Lauri Törhönen

Lauri Törhönen

Nacimiento : 1947-08-16, Helsinki, Finland

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Lauri Törhönen

Películas

Vares: Tango of Darkness
Director
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough…
Vares: Gambling Chip
Director
Jussi Vares falls in love with a beautiful brunette - only to lose her in a horrible way. After dating Sole a few weeks, her body is found in a bird-watching tower. The investigations come to a standstill, until Vares promises to solve a mystery of messy denunciation letters. Before the letters reveal their secret, a lot of things happen. A gun-for-hire, Stahanov, gets an assignment. Sole's brother finds his wife in the arms of a wrong man and goes on a rampage, accompanied by a black cat. In the end the clues lead to a familiar person and more death in unavoidable
Vares: Garter Snake
Director
In the heat of the night, a man from faraway plays the piano. In the local hillside prison, a bitter double-crossed convict stares at the city life over the roofs. A revenge is brewing in his mind; the blood-thirsty killer prepares his escape. Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat... In the middle of the summer night, a shot rings out. One life comes to an end and Vares finds changes in his assignment. The clues lead him to first-hand encounters and second-hand bookshops; a visit to the gym reveals a drug-smuggling route from Stockholm... Vares finds himself entangled in hot money and cool silk. In the background slithers a cunning garter snake.
Vares: The Girls of April
Director
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
The Border
Screenplay
The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be wrong ones and correcting them make things worse.
The Border
Director
The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be wrong ones and correcting them make things worse.
Abandoned Houses, Empty Homes
Director
A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.
The Faceless Man
Director
A heavily indebted construction entrepreneur (Tom Pöysti) robs a bank in Jakomäki, Helsinki. He takes two officers (Jonna Järnefelt and Stina Rautelin) and one customer (Dominic Landon) hostage from the bank. In addition to himself, the desperate robber threatens to blow up the hostages if the police who left to follow them try to prevent the escape.
The Faceless Man
Screenplay
A heavily indebted construction entrepreneur (Tom Pöysti) robs a bank in Jakomäki, Helsinki. He takes two officers (Jonna Järnefelt and Stina Rautelin) and one customer (Dominic Landon) hostage from the bank. In addition to himself, the desperate robber threatens to blow up the hostages if the police who left to follow them try to prevent the escape.
Goodbye Trainmen
Shopping Center Caretaker (voice)
Small-town boys Vähy and Hapa are best friends who swear an eternal blood oath. As they grow up, however, their paths drift apart and they both find themselves searching for their place in the world.
Paradise America
Director
Finnish friends escape taxes to Florida.
Insiders
Director
Pullahiiri
Director
A teenager (Sari Puumalainen) starts to suffer from bulimia nervosa after her boyfriend tells her to loose a bit weight. The illness makes her neglect the school and her friends until she realises that she is not alone with her problems.
The Undressing
Production Design
The Undressing
Screenplay
The Undressing
Director
Tandem
Lauri, a menedzser
János is present at one of Tamás's concerts in the country. After the concert, he takes Tamás's son home in his car, while the couple worry about their son's whereabouts. Later they meet again. Once they played together and were good friends, but János left the band and they had to find a new pianist. The new pianist, Zsuzsa, also meets János. The two of them go to see the amateur film made of the one-time band.
Burning Angel
Screenplay
A newly graduated nurse Tuulikki starts a job in a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital. Her innocence is being challenged by both her colleagues and patients. A new patient Katariina has a fire burning deep inside of her.
Burning Angel
Director
A newly graduated nurse Tuulikki starts a job in a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital. Her innocence is being challenged by both her colleagues and patients. A new patient Katariina has a fire burning deep inside of her.
Gorky Park
Second Assistant Director
Tres cadáveres desfigurados aparecen en el parque Gorky, en el centro de Moscú. El detective de policía Arkady Renko se hace cargo de la investigación, pero tropieza con ciertas trabas burocráticas. Por otra parte, el estado de los cuerpos, que presentan numerosas mutilaciones, impide que sean identificados. A medida que la investigación avanza, Renko empieza a sospechar que ciertos miembros de las altas esferas políticas están relacionados con estos asesinatos. Una historia de intriga, espionaje y romance durante la época de la Guerra Fría.
Gorky Park
Director
Tres cadáveres desfigurados aparecen en el parque Gorky, en el centro de Moscú. El detective de policía Arkady Renko se hace cargo de la investigación, pero tropieza con ciertas trabas burocráticas. Por otra parte, el estado de los cuerpos, que presentan numerosas mutilaciones, impide que sean identificados. A medida que la investigación avanza, Renko empieza a sospechar que ciertos miembros de las altas esferas políticas están relacionados con estos asesinatos. Una historia de intriga, espionaje y romance durante la época de la Guerra Fría.
The King Without a Heart
Second Unit Director
The King Without a Heart is a fairytale about of a happy king who has a young daughter and a lovely wife. After the sudden death of his wife, the king becomes so sad that he wants his heart taken out of his chest. The kingdom is turned into an effective society based on reason, and there is no longer place for emotions. When she grows up, the princess tries to make her father see the importance of play and emotions.
The Worthless
Tiina's Boyfriend
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.
Jackpot 2
Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys' sole purpose of life is to play a Flip-Flop pinball machine.
Päivä ennen
Director