Kirsti Ortola

Kirsti Ortola

Birth : 1924-05-29, Pieksämäki, Finland

Death : 1993-08-29

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Kirsti Ortola

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Plainlands
Mother
Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with Finnish traditions, the brilliant acting, directing, plus the warm, beautiful Finnish summer more than make up for the cultural gap.The story begins with a group of brothers with their families coming up to honour the memory of their recently deceased father. Spending time together, opening old wounds and creating new ones... it all boils down to brotherhood. No matter what happens, brothers take care of their own.
Vieras
A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.
Marked
Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit suicide, and resurrects at the city morgue after being pronounced dead. After the incident, she wanders out direction-less, being pursued by the doctor who treated her and also a strange, tall man.
Meiltähän tämä käy
pääemäntä Anna Tuhkanen
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Janitor's Wife
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?
Myöhästynyt hääyö
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.
Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa
Signe Unelma Johansson
Pastori Jussilainen
Mari
Neiti talonmies
Ansu
The Bridal Wreath
A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
The Milkmaid
Katri
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
(uncredited)
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.
Omena putoaa…
Girl
Lännen lokarin veli
Tootsie (uncredited)
Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
Yhden yön hinta
The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
Eyes in the Dark
Fellow actor
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.
Kulkurin tyttö
Anna
Baron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's daughter, and promises to help save their home. Baroness Olivia Metter falls for the young student and helps him with the rescue plan.
Radio tekee murron
Girl
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
Iita Ratilainen
Rosvo Roope
Barbara Ants
A story set in a 18th-century fantasy-like pirate setting reminiscent of the Caribbean Sea in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland.
Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut
Molli
Pekka Lipponen is trying to trace hidden diamonds before a group of bandits finds them. He enlists his friend Kalle-Kustaa Korkki to help him.
Serenaadiluutnantti
(uncredited)
Koskenkylän laulu
Kirsti Kiisu
Reino Köyri the son of a wealthy house falls off a horse and ends up at Liuhala's cottage to be treated by Venla. There he falls in love with the daughter of the house Anna. The couple’s cohabitation is hampered by previous commitments and ambiguities in kinship.
Nuoruus sumussa
(uncredited)
"Youth Astray" - About three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.