Matti Mäntylä
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 9, 1945
Place of Birth: Turku, 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.
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.
The Rose of the Rascal
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Pekko ja poika
A child who is the subject of a custody dispute flees from the social welfare authority from Tyräaho to Helsinki with Pekko. In the capital, the friends are helped by Pipsa, Pekko's crush, who joins them on a runaway trip. The press and the people of Tyräaho follow the trio's antics unflinchingly.
FC Venus
Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in Germany. Anna is not excited about Pete's plan to leave her alone for the summer. Therefore Anna decides to present a challenge to Pete: She will form a team from the wives and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players, and then the women's team (FC Venus) would play against FC HeMan. If the women's team wins, the men will have to give up football, and if the men's team wins, the women will never complain about their hobby.
NDA - Salassapitosopimus
26-year old Satu is a high profile press officer at a leading mobile phone giant. When her former co-worker at the daily press disappears mysteriously, she fears a connection between the launch of a new mobile and a secret report how already shipped phones cause brain cancer...
Likainen puolitusina
A group of men arriving to their military refresher training are tasked with finding a lost football bomb meant for a film shoot.
Kaikenlaisia karkulaisia
A loose comedy about escaped convicts.
Shadow of the Eagle
The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.
Sibelius
Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.
Filmography
as Eki Leino
as Mayor
as Tom
as Forsten
as Toivo Kärki
as Toivo Kärki
as Antero Korppu
as Shemeikka
as Manageri
as poliisi
as Tarmo Kaunola
as Ruunar Jansson
as Einari Haataja