Antti Litja
Acting
Biography
Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 – 13 July 2022) was a Finnish actor. He made over 60 film and television appearances since 1959. A prominent figure in Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s, since the mid-1990s he mostly appeared on television. Litja is probably the best known for his roles in the films The Year of the Hare (1977) and The Grump (2014).
Born: February 21, 1938
Place of Birth: Antrea, Finland [now Kamennogorsk, Russia]
Known For
Team Ahma
Stories about things that happen in the line of duty to two good friends working in the volunteer road service.
Sydänjää
The Year of the Hare
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
Vaarallista vapautta
Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in danger.
Kaverille ei jätetä
Kaverille ei jätetä
Kaverille ei jätetä
Kaverille ei jätetä
Kaverille ei jätetä
Kaverille ei jätetä
Filmography
as Grump
as Yöportsari
as Raivio
as Ylilääkäri Soininen
as Isoisä
as Kustantaja
as Pentti Santamaa
as Pentti Kaskeala
as Herman Castrén
as Teppo Hanhijoki
as tutkija Taisto Viljanen, Jessen isä
as Yrjö Härmälä
as Jarl Hautala
as Veijo Läävä
as Yrjö Härmälä
as Kalevi
as Markus Viren
as Jukka Kivekäs
as Ylivääpeli Harju
as Urho Kallio
as Harry Järvi
as Tasavallan Presidentti
as Jaan Tönisson
as Kuitunen
as Makkonen, poliisi
as Allan Blomberg
as Teppo Järvinen
as Pekka Syrjäntaka
as Liikemies Ruokanen
as Antero Aavamaa
as Ossi
as Poliisi
as Rinteelän Aleksi
as Drunkard #1
as Jalmari Roimala
as Hanhivaara
as Hanhivaara
as Antti Kaironen
as Detective Sergeant Hanhivaara
as Dunkku
as Rosvoveli
as Benjamin Sammakko
as Kalevi Karlsson
as Medical Director Manninen
as Koivula
as Ylipormestari
as Paul
as Olli Ruusunen
as Kersantti Tolvanen
as Kaarlo Vatanen
as Aimo Niemi
as Aimo Niemi
as Sotamies Erkkilä
as Pekka
as Jakkarala's Son
as Fritsu Rantamo
as Enska
as (uncredited)