Matti Oravisto
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Matti Oravisto.
Born: October 23, 1921
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
The Diver
The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.
Laukaus tehtaalla
The events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.
Oppenheimerin tapaus
A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer.
Varsovan laulu
A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Inspector Palmu's Error
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Evakko
Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
Villi Pohjola
A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
Intohimon vallassa
A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her family in hopes of securing their future, but her husband turns out to be an alcoholic brute of a man and she longs for the man she truly loves. In English known as Passionate Power.
The Brothers
Two brothers, two different lifestyles collide. Eero is a young married man who opens up a print shop and struggles to get it going. Eki is a student with Marxist ideas, although he dates the daughter of a wealthy shipowner.
"Minä elän"
The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
Filmography
as Voice-over
as Doctor Söderqvist
as Sakari Oras
as Kirurgi Brander
as Hermit
as Paavo Ponsimaa
as Professor
as Erik Öhman
as Commandant Carl von Wendt
as Nimismies Kavonkulma
as Assarias Pura
as Father
as Narrator (voice)
as jälkiäänitysääni / Peter Mackus
as Otto Hurme
as kertoja
as kertoja
as Kosti Kula
as Narrator
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Toivo Pajunen
as Kertoja
as Miettinen
as Erkki Takala
as Jaakko
as Kristian Haapanen / Rantanen
as Erik Vaara
as Markus Reinman / Narrator (voice)
as Aarne Lokka
as Priest
as 'Jaska' Hurme
as Martti Ritari
as Tiedustelu-upseeri (uncredited)
as Tauno Tuomaala
as Ville Toikka
as Erik
as Nimismies
as Lauri Huurros
as Vieno
as Usko Siltanen
as Aarne Kalevi
as (uncredited)
as Lauri Koskinen 'Lord Nelson'
as Jaakko Mettinen
as Erkki Pontus
as Narrator
as Harri Adler
as Korpi
as Arvid
as Axel
as (uncredited)
as Niilo
as Student