Oke Tuuri
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Oke Tuuri.
Born: February 4, 1909
Place of Birth: Hanko, 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.
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.
"Minä elän"
The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
Laivan kannella
Young sailor Arvi falls in love with a dance girl Kerttu in a Spanish tavern, who says that she is half-Finnish and wants to go find her real father.
Hilmanpäivät
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Lännen lokarin veli
Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
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.
Salakuljettajan laulu
Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.
Filmography
as Tippavaaran vanhaisäntä
as Arpinaama
as Eemeli Saarikko
as Kalle Korpioja
as Ville
as Skipper (uncredited)
as Tossu Vetelä
as (uncredited)
as Puosu
as Sulo Hurmalainen
as Alpertti
as Ville Lipponen
as (uncredited)
as Salmi
as Justus
as Chief
as Mishka
as (uncredited)
as Pedro
as Pätkä
as Aaleppi
as Poke
as Justus Länkelä
as Riku
as Jaska
as Risto
as Aaretti
as Teutori
as Taneli
as Soho
as Bronza
as Iivari
as Galilo Varavaara
as Haanpää
as (uncredited)