
Teija Sopanen
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 26, 1933
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For

Disco and Atomic War
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.

Tyttö tuli taloon
Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.

Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring is eventually crushed.

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a painting is created that wins first prize at a contemporary art exhibition. In the meantime, the men, along with their assistant Miss Kaihokielo, have been charged with art theft. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, the Puupääs use the art prize money to convert the house's bomb shelter into a children's clubroom.

Niskavuoren naiset
A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.

Nuori mylläri
A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to moralistic criticism, even though he is in fact only in love with the tailor's daughter.

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.

Rakastin sinua, Hilde
Two guys love the some girl who just plays with their feelings. Situation damages the friendship of these men and they are tormented as the girl doesn't love back.

Voi veljet, mikä päivä!
Director Emil Rantamo goes with his family to the country for the summer. The family's son Fritsu gets engaged to Tipuli Niemi. Sausage maker Niemi thinks his daughter is engaged to the manager Rantamo himself.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Teija Sopanen
as Hilkka
as (uncredited)
as Lea Westerholm
as Ilona Ahlgren
as Hilkka Koikale
as Marja
as Nana
as Maisa