Elvi Saarnio
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Elvi Saarnio.
Born: May 28, 1919
Place of Birth: Kotka, Finland
Known For
Herra Huu – jestapa jepulis penikat sipuliks
Lonely ghost Mister Who goes around scaring orphan kids in this Finnish children's musical.
Here, Beneath the North Star
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.
…ja Helena soittaa
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.
The Bridal Wreath
A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
Asessorin naishuolet
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.
Näkemiin Helena
A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Lain mukaan
Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.
Kolmiapila
A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the children who have arrived there and their fates.
Flame Top
This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
Filmography
as Old Lady
as Pyöräilevä nainen
as Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)
as Nakkikioskin myyjä
as Aunt Elvi
as Ulla's Mother (uncredited)
as Mari
as Serafiina Lundelin
as Sohvi
as Cleaner
as Vieno's Friend
as Mrs. Saarikko
as Manta
as Katri
as Saimi
as old maid Suhonen
as Amanta
as Sika-Mari
as Rosina Käkriäinen
as Vilma Supfkopf
as Friendly woman
as Riikka
as Miina
as 3. nainen
as Elvi
as Martta
as Katutyttö
as Sika-Leena
as Anushka
as Laila Niemikkö, "toimeton nainen"
as Maid
as (uncredited)