Risto Jarva

Directing

Biography

Risto Jarva was a leading filmmaker in the Finnish cinema of the 1960's and the 1970's as well as one of the founders of the production company Filminor. He died aged 43 in a car accident on his way home from the premiere of his now classic film The Year of the Hare (1977).

Born: July 15, 1934

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

Known For

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One Man's War

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many hardships.

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Loma

After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter Olympics he's packed for. It's the early days of package tourism, and he is too shy and clueless to really sort out any of his problems — a suitcase filled with women's clothes, a flirtatious female roommate, and no money to buy food since he was prepared for full room & board in Austria.

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Onnenpeli

Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight attendant girlfriend Leena.

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Risto Jarva, My Colleague

Finnish TV documentary featuring archival interview footage of Jarva and clips from his films

Filmography

1984

Risto Jarva, My Colleague

as Self

1976

Loma

as Bank customer / Man reading newspaper

1974

One Man's War

as Interview / Man in restaurant

1965

Onnenpeli