Tomi Salmela
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 27, 1957
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
Harvoin tarjolla
The Winter War
After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon. A five-part television miniseries extension of Pekka Parikka's 1989 film of the same name.
Night on Earth
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Modernit miehet
Ariel
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
The Winter War
After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.
Land of Hope
Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni’s dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
A grieving heart surgeon struggling with the loss of his wife drifts through an emotionally detached life while raising his teenage daughter. His chance encounter with a dominatrix awakens feelings he thought were gone, drawing him into a dark and unconventional world where pain and desire intertwine.
Purge
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
Never Alone
1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.
Filmography
as Chief of Police Ryynänen
as Kimmo Rantakari
as Doorman
as Eino
as Kymppi
as Matti Räihä
as Puli Pehkonen
as Oikarainen
as Pharmacist
as Militia
as Porakka
as Peitsara
as Korhonen
as Kari
as Haastattelija
as Porakka
as Millas
as Tommi Kaila
as Resuinen mies
as Limppu
as Pastori Antero Rikkilä
as Keijo
as Juhan Luiga
as veturinkuljettaja
as Lumberjack
as Römppä-Aslak
as Truck Driver
as Gimli
as Kaijan miesystävä
as Simo "Sippi" Ojala
as Aki
as Matti Ylinen
as Kameramies
as Captain Riikola
as Matti Ylinen
as Ylikomisario Hakkarainen
as Guard
as Samson
as Killer