Valentin Vaala

Born: 1909-10-11

Valentin Vaala was born in 1909 Helsinki to a Russian-Finnish family. Vaala began his career in the 20s and was noticed in Finland for his international and modern style. Overall his career was a long one, and he ended up directing 44 feature films between 1929 and 1963.

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Mustat silmät

as Ra-Dorek
Released: 1929-04-29

Valentin Vaala's (and Teuvo Tulio's) first film. Only fragments survive.

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Kun isä tahtoo…

as Manne Hietikko
Released: 1935-09-08

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Vaalan kamerat pyörivät

as himself
Released: 1937-01-01

Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in...

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