Kari Väänänen
Kari Kyösti Väänänen (born 17 September 1953 in Ivalo) is a Finnish actor and director. Domestically he is a member of the Ryhmäteatteri group of actors. He was introduced to international audiences by Aki Kaurismäki; and belongs to the list of his "trusted" stable of actors. His most challenging role has been the eponymous mafia hitman of Rosso, for which he learned all his lines phonetically, without previously speaking a word of Italian. Kari Väänänen was featured in Star Wreck, a Finnish sci-fi parody where he played the Russian president. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film Night on Earth. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Night on Earth
as Man #1 HelsinkiAn anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable...
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America
as Igor (Village Idiot)The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America...
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The Missile
as Uutis-SeppoChristmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina, a single mother, is fired from her job in a...
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Christmas Story
as IisakkiHundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident....
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La Vie de Bohème
as SchaunardThree penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no...
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Drifting Clouds
as LauriThe ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband,...
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Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
as President UljanovStar Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart...
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The Last Border
as BorkaOne man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world
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Ambush
as Corporal Tauno SnickerIt is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A...
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Hamlet Goes Business
as Lauri PoloniusWhen Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle...
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Calamari Union
as FrankA group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their...
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Spy Games
as CabbieA romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene...
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Master Cheng
as RomppainenCheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the...
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The House of Branching Love
as NiiloA sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching...
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Let My People Go!
as Mr. TiilikainenEveryone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and...
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Train Birds
as Asko, MilchfahrerHannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the...
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The Tough Ones
as TörnqvistThe Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the...
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The Unknown Soldier
as LammioSecond silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on...
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Lapland Odyssey 3
as Räihäsen isäIn the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of...
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The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
as Leevi SammakkoYoung Alex Sammako has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them...
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
as The MuteAfter years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to...
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Backwood Philosopher
as SeveriSelf-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu...
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V2: Dead Angel
as Police Lieutenant Usko SaastamoinenThe tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find...
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Dirty Hands
as IvanA political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is...
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Honey Baby
as der Große EnricoAn American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the...
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Bad Luck Love
as HeinonenA shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more...
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Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as AlexAlex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi...
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Trench Road
as Jarmo KesämaaAfter his wife leaves him, a man becomes obsessed getting his family back together by buying an...
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Amazon
as KariWidowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A...
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The Grump: In Search of an Escort
as TarmoGrump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is...
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Land of Love
as Hannu Rinta-PerkiöA comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds...
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
as NarratorA new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking...
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One Foot Under
as SalmelaVisa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering...
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Lakeuden kutsu
as Erkki HakalaBusinessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal...
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Ripa Hits the Skids
as LynkkynenA week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is...
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We Are the Pirates of the Roads
as Hurja-KaarloThe Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing...
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Zombie and the Ghost Train
as Upseeri (voice)Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several...
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Iron Horsemen
as DarlingBad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one...
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Jon
as JonStory of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory...
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Kiwi Christmas
as SantaFed up with the materialism of Christmas, Santa runs away to New Zealand for a summer holiday....
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Rosso
as RossoGiancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific...
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Onni von Sopanen
as P.E. teacher11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.
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Fingerpori
as HomeliusLive action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip...
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Underwater Iceland
as NarratorMarko Röhr's film crew takes the viewer to Europe's last unexplored area: Iceland's unique...
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Ylösnousemus
as Touko HeinävesiA man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.
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Apinan vuosi
as ReneA young student seeks direction in his life to counterbalance the studies through female adventures.
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Cha Cha Cha
as Kari PöllänenA lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to...
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Pedon merkki
as Nuori kapteeniSet during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
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Paper Star
as Ilja KulovaaraAnna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her...
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Dolly and Her Lover
as Detective KaristoDetective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his...
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Bohemian Eyes
as SelfDocumentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.
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Ryhmäteatteri
as uncreditedDocumentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.
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The Rise and Fall of a Friendship
as Jalo RautakumpuThe egocentric author Jalo Rautakumpu welcomes a visitor to his cabin in the Lappish wilderness....
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Viimeiset rotannahat
as uncreditedAnssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this...
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Näkemiin, hyvästi
as uncreditedWhen a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn...
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Älä itke Iines
as uncreditedÄlä itke Iines is an absurd comedy about an eccentric community that lives on the roofs and...
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Goodbye Gibraltar
as JormaGoodbye Gibraltar, directed by Ulrika Bengst, is a film about reconciliation, encountering...
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Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
as Kalevi RepoKylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television...
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The Hobbits
as AragornHobitit is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on...
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The Man Who Died
as Lääkäri JärvinenJaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by...
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