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Matti Kassila is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Executive Producer and Assistant Director Finlandais born on 12 january 1924 at Keuruu (Finlande)
Matti Kassila (born 12 January 1924 in Keuruu) is a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 60s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on the character created by Mika Waltari. During his long career, he has won seven Jussi awards, including a concrete Jussi for lifetime achievement, and received numerous other commendations. His 1959 film Punainen viiva was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
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Vodka, Mr. Palmu (1969)
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Toivo Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Matti Oravisto, Kauko Helovirta., Seppo Kolehmainen
Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Rating58%
Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)
, 3h2Directed by Edvin Laine
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Aarno Sulkanen, Kauko Helovirta., Kaarlo Halttunen, Elsa Turakainen, Asta Backman, Heikki Kinnunen
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating74%
, 1h35Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Toivo Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Esko Salminen, Helge Herala, Aino Mantsas
Roles Man on Board (uncredited)
Rating72%
A body is found in the park near Tähtitorninmäki. The police are called in, believing him to be a dead vagrant. However, journalist Nopsanen happens by the scene, leading to the death being publisized in the papers that same afternoon. The victim is eventually identified as astrologist Fredrik Nordberg
The Harvest Month (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Drama
Actors Toivo Mäkelä, Emma Väänänen, Rauni Luoma, Aino-Maija Tikkanen, Rauni Ikäheimo, Senni Nieminen
Roles Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rating71%
The Radio Burglary (1951)
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kaarlo Halttunen, Heikki Savolainen, Uljas Kandolin, Lasse Pöysti
Roles (uncredited)
Rating68%
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.
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, 1h28Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy
Actors Heikki Kinnunen, Kauko Helovirta., Pentti Irjala, Tapio Hamalainen, Veijo Pasanen
Rating61%
Two young men, Heikki and Jussi, and the local railway stationmaster cause havoc in a small village
Vodka, Mr. Palmu (1969)
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Toivo Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Matti Oravisto, Kauko Helovirta., Seppo Kolehmainen
Rating58%
, 1h35Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Toivo Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Esko Salminen, Helge Herala, Aino Mantsas
Rating72%
A body is found in the park near Tähtitorninmäki. The police are called in, believing him to be a dead vagrant. However, journalist Nopsanen happens by the scene, leading to the death being publisized in the papers that same afternoon. The victim is eventually identified as astrologist Fredrik Nordberg
Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
, 1h34Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Toivo Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Elina Salo, Saulo Haarla, Pentti Siimes
Rating76%
Mrs. Skrof, a wealthy and hated woman belonging to a religious sect, is found dead in her apartment. She died apparently from inhaling gas leaking from her cooker while under the influence of sleep-medication. Several details of the case lead Inspector Palmu to suspect that she was murdered, including a crooked soup pot, her unusually strong sleeping pills and the fact her dog has been killed by breaking its neck.
The Scarlet Dove (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Tauno Palo, Matti Oravisto, Tauno Söder, Paavo Hukkinen, Eila Pehkonen, Osmo Lindeman
Rating70%
Inspector Palmu's Error (1960)
, 1h43Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Toivo Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Jussi Jurkka, Leevi Kuuranne, Saara Ranin
Rating77%
The film opens with a scene of guests arriving at the crime-themed dinner party of Bruno Rygseck, the rich and decadent heir of the Rykämö concern. The guests are his cousins Airi and Aimo Rykämö, Airi's fiancé Erik Vaara, who works for the concern and strongly dislikes Bruno, and Irma Vanne, the daughter of vuorineuvos Vanne. In order to scare them as they arrive, Bruno has dressed up as the Grim Reaper.
The Red Line (1959)
, 1h37Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Liisa Nevalainen, Jussi Jurkka, Tarmo Manni, Pentti Irjala, Toivo Mäkelä, Matti Oravisto
Rating67%
The Harvest Month (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Drama
Actors Toivo Mäkelä, Emma Väänänen, Rauni Luoma, Aino-Maija Tikkanen, Rauni Ikäheimo, Senni Nieminen
Rating71%
The Radio Goes Mad (1952)
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Comedy
Actors Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kaarlo Halttunen, Uljas Kandolin, Heikki Savolainen, Arvo Lehesmaa
Rating57%
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 (1951)
Directed by Matti Kassila
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kaarlo Halttunen, Heikki Savolainen, Uljas Kandolin, Lasse Pöysti
Rating68%
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.