
Veikko Itkonen
Directing
Biography
Veikko Itkonen (1919–1990) was a Finnish film director and producer.
Born: April 16, 1919
Place of Birth: Kauniainen, Finland
Known For

With the Reindeer
A short film about Lapland

Rivilotta

Tähtisilmä
Poor orphan coffee delivery girl loves a poor painter who can't sell his artworks. Painter likes delivery girl, but has stuck in a friend zone. Delivery girl tries to help the painter to get forward in his career, but meanwhile a rich woman becomes too interested towards the painter.

Maailman kaunein tyttö
Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.

Money!!
The history of money in Finland with a "candid camera" segment of people reacting to a banknote glued to the street.

Synnitön lankeemus
Timo plays a jealous husband who shoots his wife's lover on stage. The theater director urges the shy young man to gain experience with women and guns before the premiere. Both become familiar when Timo gets caught up in the schemes of his fellow actress Aili and a Russian spy ring.

Nuoria ihmisiä
Young inventor Janne is lonely. He falls in love with beautiful girls, but his feelings are not reciprocated. Heartbreak and failure rob Janne of his will to live.

Ballaadi
At the request of author Zacharias, Fredrik begins composing an opera, inspired by a summer walk in Backas, Espoo. He falls in love with Ebba, who sings like a nightingale about a young mermaid on the shore of the lake. Fredrik's infatuation causes a scandal in Helsinki society circles, as he is married.

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.

Aseveljeyden sankarit
An accurate description of the Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers from 1941 to 1943. Recruited in spring 1941, trained in Germany and all the way to the Caucasus. Narrated by a young TK man, front radio commentator Veikko Itkonen (1919-1990).
Filmography
as Johtaja (uncredited)
as Narrator
as man on the street
as passer-by
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Esko Hako
as Selostaja
as (uncredited)
as Narrator