Oiva Luhtala
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Oiva Luhtala.
Born: February 11, 1911
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
Kankkulan kaivolla
A radio reporter from Helsinki arrives in the village of Kankkula just before Midsummer to conduct interviews. The old sheriff demands that his nephew Lauri, who serves as the village policeman, continue the generations-old tradition of arresting the old master of Tippavaara, whom the sheriff believes to be brewing moonshine. However, Lauri is in love with the old man's niece Leena, and the couple's plans to get engaged conflict with Lauri's duties.
Kultainen vasikka
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?
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.
Tyttö ja hattu
Mirja finds her grandmother's old hat in the attic and sets off singing along the road with it on her head. On her journey, she meets composer couple Theodor and Thea Tekonen and gets a ride from hat maker Kosonen and his son Ilmari, who falls in love with Mirja. However, the girl continues her journey alone and, with the help of the circus troupe leader, gets to perform at Linnanmäki, where Ilmari finds her again.
"Minä elän"
The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
Koskenlaskijan morsian
Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna. The happiness of Hanna, who has fallen in love with Antti of Rehti Koskenalusta, is threatened by the evil and dangerous Korpikoski.
Anu ja Mikko
Before her death, Anu's mother promises her daughter to the wealthy Junu of Ukonmäki. Anu loves the carpenter Mikko, who, upon hearing of Junu's engagement, leaves for Helsinki. However, Mikko misses Anu and his homeland, to which he returns with modern ideas of factory work and efficiency.
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.
"Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli
At Pösökylä's lodge, Taneli injures her leg in fur hunter Eemel's wolf irons, and Eemeli decides to take up the position of lodge lodge. During the leave of office, Eemeli gives lessons to the rich Petter who rules the village and arranges the engagement of his daughter Ilona to the blacksmith Ilmar. At the same time, the affairs of the coffee bar owner Bertta are also put in order and the prisoner escaper Luukas is caught.
Filmography
as (uncredited)
as Vihtori Vainolainen
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as Shoemaker (uncredited)
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as Janitor
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as Natunen
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as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Juuso Möhlänen (uncredited)
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as Teacher Vainio
as Blacksmith Junnus
as Ryhmy
as Albert Stenvall
as Lukki
as Tlaca
as Ryhmy
as Sergeant Major Kalle Ryhmy
as Reservist with consumption
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as Cpl. Kaartinen
as Olavi
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as Härkänen (uncredited)
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as Peura-Joopi (uncredited)