Martti Katajisto
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 6, 1926
Place of Birth: Parkano, Finland
Known For
The Swan and the Wanderer
The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.
People in the Summer Night
A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Yhden yön hinta
The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
Maija löytää sävelen
Concertmaster Orasto and his pianist wife Elna hire Maija, who has been treated harshly by life, as their domestic helper. Erkki, the composer son of a noisy family of musicians, falls in love with Maija, but difficulties pile up in the way of the young couple's happiness.
Niskavuoren Heta
Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assisted by their loyal maid Siipirikko.
The Doll Merchant
A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.
Sven Tuuva the Hero
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.
Niskavuori taistelee
The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.
Nuoruus sumussa
Three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.
Hormoonit valloillaan
Väinö Kehkonen, the head of a Helsinki-based construction company, takes his wife and the Ärmälä couple to Dr. Puosu for a rejuvenating hormone injection, which causes them to behave like children. The director, previously known for his lack of drive, gains energy and enthusiasm from the injection, both in his business and personal life.
Filmography
as T. J. Särkkä
as Eino Haavisto
as Matti Virtanen
as Birger Bloms
as Erik Vaara
as Väinö Virtanen
as Paavo Niskavuori
as Doll Merchant
as Gabriel Linsén
as Klaus Toivola
as Jaakko
as Asko
as Carl-Magnus Schildt
as Erkki Orasto
as Jean Sibelius (uncredited)
as ylioppilas Eerikki Lind
as Pelle Teiri, konttoristi
as Prince Florestan
as Nokia
as nuori mies
as (uncredited)
as Einar (uncredited)
as (uncredited)