by Rainer's jealousy and the tragic past of his parents.
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Hilmanpäivät (1954)
Character: Yrjö
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
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Kuriton sukupolvi (1957)
Character: Reinhold Varavaara
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 hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
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Helsingin kuuluisin liikemies (1934)
Character: Sund
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 Sundi, a forest consultant. A lot of misunderstandings arise and a story about the devil in Kalle's shop.
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Omena putoaa… (1952)
Character: Ventti-Ville
Ilona Jonsson deceives the old industrialist Österberg. He takes pity on the poor girl, who looks like the doppelganger of his dead daughter. Also involved in the plot are Ilona's father, who was supposedly at sea but has just been released from prison, his accomplices Murto-Kalle and Ventti-Ville, a rival criminal gang, and the councilor's relatives, who are guarding their inheritance money.
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Aatamin puvussa – ja vähän Eevankin… (1940)
Character: Himanen
The holiday of Pharmacist Himanen and Lieutenant Paavo Kehkonen turns into a nightmare when they pick up Station Chief Viirimäki, who is in a hurry to get to work. Their boat engine dies and runs into the rocks, leaving them stranded on an island with no clothes. Posing as a woman, Himanen gets to know the police chief's daughter Alli, but as a result of coincidences and misunderstandings, the two men end up in jail, each suspected in turn of being a fugitive Vikström.
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Kunnioittaen (1954)
Character: Reino Laurila
Elmeri Vara from the General Stabilization Party, Selma Vuorinen from the Free Enlightenment Party, and Irja Solanen from the Independent Women's Party are competing for seats in parliament. When young Pertti and his classmates start a campaign with caricatures against Vara and Vuorinen, whom they consider unfit, Principal Reino has to decide whether to support the parliamentary candidates or his students, and how he feels about the candidacy of his beloved Irja.
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Vaalan kamerat pyörivät (1937)
Character: Himself
Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in summer 1937. Both are Valentin Vaala's guitars from Hella Wuolijoki's plays: Juurako Hulda (1937) and Niskavuori Naisten (1938).
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Puck (1942)
Character: Raimo Kaarna
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 does not endure the daylight.
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Helmikuun manifesti (1939)
Character: Jaakko Kotka
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 Tauno Palo and Regina Linnanheimo. For it's anti-soviet thematics it was banned in Finland from 1944 to 1987.
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Laitakaupungin laulu (1948)
Character: Jukka Kyrö
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 into a life of crime.
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Kuisma ja Helinä (1932)
Character: N/A
Kuisma falls in love with the house maid Helinä, whom the house's slave Isma has kept for himself as a wife. Helinä finds Kuisma attractive but their love will never be accepted by Isma. A passion play that ends bad.
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Suotorpan tyttö (1940)
Character: Mauri Lehtola
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 community, a place to work, which the desperate Helga gratefully accepts. She supports Mauria, who is in trouble after being abandoned by his rich and proud fiancée Hildur.
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Tukkijoella (1951)
Character: Turkka
A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pietola and the house matron, Katri is coveted by malicious Rättäri. He owns the IOU papers for Pietola and tries to get Katri using the IOU as blackmail.
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Jääkärin morsian (1931)
Character: Martti
It is the year 1915, and five Finnish men ski to Sweden via the Gulf of Bothnia to get military training in Germany. Among the men are Martti and Kalpa from the 27th Army Ranger Battalion. In the reserve, the troops spend their free time in a café called the Golden Anchor, owned by Sonja Strand. Sonja's captain serves in the Russian army, and Sonja has a relationship with Baron von Lichtenstein, who exploits Sonja who spies on Russia using Jew Isaac as her messenger.
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Ratkaisun päivät (1956)
Character: Yrjö Hartti
A major wounded in war falls in love with a nurse who has been widowed in the hospital. However, their love is hindered by the death of the nurse's husband, for which the major is responsible.
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Jääkärin morsian (1938)
Character: Kalpa
On a train journey, Jaeger Corporal Martti falls in love with Sabina, a dancer from Liivi, who has also caught the eye of Baron Rolf. The intrigues of spies and the war cast shadows over the relationship between the beautiful dancer and the handsome Jaeger.
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Kolmastoista koputus (1945)
Character: Timo Lehtonen
Two Finnish naval captains face spies in Gothenburg harbor during the second world war.
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Se alkoi sateessa (1953)
Character: Kalervo Karhi
Vuokko takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a fishing hut and meets a mysterious man whom she suspects is the smuggler Rompan Eetu. Instead of reporting him, Vuokko decides to follow him to Helsinki to the smugglers' hideout on the condition that he agrees to turn himself and his comrades in to the police.
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Mieheke (1936)
Character: Reino Lahtinen
Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently married and then gets a stranger from a nearby restaurant to pose as her husband. Complications arise when they have to continue their charade.
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Onnellinen ministeri (1941)
Character: Kalevi Kari
An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".
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Isän vanha ja uusi (1955)
Character: Mauri Pekanpää
An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.
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Professori Masa (1949)
Character: Mathias Kaarivaara 'Matti Vaara'
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down.
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Avioliittoyhtiö (1942)
Character: Paavo Kannas
Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beautiful face behind glasses and her curls under a scarf.
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Amor hoi! (1950)
Character: Charles Thompson Jr.
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 and Tuula's infatuation causes a stir inside the college and in a restaurant in Helsinki, where Tuula starts performing as the singer Irina Meller.
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Maailman kaunein tyttö (1953)
Character: Jack Coleman
Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.
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Valkoiset ruusut (1943)
Character: Arvo Helavalta
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.
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SF-paraati (1940)
Character: Tanu Paalu
A love story between a taxi driver and a travel guide in the form of a musical.
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Nina ja Erik (1960)
Character: Tauno Vaara
Nina, Erik, and Heikki are charged in court and receive prison sentences, with the girl receiving a suspended sentence. Erik's father Tauno returns home and finds Nina waiting for him. The girl recounts the events that led to the situation, which are presented in flashback.
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Kulkurin valssi (1941)
Character: Arnold
St.Petersburg, 1830. An arrogant Finnish baron is playing cards with a Russian officer. Needless to say, the Finn wins and the Russian gets extremely annoyed. The situation is not helped by the fact that the baron has been seeing a girl that the Russian officer has also set his eyes on. They decide to have a duel and after the Finn wins fair and square, he has to escape because the untrustworthy Russians are after him.
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Tuntematon sotilas (1955)
Character: Sarastie
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
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Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (1961)
Character: Dr. Olavi Aitamaa
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 found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
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Vaivaisukon morsian (1944)
Character: Elias Matinpoika Berg
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 despair, he experiences a religious awakening, which is supported by Antti, who is in love with Anna, and some of the villagers. The pastor sees the revivalist movement as a threat to himself, the church, and public order.
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Rosvo Roope (1949)
Character: Robert
In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becomes Roope the Pirate, the most famous pirate in the Baltic Sea, whose legendary life includes scheming and partying, sword fights and women's adventures.
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Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa (1959)
Character: Kari Kivi / Max Östermalm
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring is eventually crushed.
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Neiti talonmies (1955)
Character: Kuusi
After her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opposition of Principal Kuusi, she decides to take the matriculation examination and, in order to improve her writing skills, responds to a correspondence advertisement placed by the mysterious Master Ahtojää.
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Niskavuoren naiset (1938)
Character: Aarne 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 when Aarne falls in love with her.
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Nukkekauppias ja kaunis Lilith (1955)
Character: General Commander
A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.
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Serenaadi sotatorvella eli sotamies Paavosen tuurihousut (1939)
Character: Jyrki Harteinen
Soldiers conducting combat exercises in the area attract women more than civilians, as Raakki-Kustaa and cantor Sylvester learn to their cost. Private Malakias charms the cowgirl Sandra with his smooth talk. Major Jyrki's manly appearance appeals to the charming lady of the manor, Oilia.
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Vaimoke (1936)
Character: Esko Latva
Esko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when she finds about the bet, she agrees to marry him in order to get her revenge.
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Kolmiapila (1953)
Character: Olavi
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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Onni pyörii (1942)
Character: Kauko Maja
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.
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Kaikki rakastavat (1935)
Character: Arvo Lähde
The romantic musical comedy Kaikki rakastavat is a key work in Finnish film history since it was the first feature film of Valentin Vaala as the house director of Suomi-Filmi and the film which launched the most beloved screen couple of Finland, Tauno Palo and Ansa Ikonen.
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Kanavan laidalla (1949)
Character: Musta-Mikko
Eerikki Lind, a young university student working as a sailor, falls in love with the beautiful Kirsti on the canal. The budding Midsummer romance between the young people is overshadowed by jealousy and the tragic love story of Kirsti's parents.
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Viikon tyttö (1946)
Character: Antti Ahola
The press gets excited about a girl from a fish factory who accidentally wins the Girl of the Week beauty contest and writes an imaginative story about her as a millionaire heiress. Soon, the factory manager's son and socialites who want a share of her publicity are competing for her attention.
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Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina (1941)
Character: Engelbert von Leijoncrona
At the eve of Crimean war orphaned Regina lives with her grandmother in a small cabin near a lavish villa. As the summer approaches there is great anticipation of a big ball to be held.
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Kasarmin tytär (1954)
Character: N/A
The engagement announcement of Irmeli, an orphan girl who grew up in the barracks, and Olavi, a musician serving in the military, upsets the girl's guardians and the director of the military home, who begin plotting to prevent what they consider an unsuitable union.
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Herra ja ylhäisyys (1944)
Character: T.J.A Heikkilä
Lieutenant General T.J.A. Heikkilä travels to the Republic of Sierranueva together with his military servant Tlaca and Captain Silvio. The trio uncovers political machinations and helps the righteous marquis don Ramiro. Women can't resist the handsome Heikkilä, who takes the heart of even the beautiful Camilla.
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Mies tältä tähdeltä (1958)
Character: Paavo Lampinen
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.
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Hilja – maitotyttö (1953)
Character: Kalevi
Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday
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Koskenkylän laulu (1947)
Character: Reino Köyri
Reino Köyri the son of a wealthy house falls off a horse and ends up at Liuhala's cottage to be treated by Venla. There he falls in love with the daughter of the house Anna. The couple’s cohabitation is hampered by previous commitments and ambiguities in kinship.
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Juurakon Hulda (1937)
Character: Kaarle Soratie
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 starts taking evening classes. Keeping her studies secret from her employer for years, she eventually graduates from the university and becomes candidate in the parliamentary election, stressing women's and working people's rights. Romance with Judge Soratie finally ensues.
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Pimeänpirtin hävitys (1947)
Character: Otto von Holten
Set in 19th century country side and a small town. Leni and later her daughter Hanni living in Pimeänpirtti croft are seduced by Otto von Holten, the Patron of Kankaanpää Estate.
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Härmästä poikia kymmenen (1950)
Character: Isoo-Antti
Based upon the popular folk song, the film tells the story of two men who want to test the new Sheriff, who has new policies to put in place.
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Risti ja liekki (1957)
Character: Olavi Gideoninpoika
Set in early 16th century Finland, a knight Olavi Gideoninpoika meets Mirjam Raakelintytär and falls in love. Mirjami hides in a monastery disguised as a choir boy, but is revealed by a monk Rasmus, who also desires her, and is put on trial.
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Laulava sydän (1948)
Character: Aarno Harjus 'Con Amore'
Bank clerk Aarno Harjus is dismissed from his job due to false criminal allegations, and at the same time his wife leaves him. With the help of his friend, Detective Inspector Erä, Harjus gets the opportunity to appear on the radio under the pseudonym Con Amore. Like many other women, nurse Rauni also becomes interested in the handsome singer.
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Hän tuli ikkunasta (1952)
Character: Tom Mack
Tom Mack falls in love with fashion designer Leila Linna. Romance develops, with a little diamond smuggling to keep things interesting.
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Koskenlaskijan morsian (1937)
Character: Juhani
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 happiness of Hanna, who has fallen in love with Antti of Rehti Koskenalusta, is threatened by the evil and dangerous Korpikoski.
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Niskavuori taistelee (1957)
Character: Juhani Mattila / Juhani Niskavuori
The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.
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Silmät hämärässä (1952)
Character: The Sergeant
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
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Niskavuoren Aarne (1954)
Character: Aarne Niskavuori
Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.
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