Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Born: 1934-11-28

Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1958 and 2000. His 1975 film Home for Christmas was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.


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Poet and Muse

as Otto Manninen
Released: 1978-10-13

Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the...

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Valkoinen kääpiö

as Tomas
Released: 1986-02-14

The story of one man's struggle after he gets caught in a nuclear fallout and gets sick with...

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Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

as (uncredited)
Released: 1958-04-25

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Iloinen Linnanmäki

as Sorri
Released: 1960-11-04

Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement...

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Linna

as Sihteeri Bürgel
Released: 1986-09-12

Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of...

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Sotapojan heilat

as Alokas
Released: 1958-08-15

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

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Darling

as Jaska Salmi
Released: 1961-08-18

Tells the story of a young couple using flashbacks.

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Hopeaa rajan takaa

as Ese Wist
Released: 1963-09-20

In the summer of 1941, the Karelian youths Wist and Anttala decide to seek family silver hidden...

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Kesäkapina

as mies irtokynsimainoksessa
Released: 1970-01-23

Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969...

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X-Paroni

as James
Released: 1964-10-30

Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of...

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Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

as Alokas
Released: 1956-06-29

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot...

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Onnenpeli

as Jussi
Released: 1965-10-01

Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister...

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Mies tältä tähdeltä

as Erkki Paarala
Released: 1958-10-31

Office clerk Eero Koskinen prefers to spend his nights drinking and reminiscing the war with his...

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Meren juhlat

as Jaska
Released: 1963-03-01

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Town Is Our Future

as Narrator
Released: 1967-01-18

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