Elina Salo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elina Salo (born 9 March 1936 in Sipoo, Finland) is a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo has appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elina Salo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Match Factory Girl
as MotherIris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of...
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Le Havre
as ClaireIn the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path...
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The Man Without a Past
as Dock ClerkArriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously...
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Hamlet Goes Business
as GertrudWhen Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle...
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Drifting Clouds
as Mrs. SjöholmThe ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband,...
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Juha
as Shemeikka's SisterA farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker,...
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Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
as Hotel ReceptionistTwo Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
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Pedon merkki
as SairaanhoitajaSet during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
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The Snow Queen
as Pohjoisen velhoA Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The...
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Scandal in the Girls' School
as Liisi KortmanThe headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the...
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Rintamalotta
as SoilikkiIrma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new...
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Minkkiturkki
as LiisaA story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
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Petos
as postikonttorin kassanhoitajaThe very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a...
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Sotapojan heilat
as Sirkka KolehmainenA military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
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Kultainen vasikka
as Lahja AhlroosFinnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
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A Stranger Came by Train
as uncreditedAn American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality...
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Inspector Palmu's Error
as Airi RykämöA closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous...
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Nonstop
as Mother (voice)A revolver changes hands seven times, each time serving a different purpose shot in a film style...
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Iloinen Linnanmäki
as TuijaTwo competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement...
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A Worker's Diary
as Ritva Margaret Vehoniemi, o.s. MattilaJuhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see...
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Linna
as MizziBased on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of...
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Kulkurin masurkka
as AnnikkiA story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and...
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The Farewell
as uncreditedSet between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally...
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Gas, Inspector Palmu!
as Kirsti SkrofA rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is...
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Patarouva
as Kastehelmi Seppälä, patarouvaKaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his...
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Tie pimeään
as Anita SalmelaKlaus Grahn is a young student frustrated with his life. In an attempt to break free from his...
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Nitro League
as uncreditedAn jolly gang of elderly people plan to rob a bank.
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Kreivi
as ToiniPertti Ylermi Lindgren was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all....
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Justus järjestää kaiken
as BellaJobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl...
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Poet and Muse
as L. OnervaSemi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the...
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Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
as uncreditedBased on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a...
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Vaaksa vaaraa
as Liisa LiljeforsA technician working in the telephony company receives a mysterious packet.
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Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
as IngaThe Vorna brothers search for a hidden valley and its treasures.
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The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
as Narrator (voice)A comical animated opera. A chicken leaves to get birch branches for sauna while the rooster...
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Tyttö tuli taloon
as LuluHitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking...
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Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
as uncreditedRecollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois
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I Have a Tiger
as Äänet (voice)A little boy has a tiger as a pet, but it's a secret. The widemouth of the apartment building is...
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Mumintrollet
as Lilla MyMoomintroll was a Swedish television series about the Moomins 1969 directed by Vivica Bandler...
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