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Urho Somersalmi is a Actor Finlandais born on 23 september 1888 at Kemi (Finlande)
Urho Somersalmi (formerly Sundell, 23 September 1888 – 12 April 1962) was a Finnish actor. He worked in the Finnish National Theatre from 1908 to 1958. Somersalmi was often seen in roles of masculine heroes or first-time lovers. His physical appearance was very suitable for such roles; and in the beginning of his career, he was often criticized for superficiality. Somersalmi was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 1948. He married actress Aili Somersalmi in 1912.
Somersalmi was involved in the Finnish film industry from the beginning. In 1913, he had his first small film role in a Teuvo Puro film Sylvi, the first Finnish drama film. His final appearance was in the Finnish-Soviet co-production film Sampo (1959) in which he played the role of Väinämöinen.
In April 1962, Somersalmi killed his wife with an axe he had received as a gift from Finnish Actors' Union. Then he hanged himself on the ceiling lamp hook.
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Nationality Finlande
Birth 23 september 1888 at Kemi (Finlande)
Death 12 april 1962 (at 73 years) at Helsinki (Finlande)
Birth 23 september 1888 at Kemi (Finlande)
Death 12 april 1962 (at 73 years) at Helsinki (Finlande)
Somersalmi was involved in the Finnish film industry from the beginning. In 1913, he had his first small film role in a Teuvo Puro film Sylvi, the first Finnish drama film. His final appearance was in the Finnish-Soviet co-production film Sampo (1959) in which he played the role of Väinämöinen.
In April 1962, Somersalmi killed his wife with an axe he had received as a gift from Finnish Actors' Union. Then he hanged himself on the ceiling lamp hook.
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The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Risto Orko, Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Finlande
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Urho Somersalmi, Anna Alekseïevna Orotchko, Ada Vojtsik, Marvin Miller
Roles Väinämöinen
Rating43%
The people of Kalevala are a peaceful hard working people, they have everything they need and want bar the mystical Sampo, a magical mill which will make grain, salt and gold and give prosperity to whoever possesses it.
Charlotte Löwensköld (1930)
, 1h25Directed by Gustaf Molander
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Brunius, Stina Berg, Eric Barclay, Urho Somersalmi, Alfred Lundberg
Roles Schagerström
Rating54%
His English Wife (1927)
, 2h30Directed by Gustaf Molander
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lil Dagover, Gösta Ekman Jr., Gösta Ekman, Sr., Karin Swanström, Urho Somersalmi, Brita Appelgren
Roles Birger Holm
Rating60%
Johan (1921)
, 1h50Directed by Mauritz Stiller
Origin Suede
Genres Drama
Actors Jenny Hasselquist, Urho Somersalmi, Karin Molander
Roles Stranger
Rating66%
In a remote place of Sweden, men working on the digging of a canal to dry up a marsh are housed in the nearby farms. In one of them live Johan and his mother together with a young girl, Marit. One of the workers tries unsuccessfully to kiss her. Some time later, while Johan is out floating timber on the other side of the river, he falls and crushes his leg. He lights a fire that Marit sees from the house. She crosses the river on a rowing boat and carries him back home and takes care of him. On his sick-bed, he asks her to be his wife. She accepts it quite unresponsively. Johan's mother is determined to avoid what she sees as a misalliance. He reminds her how 18 years before they had found her on the side of the road next to her dying mother. The mother orders Marit to leave the house but Johan, seeing the scene from his sick-bed orders her to stay and eventually marries her against his mother's will.