Ekke Hämäläinen

Ekke Hämäläinen

Birth : 1922-02-14, Mikkeli, Finland

Death : 1981-01-21

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Ekke Hämäläinen

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Trust
Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P.E. Svinhufvud (Vilho Siivola), Senator Carl Enckell (Yrjö Tähtelä) and State Secretary Gustaf Idman (Yrjö Paulo) arrive in St. Petersburg to meet V.I. Lenin (Kirill Lavrov) to gain recognition for the country's independence.
Here, Beneath the North Star
Carl Wallen
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.
The Forbidden Book
An author writes a book about witch persecution and is accused of blasphemy. Maunu Kurkvaara's film has been inspired by the blasphemy trial against the author Hannu Salamaa and Markku Lahtela's novel. The author (Pekka Haukinen) has written a historical novel about witch hunts and has been charged with blasphemy.
Pikku suorasuu
Ström
Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!
Albert
Iloinen Linnanmäki
Turpeinen's lawyer
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.
Kohtalo tekee siirron
Reino Petäjämaa
Three brothers, all with their own problems that could be solved by money, try to come up with a plan to get they share of their uncle's fortune. Then a murder takes place and it is the job of a detective to find out which one of the brothers did it.
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
(uncredited)
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printing plates are desperately searched by the gang and our heroes try to hide from them by travelling to Mallorca, where some of the local hoods try to kill them and retake the missing plates.
Sven Tuuva the Hero
Weber
For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.
Autuas eversti
Arthur
Kahden ladun poikki
Markku
Niskavuori taistelee
Sotilasvirkailija
The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.
Herra sotaministeri
(uncredited)
Evakko
Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
Tyttö tuli taloon
Lillian's date
Tyttö tuli taloon (1956) is a comedy film directed by Veikko Itkonen and written by Roy (Tapio Vilpponen). The film parodies the production methods of Finnish cinema of the time. Hitchhiking girls Eila (Heidi Krohn) and Tilly (Maija Karhi) end up at screenwriter Saku's (Joel Rinne) summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
The Unknown Soldier
Doctor
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
Säkkijärven polkka
Onni etsii asuntoa
(uncredited)
Siren of the North
Karl-Erik Grahn
Directed by Hannu Leminen, Onnaiset (1954) is a romantic drama set in the early 20th century. The film is built around the music of Oskar Merikanto and is an independent sequel to the film Summer Night Waltz. Pianist Lauri Alango (Leif Wager) and his wife Annina (Eeva-Kaarina Volanen) 's fortune is cracked when opera diva Delia Rosati (Maaria Eira) attracts Lauri to accompany her on tour.
The Bridal Wreath
Per
A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
Vagabond King
Martti
The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld (Ekke Hämäläinen), who has returned from the war, is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karinia (Raili Mäki). Chased by the Cossacks, Martin escapes and joins the old Wanderer (Anton Soini). On the way, Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women
Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
Kuollut mies kummittelee
Timo Muura
Sarmo explores the mystery associated with the murder of a landowner and the tangle of crimes, threats, and conspiracies created by a letter he left behind. At the same time Sarmo helps the consuls of imaginary small states of South America in a difficult situation, and charms their daughters.
Eyes in the Dark
The Athlete
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
Kesäillan valssi
Karl-Erik Grahn
A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.
Jossain on railo
Bertil Carénius
Sinut minä tahdon
Erkki Kovalinna
Ruusu ja kulkuri
Paul Hanneborg
Toukokuun taika
Asko Kari
Särkelä itte
Martti Fallsten
Suomisen Olli yllättää
Pauli
Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations with his family is in turmoil. He also finds the sweet life in restaurants more exhilarating than being in the school and reading books for the forthcoming student exams.