Carl Mesterton
Carl Wilhelm Ossian Mesterton (born 21 November 1929 in Helsinki) is a Finnish television director, screenwriter and actor. The most well-known and popular of Mesterton's TV directions are "Metsolat" (1993–1995), a family chronicle of a small-scale farming family in Kainuu, and "Hovimäki" (1999–2003), a drama following the stages of the Lindhof noble family and the Seppä croft family in three different centuries. Mesterton has written the series together with his wife Anna-Lisa Mesterton, among others. Mesterton has also starred in bigger and smaller roles in films and television, such as Markku Pölönen's "Onnen maassa" (1993), Jaakko Pakkasvirta's Kafka filmatization "Linna" (1986) and in the TV series "Barr" (1984) directed by Reima Kekäläinen and dramatized from Paavo Haavikko's own novel. . Mesterton also worked as one of the assistant directors in the film "Reds" (1981), partly shot by Warren Beatty in Finland.
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as SaarnamiesNostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son"...
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as PortsariHese, the shy owner of a video company, travels on a moped to film a commissioned Christmas...
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as Sihteeri ErlangenBased on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of...
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as YlilääkäriA newly graduated nurse Tuulikki starts a job in a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital. Her...
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as Nurmi (uncredited)Sisters Pirkko and Brita travel to Aulango together with their landlady Sigrid to look for...
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as Officer (uncredited)Pianist Lauri Alango and his wife Annina's fortune is cracked when opera diva Delia Rosati...
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