Heikki Savolainen
Heikki Savolainen (9 April 1922 in Pori – 22 January 1975) was a Finnish stage and screen actor renowned for the part of Urho Hietanen in Edvin Laine's 1955 The Unknown Soldier (The Unknown Soldier). He also played several comedic roles in 50's Finnish movies, as well as performing in several radio plays.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.0979 |
| Birthday | 1922-04-09 |
| Place of Birth | Pori, Finland |
| Also Known As |
1950
Amor hoi!
6/3
Master Tuula Vihervo teaches languages at a women's college, where American-Finnish Charles Thompson Jr arrives to do an inspection on behalf of his...
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Amor hoi!
1953
Maailman kaunein tyttö
6/2
Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.
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Maailman kaunein tyttö
1952
Silmät hämärässä
7.75/4
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 anonymou...
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Silmät hämärässä
1954
Minäkö isä!
5/2
A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not r...
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Minäkö isä!
1949
Katupeilin takana
5/6
1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki,...
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Katupeilin takana
1951
Kesäillan valssi
7/1
A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family An...
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Kesäillan valssi
1951
…ja Helena soittaa
7.333/3
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When...
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…ja Helena soittaa
1954
Kovanaama
5.75/4
Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news....
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Kovanaama
1951
Sadan miekan mies
6/3
Captain Kaarnoja finds himself caught up in intrigues and a dispute between the noblewoman Elisabeth and her cousin, Captain Gyllenskiöld. Kaarnoja co...
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Sadan miekan mies
1952
Kaikkien naisten monni
6.667/3
The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischi...
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Kaikkien naisten monni
1954
Oi, muistatkos…
7/2
Life on a farm in Kitkankoski is disrupted when construction of a hydroelectric power plant begins in the area. Determined Emma, who has returned from...
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Oi, muistatkos…
1954
Rakastin sinua, Hilde
4.4/5
Two guys love the some girl who just plays with their feelings. Situation damages the friendship of these men and they are tormented as the girl doesn...
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Rakastin sinua, Hilde
1961
Pikku Pietarin piha
7/5
A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person – and hi...
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Pikku Pietarin piha
1955
The Unknown Soldier
7.37/73
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 t...
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The Unknown Soldier
1957
Rakas varkaani
5.333/3
Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young wom...
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Rakas varkaani
1952
Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
4.833/6
St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private dete...
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Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
1952
Kipparikvartetti
4.25/4
Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, t...
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Kipparikvartetti
1958
Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä
5.3/10
Trade counselor Lillukka leaves his entire fortune to Pekka Puupää, who, thanks to cartoons and films, has become closer to him than his immediate fam...
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Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä
1958
Äidittömät
8/1
Professor Derek Wytycky and his son Hans, who are immersed in the study of Indian poetry, wake up one day to find that the mother of the family is now...
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Äidittömät
1959
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
4.8/5
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printi...
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Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
1959
Yks' tavallinen Virtanen
6.5/2
Engineer Kallio, who is searching for uranium, arrives at the summer hotel owned by Director Lehtelä, accompanied by his assistants Joltinen and Pummi...
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Yks' tavallinen Virtanen
1951
Rion yö
4/3
Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang.
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Rion yö
1948
Pontevat pommaripojat
5.5/2
Poke and Pena, two private investigators in debt, see an advertisement in the newspaper about Dr. Peltonen's disappearance and the promised reward for...
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Pontevat pommaripojat
1953
Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen
7/1
Schoolboy Klaus is convicted of theft and sent to prison. At his release Klaus feels that his life has changed a lot. Despite all his hardship and dif...
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Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen
1954
Hei, rillumarei!
7/2
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 auctio...
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Hei, rillumarei!
1954
Kunnioittaen
7/1
Elmeri Vara from the General Stabilization Party, Selma Vuorinen from the Free Enlightenment Party, and Irja Solanen from the Independent Women's Part...
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Kunnioittaen
1954
Minä soitan sinulle illalla
9/2
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 mak...
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Minä soitan sinulle illalla
1955
Onni etsii asuntoa
7/1
Due to the post-war housing shortage, Pirkko, who has nowhere to sleep, is given accommodation at the full-service guesthouse run by landlady Tötterma...
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Onni etsii asuntoa
1953
Kolmiapila
6/4
A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the children who have arrived there and their fates.
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Kolmiapila
1951
Radio tekee murron
6.786/14
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laa...
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Radio tekee murron
1952
Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy
10/1
During the Helsinki Olympics, Sotajermut Ryhmä and Romppainen are Olympic coaches. When Delila, coached by Romppainen, is robbed, a series of events b...
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Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy
1958
Paksunahka
5.25/4
A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.
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Paksunahka
1949
Hornankoski
4.625/8
The brothers of Yli-Koskela farm fall for the same woman. Then Aarne believes he has killed a man. Artturi sees the case and saves the man from drowni...
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Hornankoski
1971
Saatanan radikaalit
3.375/4
Pave, Hese, Timppa, and Viiksi have ended up in Hell, where the heat makes them feel as comfortable as in a sauna. The bosses there don't like this, s...
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Saatanan radikaalit
1952
Yhden yön hinta
6.333/3
The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
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Yhden yön hinta
1959
Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
4.917/12
Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a...
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Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
1958
Niskavuoren naiset
4.571/7
A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
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Niskavuoren naiset
1956
The Harvest Month
6.682/11
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a...
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The Harvest Month
1960
Iloinen Linnanmäki
4/4
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new...
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Iloinen Linnanmäki
1955
Veteraanin voitto
7/1
Timo learns about his grandfather Santeri's background in the workers' sports movement. Inspired by this, he begins to encourage his alcoholic father...
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Veteraanin voitto
1955
Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä
5/12
Justina urges Pete and Runt to get a job. As a result they meet an orphan boy named Otto while working as a park nannies. They offer to shelter the bo...
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Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä
1958
Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
5.7/10
Pekka Puupää and Pätkä involuntarily end up in Suez as peacekeepers. After saving the Caliph's daughter Suleiman from kidnappers on two occasions, the...
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Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
1959
Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
5.286/7
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his sta...
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Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
1951
Lakeuksien lukko
5.667/3
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler,...
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Lakeuksien lukko
1952
Radio tulee hulluksi
6.125/8
Radio reporter Toivo Teräsvuori gets an idea for an experimental report using a hidden microphone, but he is reported as a madman talking to himself a...
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Radio tulee hulluksi
1953
Alaston malli karkuteillä
3.667/6
A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.
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Alaston malli karkuteillä
1949
Kanavan laidalla
4.25/4
Eerikki Lind, a young university student working as a sailor, falls in love with the beautiful Kirsti on the canal. The budding Midsummer romance betw...
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Kanavan laidalla
1955
The Doll Merchant
6.167/6
A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.
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The Doll Merchant
1957
Taas tyttö kadoksissa!
6.333/3
Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.
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Taas tyttö kadoksissa!
1954
Leena
5.5/2
Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen togeth...
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Leena
1953
Miljonäärimonni
5/3
A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army.
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Miljonäärimonni
1958
Tirlittan
3.333/3
Young Tirlittan gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking for a new home, she meets a friendly policeman, a wo...
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Tirlittan
1957
Vääpelin kauhu
4.6/5
A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.
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Vääpelin kauhu
1955
Hunting for Miss Europe
9/3
Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded dur...
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