Kalevi Kahra
Kalevi Kahra was a Finnish actor with a career that spanned over four decades and included winning the Jussi Award for Best Actor in 1968 for his most highly-regarded performance as the character Adolf Halme in Täällä Pohjantähden alla (English: Here, Beneath the North Star). He served as Chairman of the Finnish Exhibition Union, the country's oldest and largest performing arts trade union, for over two decades, beginning in 1975. While most frequently appearing in comedic works, his biggest successes were in dramatic productions.
The Winter War
as uncreditedRussia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of...
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Plainlands
as TeacherBased on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's...
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The Unknown Soldier
as RecruitIt is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in...
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Lain ulkopuolella
as Police SergeantOn her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man...
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The Wrestler
as PesonenAn ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of...
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Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
as Kenraali GustafsonNew takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy...
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Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
as Kenraali GustafsonSergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both,...
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Sista leken
as färjkarlenIn this somber, psychological drama about the conflict between a man's innermost feelings and a...
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Here, Beneath the North Star
as Adolf HalmeTäällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little...
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Hilmanpäivät
as (uncredited)The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the...
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Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
as Kenraali GustafsonRelations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led...
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
as King of BohemiaA new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking...
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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
as Kenraali GustafsonThe Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States...
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Pedon merkki
as VääpeliSet during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
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Akseli and Elina
as uncreditedA former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the...
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Me tulemme taas
as (uncredited)The film tells the story of the romance between the timber rafters and widow Kaisa, her daughter...
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The Age of Iron
as VäinöRauta-aika (The Age of Iron) is a dramatic four-part miniseries completed in 1982 by Finnish...
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