02-10-1908
Birthday
Libra
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
33
Total Films
Also known as (male)
Maarianhamina, Finland
Place of Birth
02-10-1908
Birthday
Libra
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
33
Total Films
Veikko Oskari Salminen
Also Known As (male)
Maarianhamina, Finland
Place of Birth
actor
33 Works
producer
0 Works
director
86 Works
writer
15 Works
other
41 Works
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.Year:
1984
Ihmemies
Year:
1979
Taksikuski
An existential road movie based on a novel of a key Finnish modernist writer.Year:
1969
Asfalttilampaat
A story of a doomed young love in a small narrow-minded town.Year:
1968
Here, Beneath the North Star
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.Year:
1968
Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta
Based on Edvard Radzinsky's play, the story critically examines the difficulties of a Soviet film production.Year:
1967
Tähtisumua
Year:
1961
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 early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.Year:
1958
Paksunahka
A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.Year:
1958
Laivan kannella
Young sailor Arvi falls in love with a dance girl Kerttu in a Spanish tavern, who says that she is half-Finnish and wants to go find her real father.Year:
1954
Laivaston monnit maissa
Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.Year:
1954
Lentävä kalakukko
Year:
1953
Kipparikvartetti
Year:
1952
Tytön huivi
Year:
1951
Rion yö
Year:
1951
Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut
Pekka Lipponen is trying to trace hidden diamonds before a group of bandits finds them. He enlists his friend Kalle-Kustaa Korkki to help him.Year:
1949
Pontevat pommaripojat
Year:
1948
Laulava sydän
Year:
1948
Nuoruus sumussa
Three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.Year:
1946
Rakkauden risti
The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she ends up selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.Year:
1946
En ole kreivitär
Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess and a false one cause misunderstandings. The film won Jussi Awards for filming and staging.Year:
1945
Hiipivä vaara
A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.Year:
1944
Kuollut mies vihastuu
Rainer Sarmo and Mikko Vehmer stumble upon a Russian counterfeit league. They help Leila Varta, who tries to save her brother Raimo from the evil Josef Hakim. The beautiful pianist Maria Lichter is puzzled by the events.Year:
1944
Herra ja ylhäisyys
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.Year:
1944
Ryhmy ja Romppainen
Year:
1941
Viimeinen vieras
Inspector Puosu investigates the murder of smuggler Nelly with journalist Harn. Doubts are directed at wholesaler Antti Rajapalo, whose innocence is believed only by Rajapalo's secretary Ane Arvila.Year:
1941
Kyökin puolella
A romantic story about a rich girl, who is not used to household work, charms many men while working in the "Haukka" manor. The reason for this undercover work is a bet. Despite being a bad cook she soon becomes attracted to engineer Karma.Year:
1940
Punahousut
The tarragon regiment moving to the small town charms the women of the locality. Only trade counsellor Ottilia Mähönen considers them brutal barbarians and is horrified when her daughter Irja gives her room to cavalry master Osmo Kyrö who needs accommodation.Year:
1939
Aktivistit
In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.Year:
1939
Markan tähden
Year:
1938
Poikamiesten holhokki
Year:
1938
Soldier's Bride
Year:
1938
