Leif Wager

Leif Wager

Рождение : 1922-02-11, Helsinki, Finland

Смерть : 2002-03-23

История

Leif Christian Wager was a versatile Finnish actor. Appearing in some 75 feature films and musicals.

Профиль

Leif Wager

Фильмы

Raid
vuorineuvos Walden
A police official is assassinated by a sniper through a glass window, this action and its sub sequential investigation introduces us a slew of interesting characters and gets the whole story rolling.
Tuomas Murasen rikos
Thomas Stenwall
Friends, Comrades
Manager Eskeland
The boisterous good humor of Jurmala (Mikk Mikiver), the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the conflict with his all-inclusive greeting "Friends, Comrades." Indeed, the resource he is wrenching from the earth's bowels is necessary to all forms of industrial activity, and is especially necessary for military applications. Thus, he has no reason to fear that he will ever run out of customers. This doesn't prevent him from using every possible means to entice them. At home, his relationship with his wife is not so prosperous, and they resort to some extraordinary means to try and keep on an even keel.
Stiller, Garbo & jag
One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben is the grandson of Mauritz's brother.
The Enchanted Road
Uncle Fabian
Writer and psychiatrist Oscar Parland (1912-1997) narrates this nostalgic story about his early childhood memories and fantasies. Five-year-old Riki spends the summer of 1917 at his cosmopolitan family's summer house by the Gulf of Finland. Surrounded by other children and eccentric adults who speak Swedish, German and Russian, Riki also encounters some fantastic animal characters no one else is able to see.
Päämaja
colonel, Stockholm military agent
Minne av två måndagar
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's "A Memory of Two Mondays".
The City
Joakim
A man has buried himself in women, in religious ecstasy , in vanity and in his belief in so-called artistic activity. His tension and frustration has only increased. And now he gives it all up. Awaits the bailiff. His personal bankruptcy is signed.
Olin nahjuksen vaimo
Kaarlo Kaski
While living separated, Mr. Kaski finds out that her wife has written a book about their marriage. And the book is not very flattering in tone towards Mr. Kaski and his abilities as a man.
Желание петь
1. konstaapeli
Фильм о популярной финской книге песен.
Tähtisumua
Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
Toivo Lahtinen
Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends about Usko (Tommi Rinne) and Toivo (Leif Wager), both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.
Sven Tuuva the Hero
Sandels
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.
Сухой закон
Carolus Koskelin
Фильм реалистично изображает жизнь финского деревенского пролетариата эпохи Сухого закона в начале 1920-х годов. Чтобы спасти свою большую семью от голода, Йосеппи Кенккунен был вынужден нарушить закон. Он тайно создавал и продавал алкоголь. Некоторое время он преуспевал. Его худшие времена были в прошлом, но его незаконные действия не принесли ему счастья; корова Кенккунена умерла, а женщина преждевременно родила больного ребёнка, который вскоре умер. В конце концов, Йосеппи был пойман на продаже бренди сотрудником муниципальной полиции и доставлен в суд. На первый раз он отделался условным сроком и был освобождён…
Näkemiin Helena
Kari Karstela
Siren of the North
Lauri Alanko
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.
Kolmiapila
Jorma
Saariston tyttö
Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää
Mitäs me taiteilijat
Valde Kannel
Tåg norrut
Mauno Jatinen
The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North.
…ja Helena soittaa
Kari Karstela
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
Kesäillan valssi
Lauri Alanko
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.
Rion yö
Leka
Tanssi yli hautojen
Aleksanteri I
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.
Vain kaksi tuntia
alilääkäri Alec von Wentell
Haaviston Leeni
Harri
Läpi usvan
Pertti Jarkamo
Pertti works as telegraph operator on a ship. The ship arrives in Helsinki and Pertti looks forward to meet his mother and the neighbor girl, who he is in love. But his plans change, when he steps into a restaurant with the first officer of the ship on the first ashore.
Pikajuna pohjoiseen
Reino Sompa
The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.
Nuoruus sumussa
Alf Randell
"Youth Astray" - About three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.
Sylvi
Viktor Halling
Hevoshuijari
Kuisma
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
Mauritz Armborg
Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews. The two fall in love and decide to escape to Italy via Denmark where they have planned to get married. There are always complications because Mauritz's grandmother doesn't want him to marry below him - she has decided that Mauritz is to marry the Swedish beauty, Ingeborg Liliecrona.
Puck
Risto Kaarna
Liisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history, everyone does not accept the relationship. In addition, Liisa has her own doubts, and a secret that does not endure the daylight.