Veikko Uusimäki
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 26, 1921
Place of Birth: Kurikka, Finland
Known For
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.
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.
Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä
An alcoholic major Remes gets frustrated in the barracks and asks for a leave of absence. It is agreed to on the condition that Remes conducts one more military exercise. During that, Remes runs into a cunning career criminal Oiva Juntunen, who has hidden gold bars in the forest.
Natalia
Sammeli from Näljängä and Einari from Haataja, who were hunting bears, encounter Natalia, a cow that has crossed the eastern border. In the name of friendship between neighboring countries, Natalia is asked to return to the Soviet Union.
Maija löytää sävelen
Concertmaster Orasto and his pianist wife Elna hire Maija, who has been treated harshly by life, as their domestic helper. Erkki, the composer son of a noisy family of musicians, falls in love with Maija, but difficulties pile up in the way of the young couple's happiness.
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.
Kultamitalivaimo
Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.
Rovaniemen markkinoilla
Based on a song by the same name. It was the Genre Popularizer for the Rillumarei film and live entertainment genre that drew from the musical couplet genre of light, cleverly written, often satirical songs. Many of these films were based on an existing song, or a song was specifically written to be the foundation of a film.
Laitakaupungin laulu
The new idealistic welfare officer Helmi tries to improve conditions in "Sin Alley," but difficulties arise, particularly with the leader of the petty criminals, Jukka, whose son Reino also drifts into a life of crime.
Suolaista ja makeaa
The story of Anna, who is searching for true love and meets Lauri on Midsummer's Eve.
Filmography
as Priest
as Yliopiston dekaani
as Mayor
as Eversti Hannila
as Stationmaster in Oulu
as Tuomas Suur-Takala
as Uhtuan Shemeikka
as Baranow
as Otto Kulma
as Vuotuan Ville
as Zingali
as (uncredited)
as Klaus Armio
as Herald
as Väinö Karttunen (uncredited)
as Man at Ball (uncredited)
as Palasto