Uuno Montonen
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 21, 1891
Place of Birth: Viipuri, Finland
Known For
Pikku pelimanni
Unemployed Anna leaves her son Olavi to be raised by Antti, a shoemaker. When the shoemaker dies, Olavi is sent to an orphanage, from which he runs away with a cat and a violin under his arm. After many misfortunes, the talented Olavi becomes a student of a professor at a music academy and travels to London to compete in an international violin competition.
Kultainen vasikka
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Minä soitan sinulle illalla
Factory manager Risto Järviö is under his mother's thumb. When his mother forbids him from dancing with factory girl Seija Vaara, Seija decides to make anonymous phone calls to Risto to annoy his controlling mother. Risto falls in love with the voice on the other end of the line and begins to make major changes in his life.
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.
Halveksittu
Merchant Iivari encounters significant challenges in his entrepreneurial career when Merthen, a commercial counselor, attempts to prevent his success. Merthen's daughter Verna falls in love with the honest Iivari, who is not acceptable as a son-in-law to the Merthen family.
Scandal in the Girls' School
The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the students, the warm relationship between two girls is a causing concern.
Hei, rillumarei!
Traveler Severi travels to Helsinki to enjoy some culture, where he meets Sinikka and Simo, who run a buying and selling business. At a customs auction, he buys a painting that businessman Kehveli and his assistants also have their eyes on.
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.
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 Nurmi (uncredited)
as Huhta
as Businessman (uncredited)
as Svanholm
as Lucas (uncredited)
as 1. Vanginvartija
as Walfrid Lillukka
as Abu Kabu (uncredited)
as Speechmaker
as (uncredited)
as Mauno Kuusi (uncredited)
as Äidinkulta-Morris
as Cook
as Saarinen
as (uncredited)
as police officer
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as Koskinen
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as Prisoner
as Anjala (uncredited)
as Valfriiti
as (uncredited)
as Robert Kantola (uncredited)
as Heroiini-Huuko
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as Porter
as Taskula
as Gatekeeper
as Captain
as (uncredited)
as Vihtori Virtanen
as Master Cook
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as konstaapeli Jeparinen
as Muhonen
as Erkki's Father
as (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Barkeeper
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as Dr. Tuneberg
as cantinan posadero Malpicossa
as Antti Blom
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as Karhu
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as Jussi Partanen
as Gabriel (uncredited)
as Strongman
as Kaavio (uncredited)
as Dr. Katajisto (uncredited)
as Eemeli (uncredited)
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as Konstu
as Aabraham Hallavuo (voice) (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Kalle Vikström
as Von Plehwe
as Juho Peltola