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Aarne Tarkas is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer Finlandais born on 19 december 1923 at Pori (Finlande)

Aarne Tarkas

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Birth name Aarne Saastamoinen
Nationality Finlande
Birth 19 december 1923 at Pori (Finlande)
Death 7 october 1976 (at 52 years)

Aarne Tarkas (until 1947 Saastamoinen, 19 December 1923 – 7 October 1976) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tarkas started his career as a screenwriter for Matti Kassila film Radio tekee murron (1951) for which they shared a Jussi Award. In 1952, he founded a production company Junior-Filmi, which produced internationally recognized Erik Blomberg film Valkoinen peura.

Tarkas was known as a very fast writer who, during his most productive years, finished up to five movies per year. All in all, Tarkas wrote 35 scripts and directed 33 feature films. During his final years, he worked mostly for television. Aarne Tarkas died of a heart failure at the age of 52.

Usually with

Osmo Harkimo
Osmo Harkimo
(3 films)
Erik Blomberg
Erik Blomberg
(1 films)
Matti Kassila
Matti Kassila
(3 films)
Olavi Tuomi
Olavi Tuomi
(2 films)
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Filmography of Aarne Tarkas (3 films)

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Actor

The White Reindeer, 1h13
Directed by Erik Blomberg
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Arvo Lehesmaa, Pentti Irjala, Aarne Tarkas
Roles Groom (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4428153.4428153.4428153.4428153.442815
The film, based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism, is set in Finnish Lapland and centers on a young woman, Pirita. In the snowy landscape, Pirita and reindeer herder Aslak meet and soon marry. Aslak must spend time away for work, leaving his new bride lonely. In an effort to alleviate her loneliness and ignite marital passion, Pirita visits the local shaman, who indeed helps her out; but in the process turns her into a shapeshifting, vampiric white reindeer. The villages' men are drawn to her and pursue her, with tragic results.
The Radio Burglary
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kaarlo Halttunen, Heikki Savolainen, Uljas Kandolin, Lasse Pöysti
Roles Karas
Rating68% 3.43073.43073.43073.43073.4307
Toivo Teräsvuori (Häyrinen) is a young radio journalist who's looking for new, interesting topics on which to report. After covering a skydive on a live broadcast, he gets the idea to stage a fake burglary for his next daring stunt. He shares this idea with his friend and fellow radio employee Laakso, whom he persuades to go along with the plan without notifying either their superiors in the radio station, nor the police.

Scriptwriter

The Radio Goes Mad
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy
Actors Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kaarlo Halttunen, Uljas Kandolin, Heikki Savolainen, Arvo Lehesmaa
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.89822.89822.89822.89822.8982
The ambitious reporter Toivo Teräsvuori is disappointed when ordered to report in an agricultural show in Mäntsälä. Instead, he convinces his superior to let him do a reportage using a hidden microphone to gauge people's reactions on being asked outlandish questions. Things start to go wrong when the police are informed of the apparently incoherent reporter who also appears to be talking to himself, and they come to the conclusion that Teräsvuori must be insane. Despite being committed into a mental asylum, he continues to make light of the situation, only becoming alarmed when the doctors there concur in the verdict regarding his mental health. Faced with the prospect of uncomfortable tests and treatments, he starts looking for a way to escape.
The Radio Burglary
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kaarlo Halttunen, Heikki Savolainen, Uljas Kandolin, Lasse Pöysti
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.43073.43073.43073.43073.4307
Toivo Teräsvuori (Häyrinen) is a young radio journalist who's looking for new, interesting topics on which to report. After covering a skydive on a live broadcast, he gets the idea to stage a fake burglary for his next daring stunt. He shares this idea with his friend and fellow radio employee Laakso, whom he persuades to go along with the plan without notifying either their superiors in the radio station, nor the police.

Producer

The White Reindeer, 1h13
Directed by Erik Blomberg
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Arvo Lehesmaa, Pentti Irjala, Aarne Tarkas
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.4428153.4428153.4428153.4428153.442815
The film, based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism, is set in Finnish Lapland and centers on a young woman, Pirita. In the snowy landscape, Pirita and reindeer herder Aslak meet and soon marry. Aslak must spend time away for work, leaving his new bride lonely. In an effort to alleviate her loneliness and ignite marital passion, Pirita visits the local shaman, who indeed helps her out; but in the process turns her into a shapeshifting, vampiric white reindeer. The villages' men are drawn to her and pursue her, with tragic results.