Jukka-Pekka Palo

Jukka-Pekka Palo

Birth : 1954-08-07, Helsinki, Finland

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Jukka-Pekka Palo

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Mato
Marjaleena, Miss Finland's 2nd princess from decades ago, runs a bar on the Spanish sunny coast with her son Vili and her retired sidekick Mikko. Their carefree lives are cut short when the trio learns that Marjaleena's ex-husband Mato is about to be released from prison after a long sentence. Mato plans to retire to the sunshine coast to enjoy the spoils of robbery with his new lover and drive Marjaleena, Mikko and Vili out of their bar. But that's no good for the betrayed trio, who want their share of the millions.
Love Records
Roger Lindberg
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.
The Mine
Tekirin toimitusjohtaja
A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.
Vares - The Sheriff
Kalle Shostakovitsh
Jussi Vares find two bodies of Turku outskirts of women, which has been shot in the head, and the man whose body is full of runes similar to the cuts, which suggest that the murder would have been part of the dark ritual. A year later, Vares is hired to investigate these homicides. Cable Wires take Varesta towards Turku underworld dominant invisible godfather, sheriff. Sheriff is the man whom nobody knows and we do not discuss. Vares drifts dangerously close to the "jury", the secret underworld lord clubs, the members of the human spirit is a cheap commodity. Rummaging through the case Vares get too close to the truth.
The Inspector
Talkkari
Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.
Bohemian Eyes
Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.
The Prince of Soap
Kanavajohtaja Kalela
Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself and the star. Jealous producer Raakel does everything she can to destroy Ilona's plans.
An Eye for an Eye
Martti Saari
The Champion
Torsten Eriksson
Shadows in Paradise
Third Man
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.
Flight North
Ragnar
Johanna (Katharina Thalbach) has fled Nazi Germany to visit a friend in Finland, and from there she continues on to her friend's family's estate. Once at the estate, Johanna passionately argues with her friend's pro-Nazi brother and at the same time, falls for the second, good-looking brother who shares her own anti-fascist feelings. The two are soon engaged in an active sexual relationship that continues as they travel north to an Arctic port.
Harmagedon
Film by Juha Rosma
Menestyksen maku
Martti Joenpää
Sign of the Beast
Luutnantti Valonen
Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
The Breakthrough
Police officer (uncredited)
A student film.
An Unknown Friend
Risto Antero Ahvenainen
The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.