Helge Herala
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Helge Herala.
Born: September 30, 1922
Place of Birth: Hämeenlinna, Finland
Known For
Pikku Ilona ja hänen karitsansa
Ilona, an orphan from the cruel Paksula family, ends up in Helsinki at a children's home for immigrants and from there becomes a foster daughter in the Orpana family, where she begins to sort out the relationship between her war-disabled stepbrother Pentti and his girlfriend Irene.
Virtaset ja Lahtiset
Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children.
Oppenheimerin tapaus
A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer.
Kultainen vasikka
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Pieni luutatyttö
A stepfather forces Liisa, an orphan girl, to leave her small town and go to Helsinki alone to sell brooms. With the help of a friendly vagrant named Maailman-Petteri and a homeless dog named Musti, Liisa prevents a burglary, and a kind police officer named Rinne and his wife help all the homeless people start a new life.
1918
Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.
Raid
Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series. The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-studio. Another policeman takes his own life at his summer home. A young woman, an executive with a powerful electronics concern, also commits suicide. Her embittered father suspects foul play and he invites Raid, the woman's former boyfriend to "make inquiries". Meanwhile, the police are looking for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end. The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction.
Natalia
Sammeli from Näljängä and Einari from Haataja, who were hunting bears, encounter Natalia, a cow that has crossed the eastern border. In the name of friendship between neighboring countries, Natalia is asked to return to the Soviet Union.
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.
Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu
A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes problems for the police.
Filmography
as Keisari
as Vanha Ollikainen
as Eino Raviola
as Wolf Greg
as Opettaja
as Kansakoulunopettaja
as Birger
as Kauppias
as poliisipäällikkö
as Häivä
as hovimestari/komisario
as Koppiaismäki
as Captain
as Vihtori 'Vikki' Kivioja
as Vihtori Kivioja
as Rautahanska
as Salaisen palvelun upseeri Boris T. Pash - Todistaja
as Kustaa Korpinen
as Valpas
as Tommi Vorna
as Dr. Petteri Holma
as Carl Gustaf Vadenblick
as Gustaf Stjernfelt
as Bill Patton
as Jaakko Honka
as Jakob 'Jaska' Ryhtilä
as Saku
as Hugo Ström
as pakukuski
as Veka
as Tauno Routa
as Matti Kaarna
as Rantala
as Hastig
as Yhdysvaltain sotilasasiamies (uncredited)
as Olavi Kautonen
as Mikko
as (uncredited)
as Jaakko Halla
as Kauko
as Heikki Huotari
as Hallin Janne