Lasse Pöysti
Lasse Pöysti is a Finnish actor, director and a screenwriter. He has acted in both Finnish and Swedish productions. He retired from acting in 2012.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1382 |
| Birthday | 1927-01-24 |
| Place of Birth | Sortavala, Republic of Karelia, Russia |
| Also Known As | Lasse, |
1948
Kilroy sen teki
4.5/4
Ulla Järvinen gets a telegram about the death of her aunt and that she has inherited a manor, but the aunt is very much alive.
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Kilroy sen teki
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
1949
Ruma Elsa
7.25/4
The boyish, temperamental chemistry student Elsa Kassel disapproves of her mother and sisters running after men, but when she hears that she's referre...
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Ruma Elsa
1955
Villi Pohjola
6.75/4
A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
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Villi Pohjola
1984
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
6.692/13
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 th...
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The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1982
The Flight of the Eagle
6.966/29
The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition u...
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The Flight of the Eagle
1941
Onnellinen ministeri
6.333/3
An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact th...
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Onnellinen ministeri
1941
Täysosuma
5/4
A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. Al...
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Täysosuma
1986
Näkemiin, hyvästi
6.667/3
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 b...
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Näkemiin, hyvästi
1951
Kenraalin morsian
10/1
In a military camp, the arrival of a group of women causes admiration and confusion. In particular, Sofia, the captain's mother-in-law, turns the live...
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Kenraalin morsian
1951
Vain laulajapoikia
9/1
The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer...
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Vain laulajapoikia
1951
Vihaan sinua – rakas
3.25/4
While Leena is spending time at a health resort in the countryside, her husband Esa, an accountant, finds himself falling for Kirsti, who works at his...
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Vihaan sinua – rakas
1998
White Marble
6.2/5
Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just b...
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White Marble
2009
Thomas
7.2/6
Thomas, a former doctor, a widower, lives alone in a basement apartment in Helsinki. His routine becomes even more limited when his misanthropic broth...
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Thomas
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
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
1995
The Tears of Saint Peter
3.4/5
Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Pet...
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The Tears of Saint Peter
1999
Lapin kullan kimallus
6.462/13
In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The...
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Lapin kullan kimallus
2010
La Vénitienne
3.7/6
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La Vénitienne
1986
The Blessed Ones
6.444/18
Middle-aged schoolteacher Viveka and her husband Sune enter a marriage marked by devotion and increasing strain. As Viveka’s jealousy and religious an...
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The Blessed Ones
1979
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
8/2
Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very gene...
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Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1948
Hormoonit valloillaan
7/2
Väinö Kehkonen, the head of a Helsinki-based construction company, takes his wife and the Ärmälä couple to Dr. Puosu for a rejuvenating hormone inject...
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Hormoonit valloillaan
1986
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
5/6
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 last...
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1983
The School of Wives
6.111/9
This television adaptation presents Molière’s comedy The School of Wives, centering on Arnolphe, an older bachelor who plans to marry his young ward,...
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The School of Wives
1954
Putkinotko
5.6/5
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkri...
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Putkinotko
1954
Laivaston monnit maissa
4.25/4
Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.
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Laivaston monnit maissa
1941
Suomisen perhe
10/1
The film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the family.
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Suomisen perhe
1993
Macklean
10/1
Sweden in the 1780s. At the court the nobility lords and ladies dance, love, intrigue and compete for the King's favor. To this Stockholm arrives Rutg...
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Macklean
1984
Dirty Story
4.4/5
The director of one of Finland's largest company, United Metal, discovers the company's Chairman dead in the office. A chain of bribes unravels.
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Dirty Story
1962
The City
0/0
A man has buried himself in women, in religious ecstasy , in vanity and in his belief in so-called artistic activity. His tension and frustration has...
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The City
1964
Swedish Wedding Night
6.333/6
A wealthy butcher, fond of liquor and women is about to marry a much younger woman. The woman's father has locked himself in the attic and refuses to...
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Swedish Wedding Night
1944
Suomisen Olli rakastuu
7.5/2
Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans.
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Suomisen Olli rakastuu
1980
Barna från Blåsjöfjället
7.667/3
A mother is taken to a hospital and the town council wants to split up her children and put them in foster homes, but the children have a diffrent pla...
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Barna från Blåsjöfjället
1968
Punahilkka
6.5/4
Tells the story of young Anja, a teenage girl living in an approved school (otherwise known as a reform school), and the problems she faces in the out...
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Punahilkka
1986
A Matter of Life and Death
7/1
"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity...
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A Matter of Life and Death
1995
White Lies
6.75/4
Palle Hagman is a charming dreamer with great and dazzling powers of persuasion. His dream is to become a big star in the entertainment world. When he...
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White Lies
1955
Näkemiin Helena
7.333/3
A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.
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Näkemiin Helena
1957
Syntipukki
5/3
"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he know...
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Syntipukki
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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Hunting for Miss Europe
1945
Suomisen Olli yllättää
5/4
Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations w...
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Suomisen Olli yllättää
1992
Mestari
4.2/5
Eero Tyrni, a reporter for Iltapäivä newspaper, is in Austria doing a story on ski jumper Teemu Kimpilä. Kimpilä's jumps fail and he disappears from t...
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Mestari
1988
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
5.2/5
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow;...
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Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
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
1960
Justus järjestää kaiken
8/1
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.
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Justus järjestää kaiken
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
1976
Pyhä perhe
4.5/4
Paavo Mäkinen's alcoholism is hard on the whole family. His wife Terttu falls into depression and is hospitalized. Their children Marja, Tapsa, and Sa...
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Pyhä perhe
1993
Rosenbaum - Bländverk
1.667/3
At a porn club in Stockholm, a brutal murder is committed - and one of the striptease dancers takes the blame.
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Rosenbaum - Bländverk
1993
Rosenbaum - Målbrott
1/2
One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym teacher is guilty.
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Rosenbaum - Målbrott
1993
Rosenbaum - Det sista vittnet
7/1
At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything ind...
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Rosenbaum - Det sista vittnet
1989
Kukunor
0/0
Based on Lauri Viita's fairy tale. In Kukunor, two trolls, Kukunor and Kalahari, read books and travel the world in their dreams.
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Kukunor
1949
Professori Masa
6.5/2
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside...
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Professori Masa
1949
Sinut minä tahdon
6/4
Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and...
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Sinut minä tahdon
1959
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
6.5/2
Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The peaceful rura...
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Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
1951
Tukkijoella
4/7
A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks in...
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Tukkijoella
1942
Suomisen Ollin tempaus
6/2
Olli, a schoolboy from the Suominen family, accidentally causes two accidents, which he does not dare to confess to his father Väinö. He runs away fro...
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Suomisen Ollin tempaus
1943
Suomisen taiteilijat
6.5/2
Pipsa catches the theater bug. The schoolgirl becomes obsessed with acting, which causes suffering for the whole family. Pipsa's brother Olli arranges...
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Suomisen taiteilijat
1950
Isäpappa ja keltanokka
10/1
A widower takes care of his three children who are trying to find him a new wife.
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Isäpappa ja keltanokka
1950
Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
4/3
In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ra...
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Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
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
1953
2 hauskaa vekkulia
5.333/3
Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.
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2 hauskaa vekkulia
1958
Asessorin naishuolet
8/2
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.
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Asessorin naishuolet
1958
Sotapojan heilat
4.5/2
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
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Sotapojan heilat
1955
Sankarialokas
5.3/5
Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.
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Sankarialokas
Kustaa III
6.5/2
A Finnish television play based on August Strindberg’s original.
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Kustaa III
1991
A Dream of the Mediterranean
0/0
A documentary about Göran Schildt and his relationship with the Mediterranean.
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A Dream of the Mediterranean
1956
Over Land and Sea
9/1
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Over Land and Sea
1994
Pieniä valheita
3.6/5
The relationship between a priest's wife and the renovator crackles with passion. While the rectory terrace is being restored, there is a triangular d...
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Pieniä valheita
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
1986
Maailman paras
0/0
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Maailman paras
1978
The Adventures of Picasso
6.992/59
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before an...
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The Adventures of Picasso
1970
There are so many things you cannot understand
0/0
Tove Jansson, Erna Tauro, Birgitta Ulfsson, Lasse Pöysti, Gunvor Sandqvist and Bo Andersson have gathered in Tove Jansson's studio to discuss and enjo...
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There are so many things you cannot understand
1951
Rahan rata
0/0
A comedic information film from the Ministry of Finance. A barrage of questions from a reporter led by Lasse Pöysti reveals where inflation is lurking...
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