Kari Väänänen

Kari Väänänen

Kari Kyösti Väänänen (born 17 September 1953 in Ivalo) is a Finnish actor and director. Domestically he is a member of the Ryhmäteatteri group of actors. He was introduced to international audiences by Aki Kaurismäki; and belongs to the list of his "trusted" stable of actors. His most challenging role has been the eponymous mafia hitman of Rosso, for which he learned all his lines phonetically, without previously speaking a word of Italian. Kari Väänänen was featured in Star Wreck, a Finnish sci-fi parody where he played the Russian president. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film Night on Earth. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Popularity : 2.681
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1953-09-17
  • Place of Birth : Ivalo, Finland
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Kari Väänänen Movies

  • 2009
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    Backwood Philosopher

    Backwood Philosopher

    5.9 2009 HD

    Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a...

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  • 1991
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    Night on Earth

    Night on Earth

    7.525 1991 HD

    An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

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  • 1997
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    Underwater Iceland

    Underwater Iceland

    5.5 1997 HD

    Marko Röhr's film crew takes the viewer to Europe's last unexplored area: Iceland's unique underwater world. We explore the geysers of boiling...

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  • 1983
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    Apinan vuosi

    Apinan vuosi

    7 1983 HD

    A young student seeks direction in his life to counterbalance the studies through female adventures.

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  • 1989
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    Leningrad Cowboys Go America

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America

    6.9 1989 HD

    The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country,...

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  • 1996
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    Drifting Clouds

    Drifting Clouds

    7.6 1996 HD

    The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they...

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  • 1987
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    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business

    6.6 1987 HD

    When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a...

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  • 2024
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    The Missile

    The Missile

    6.5 2024 HD

    Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina, a single mother, is fired from her job in a bakery and drifts into the middle of an international...

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  • 1992
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    La Vie de Bohème

    La Vie de Bohème

    7.5 1992 HD

    Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with...

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  • 1985
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    The Unknown Soldier

    The Unknown Soldier

    7 1985 HD

    Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the...

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  • 2007
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    V2: Dead Angel

    V2: Dead Angel

    5.6 2007 HD

    The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before...

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  • 1981
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    The Breakthrough

    The Breakthrough

    1 1981 HD

    A student film.

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  • 2005
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    Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning

    Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning

    6.7 2005 HD

    Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew....

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  • 1984
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    The Clan: Tale of the Frogs

    The Clan: Tale of the Frogs

    6.6 1984 HD

    Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to...

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  • 2017
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    Lapland Odyssey 3

    Lapland Odyssey 3

    5.4 2017 HD

    In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature...

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  • 1987
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    Siriuksen vieraat

    Siriuksen vieraat

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1999
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    Ambush

    Ambush

    5.8 1999 HD

    It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for...

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  • 2003
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    Land of Love

    Land of Love

    4.7 2003 HD

    A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name,...

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  • 2004
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    Honey Baby

    Honey Baby

    6 2004 HD

    An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the likes in Germany. Then he gets an offer to tour in...

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  • 2000
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    Highway Society

    Highway Society

    5.8 2000 HD

    The mechanic Jack tries to get rid of his criminal background.

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  • 1986
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    Näkemiin, hyvästi

    Näkemiin, hyvästi

    6 1986 HD

    When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where...

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  • 2004
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    Trench Road

    Trench Road

    5.8 2004 HD

    After his wife leaves him, a man becomes obsessed getting his family back together by buying an old house.

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  • 1990
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    Amazon

    Amazon

    5.1 1990 HD

    Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining...

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  • 1989
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    Dirty Hands

    Dirty Hands

    5.3 1989 HD

    A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The...

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  • 2006
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    Rock'n Roll Never Dies

    Rock'n Roll Never Dies

    5.286 2006 HD

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  • 1990
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    Dolly and Her Lover

    Dolly and Her Lover

    5.8 1990 HD

    Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal...

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  • 2000
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    Lakeuden kutsu

    Lakeuden kutsu

    5.4 2000 HD

    Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen...

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  • 1987
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    Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

    Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

    5.7 1987 HD

    Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for...

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  • 1986
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    Harmagedon

    Harmagedon

    7 1986 HD

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  • 1983
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    Jon

    Jon

    5.8 1983 HD

    Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the...

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  • 1993
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    Ripa Hits the Skids

    Ripa Hits the Skids

    5.8 1993 HD

    A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects...

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  • 1982
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    Kuoleman hellä kosketus

    Kuoleman hellä kosketus

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1996
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    Sambolico

    Sambolico

    3.5 1996 HD

    A short directed by Mika Kaurismäki.

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  • 1998
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    Train Birds

    Train Birds

    6 1998 HD

    Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland)....

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  • 1989
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    Cha Cha Cha

    Cha Cha Cha

    6.7 1989 HD

    A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an...

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  • 1999
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    Spy Games

    Spy Games

    4.6 1999 HD

    A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and...

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  • 1981
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    Pedon merkki

    Pedon merkki

    4.6 1981 HD

    Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

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  • 2009
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    The House of Branching Love

    The House of Branching Love

    5.8 2009 HD

    A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a...

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  • 2015
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    We Are the Pirates of the Roads

    We Are the Pirates of the Roads

    4.7 2015 HD

    The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and...

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  • 2017
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    Kiwi Christmas

    Kiwi Christmas

    5 2017 HD

    Fed up with the materialism of Christmas, Santa runs away to New Zealand for a summer holiday. When two Kiwi kids figure out who he is, they have to...

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  • 1986
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    Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

    Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

    4.5 1986 HD

    A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his...

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  • 1985
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    Viimeiset rotannahat

    Viimeiset rotannahat

    5.3 1985 HD

    Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in...

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  • 1985
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    Rosso

    Rosso

    6.7 1985 HD

    Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers...

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  • 1989
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    Paper Star

    Paper Star

    4.6 1989 HD

    Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the...

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  • 2019
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    Fingerpori

    Fingerpori

    4.059 2019 HD

    Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerpori', by Pertti Jarla.

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  • 1995
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    Iron Horsemen

    Iron Horsemen

    6 1995 HD

    Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

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  • 2019
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    Master Cheng

    Master Cheng

    7.2 2019 HD

    Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died...

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  • 2000
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    Bad Luck Love

    Bad Luck Love

    5.8 2000 HD

    A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level...

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  • 1985
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    Calamari Union

    Calamari Union

    6.81 1985 HD

    A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off...

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  • 1994
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    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

    5.8 1994 HD

    After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager...

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  • 1987
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    Älä itke Iines

    Älä itke Iines

    2.5 1987 HD

    Älä itke Iines is an absurd comedy about an eccentric community that lives on the roofs and attic of an apartment building, struggling to...

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  • 2007
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    Christmas Story

    Christmas Story

    7.3 2007 HD

    Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy...

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  • 2002
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    Kymmenen riivinrautaa

    Kymmenen riivinrautaa

    3.5 2002 HD

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  • 1993
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    Goodbye Gibraltar

    Goodbye Gibraltar

    1 1993 HD

    Goodbye Gibraltar, directed by Ulrika Bengst, is a film about reconciliation, encountering different lifestyles and dreams.

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  • 1992
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    Mestari

    Mestari

    3.7 1992 HD

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  • 1985
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    Ylösnousemus

    Ylösnousemus

    5.5 1985 HD

    A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.

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  • 2011
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    Bohemian Eyes

    Bohemian Eyes

    6.7 2011 HD

    Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

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  • 1989
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    Kukunor

    Kukunor

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2006
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    Onni von Sopanen

    Onni von Sopanen

    9 2006 HD

    11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.

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  • 1993
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    The Last Border

    The Last Border

    4.2 1993 HD

    One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world

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  • 2012
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    The Rise and Fall of a Friendship

    The Rise and Fall of a Friendship

    4 2012 HD

    The egocentric author Jalo Rautakumpu welcomes a visitor to his cabin in the Lappish wilderness. After sauna and a bottle of alcohol, the friendship...

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  • 1999
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    The Tough Ones

    The Tough Ones

    6.6 1999 HD

    The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While...

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  • 2009
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    One Foot Under

    One Foot Under

    4.6 2009 HD

    Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a...

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  • 1991
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    Zombie and the Ghost Train

    Zombie and the Ghost Train

    6.9 1991 HD

    Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns...

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  • 2018
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    Ryhmäteatteri

    Ryhmäteatteri

    1 2018 HD

    Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.

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  • 2011
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    Let My People Go !

    Let My People Go !

    5.2 2011 HD

    Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappointing lover, a thief who can’t help himself,...

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  • 2022
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    The Grump: In Search of an Escort

    The Grump: In Search of an Escort

    6.4 2022 HD

    Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort...

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  • 2013
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    Arne's Legacy

    Arne's Legacy

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Classic

    The Classic

    6.5 2001 HD

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  • 2009
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    Backwood Philosopher

    Backwood Philosopher

    5.9 2009 HD

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  • 1993
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    Sutki

    Sutki

    1 1993 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Classic

    The Classic

    6.5 2001 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Vaiennut kylä

    Vaiennut kylä

    3.3 1997 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Backwood Philosopher

    Backwood Philosopher

    5.9 2009 HD

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  • 1985
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    Rosso

    Rosso

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 2008
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    Suojelijat

    Suojelijat

    8 2008 HD

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  • 2001
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    Seitsemän

    Seitsemän

    8 2001 HD

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  • 2006
    imgS3 E6

    Lehmän vuosi

    Lehmän vuosi

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1999
    imgS3 E10

    Kaverille ei jätetä

    Kaverille ei jätetä

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Kaverille ei jätetä

    Kaverille ei jätetä

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1999
    imgS3 E10

    Kaverille ei jätetä

    Kaverille ei jätetä

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Kaverille ei jätetä

    Kaverille ei jätetä

    7 1999 HD

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  • 2007
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    Taivaan tulet

    Taivaan tulet

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2000
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    Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood

    Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood

    7.3 2000 HD

    Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases....

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  • 1994
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    Kohtaamiset ja erot

    Kohtaamiset ja erot

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Hobbits

    The Hobbits

    4.833 1993 HD

    Hobitit is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1. Produced by Olof Qvickström, it is based...

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  • 1998
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    Lääkärit tulessa

    Lääkärit tulessa

    6 1998 HD

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  • 2002
    imgS1 E10

    Jurismia!

    Jurismia!

    8 2002 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Man Who Died

    The Man Who Died

    6 2022 HD

    Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits...

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  • 1970
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    The Man Who Died

    The Man Who Died

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E6

    The Man Who Died

    The Man Who Died

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Man Who Died

    The Man Who Died

    1 1970 HD

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