Tauno Palo
Acting
Biography
Tauno Valdemar Palo (October 25, 1908 - May 24, 1982) was a Finnish actor and singer. He is one of the most iconic and beloved performers in Finnish cinema.
Born: October 25, 1908
Place of Birth: Hämeenlinna, Finland
Known For
Puck
Liisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history, everyone does not accept the relationship. In addition, Liisa has her own doubts, and a secret that does not endure the daylight.
The Unknown Soldier
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
Silmät hämärässä
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
Vaalan kamerat pyörivät
Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in summer 1937. Both are Valentin Vaala's guitars from Hella Wuolijoki's plays: Juurako Hulda (1937) and Niskavuori Naisten (1938).
Omena putoaa…
Ilona Jonsson deceives the old industrialist Österberg. He takes pity on the poor girl, who looks like the doppelganger of his dead daughter. Also involved in the plot are Ilona's father, who was supposedly at sea but has just been released from prison, his accomplices Murto-Kalle and Ventti-Ville, a rival criminal gang, and the councilor's relatives, who are guarding their inheritance money.
Avioliittoyhtiö
Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beautiful face behind glasses and her curls under a scarf.
Mieheke
Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently married and then gets a stranger from a nearby restaurant to pose as her husband. Complications arise when they have to continue their charade.
Kuriton sukupolvi
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Helsingin kuuluisin liikemies
Mattila's relatives Konstu and Fransi travel to Helsinki to meet their friend Kalle Liljepeki, who runs a failing general store in Sörnäis. The companions get Maiki, the daughter of the house, and Sundi, a forest consultant. A lot of misunderstandings arise and a story about the devil in Kalle's shop.
Juurakon Hulda
Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common sense, and starts taking evening classes. Keeping her studies secret from her employer for years, she eventually graduates from the university and becomes candidate in the parliamentary election, stressing women's and working people's rights. Romance with Judge Soratie finally ensues.
Filmography
as Dr. Olavi Aitamaa
as Tauno Vaara
as Kari Kivi / Max Östermalm
as Rolf Bergas
as Paavo Lampinen
as Juhani Mattila / Juhani Niskavuori
as Reinhold Varavaara
as Olavi Gideoninpoika
as Yrjö Hartti
as Sarastie
as Kuusi
as General Commander
as Mauri Pekanpää
as Yrjö
as Aarne Niskavuori
as Reino Laurila
as Kalevi
as Kalervo Karhi
as Olavi
as Jack Coleman
as Ventti-Ville
as Tom Mack
as The Sergeant
as Turkka
as Lennart Qvist
as Isoo-Antti
as Charles Thompson Jr.
as Mathias Kaarivaara 'Matti Vaara'
as Musta-Mikko
as Robert
as Aarno Harjus 'Con Amore'
as Jukka Kyrö
as Reino Köyri
as Otto von Holten
as Juhani Niskavuori
as Antti Ahola
as Rainer Leimu
as Timo Lehtonen
as T.J.A Heikkilä
as Elias Matinpoika Berg
as Arvo Helavalta
as Raimo Kaarna
as Paavo Kannas
as Kauko Maja
as Kalevi Kari
as Engelbert von Leijoncrona
as Arnold
as Himanen
as Tanu Paalu
as Mauri Lehtola
as Jyrki Harteinen
as Aarne Horn
as Jaakko Kotka
as Robert Harmaalahti
as Kalpa
as Aarne Niskavuori
as Kaarle Soratie
as Juhani
as Himself
as Reino Lahtinen
as Esko Latva
as Arvo Lähde
as Martti