Pentti Auer

Pentti Auer

Birth : 1931-05-21, Lammi, Finland

Death : 2004-02-03

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Pentti Auer

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The Man Without a Past
Chief Bureaucrat
A man arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track.
Juha
Shemeikka's Guest
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Drifting Clouds
Buyer of Dubrovnik
Tram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a headwaitress is closed. Too proud, to receive money from the social welfare system, they hardly try to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one disaster is followed by the next. Finally, their courage, confidence, and their unbreakable love triumph over the fate.
The Champion
Jouni Tossavainen
Cha Cha Cha
Tailor
A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä (Matti Pellonpää), a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!
Ariel
Skipper (voice) (uncredited)
Taisto Kasurinen is a Finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving the country and starting a new life. He escapes from prison but things don't go as planned...
Hamlet Goes Business
Father / Ghost
A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.
Rare, Medium, Well Done
Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.
Crime and Punishment
Kari Honkanen
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
Regina ja miehet
Pena
Regina ja miehet
Still Photographer
The Worthless
Boss
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.
Toto
Kurt
A group of three male friends with domestic problems behave badly.
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants her to marry another man than his sober personality wants.
The Holy Family
The Hair
Property Master
A middle-aged man becomes deeply involved with the affairs and criminal connections of a mysterious girl.
The Sheep Eaters
Humalainen soutaja
Valtteri and Sepe, two ordinary white-collar guys from southern Finland drive up north to implement a plan they've been hatching for months. Because they simply love the taste of lamb, baked "robber-style" in a hole dug under a campfire, they forge their car's number plates and other important documents just to be able to poach sheep grazing on the roadside without getting caught. Lots of man talk around the campfire, aided by lots of booze. The summer may be wet, but the vodka is definitely dry.
Toivelauluja
(uncredited)
A film centered around a popular Finnish song book
The Scarlet Dove
(uncredited)
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
Myöhästynyt hääyö
"B" Camera Operator
Otto and Kaija have celebrated their surprise wedding, but after a coctail party nothing between them is the same as Otto does not remember what actually happened, and the mess is ready when Otto's American uncle who hates women comes for a visit.
1918
"B" Camera Operator
Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.
Musta rakkaus
"B" Camera Operator
Marjatta lives in poor conditions in Tampere with her widowed father Arttu who works as a factory worker. Marjatta gets to know engineering student Pauli whose constantly worsening mental health problems and jealousy become a threat to Marjatta and her close circle.
Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa
"B" Camera Operator
Viisi vekkulia
"B" Camera Operator
Pastori Jussilainen
"B" Camera Operator
Neiti talonmies
"B" Camera Operator
Isän vanha ja uusi
"B" Camera Operator
An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.
Veteraanin voitto
"B" Camera Operator
Onni etsii asuntoa
Assistant Camera
Onni etsii asuntoa
(uncredited)
Majuri maantieltä
Assistant Camera
Majuri maantieltä
Auer (uncredited)
Taikayö
"B" Camera Operator
Hilmanpäivät
"B" Camera Operator
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Mä oksalla ylimmällä
"B" Camera Operator
A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.
The Milkmaid
"B" Camera Operator
Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday
Me tulemme taas
"B" Camera Operator
The film tells the story of the romance between the timber rafters and widow Kaisa, her daughter Satu and Katri from Karkela. Problems are caused by the men in the village, especially the Master of Karkela, who has his own plans for widow's land.
Pekka Puupää
"B" Camera Operator
Pete and Runt set up a kindergarten at their home, and unknowingly end up taking care of a kidnapped baby.
Lentävä kalakukko
"B" Camera Operator
Varsovan laulu
(uncredited)
A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Muhoksen Mimmi
"B" Camera Operator
Komppanian neropatit
"B" Camera Operator
Lännen lokarin veli
"B" Camera Operator
Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
Mitäs me taiteilijat
Assistant Camera
Rion yö
Assistant Camera
Kenraalin morsian
Grip
Vain laulajapoikia
Assistant Camera
Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
Assistant Camera
Katarina kaunis leski
Assistant Camera
Finland late 1700s. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus Schildt.
Katarina kaunis leski
(uncredited)
Finland late 1700s. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus Schildt.
Tanssi yli hautojen
Assistant Camera
In the early 1800s, Finnish governor's daughter first detests but soon falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander I who has just taken Finland over from Sweden's rule.
Maija löytää sävelen
Grip
Tapahtui kaukana
Grip
Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter dislikes. On a lonely skiing-trip across the vast wilderness, the young lady ends up in a shack inhabited by two research engineers and a funny old Lapland man who sees peculiar dreams.
Köyhä laulaja
Grip
Isäpappa ja keltanokka
Grip
Professori Masa
Grip
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down.
Professori Masa
(uncredited)
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down.
Katupeilin takana
Grip
Orpopojan valssi
Grip
Isäntä soittaa hanuria
Grip
Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
Grip
Two children get involved in the adventure as the bustling caretaker Mrs. Aaltoska and crime reporter "Hawkeye" Lipponen start chasing the mysterious criminal league.
Serenaadiluutnantti
Grip
Prinsessa Ruusunen
Grip
Nokea ja kultaa
Grip
Anna Liisa
Second Assistant Camera
Ristikon varjossa
Second Assistant Camera
Suomisen Olli rakastuu
Grip
Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans.
Nainen on valttia
Second Assistant Camera
A famous operette star Kirsti Kalpa escapes her busy and selfish fiance and hides as maid to house of 3 bachelors ( professor, composer and butler) , who basically hate women.