Heikki Savolainen
Birthday: 1922-04-09
Place of Birth: Pori, Finland
Biography: 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.
Movies
Amor hoi!
Master Tuula Vihervo teaches languages at a women's college, where American-Finnish Charles Thomps...
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Maailman kaunein tyttö
Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American m...
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Silmät hämärässä
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts t...
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Minäkö isä!
A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Child...
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Katupeilin takana
1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside ...
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Kesäillan valssi
A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri A...
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…ja Helena soittaa
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second...
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Kovanaama
Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But ev...
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Sadan miekan mies
Captain Kaarnoja finds himself caught up in intrigues and a dispute between the noblewoman Elisabeth...
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Kaikkien naisten monni
The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Niemin...
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Oi, muistatkos…
Life on a farm in Kitkankoski is disrupted when construction of a hydroelectric power plant begins i...
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Rakastin sinua, Hilde
Two guys love the some girl who just plays with their feelings. Situation damages the friendship of ...
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Pikku Pietarin piha
A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities eng...
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The Unknown Soldier
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their ...
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Rakas varkaani
Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded...
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Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for ...
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Kipparikvartetti
Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as memb...
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Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä
Trade counselor Lillukka leaves his entire fortune to Pekka Puupää, who, thanks to cartoons and film...
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Äidittömät
Professor Derek Wytycky and his son Hans, who are immersed in the study of Indian poetry, wake up on...
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Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland a...
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Yks' tavallinen Virtanen
Engineer Kallio, who is searching for uranium, arrives at the summer hotel owned by Director Lehtelä...
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Rion yö
Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also man...
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Pontevat pommaripojat
Poke and Pena, two private investigators in debt, see an advertisement in the newspaper about Dr. Pe...
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Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen
Schoolboy Klaus is convicted of theft and sent to prison. At his release Klaus feels that his life h...
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Hei, rillumarei!
Traveler Severi travels to Helsinki to enjoy some culture, where he meets Sinikka and Simo, who run ...
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Kunnioittaen
Elmeri Vara from the General Stabilization Party, Selma Vuorinen from the Free Enlightenment Party, ...
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Minä soitan sinulle illalla
Factory manager Risto Järviö is under his mother's thumb. When his mother forbids him from dancing w...
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Onni etsii asuntoa
Due to the post-war housing shortage, Pirkko, who has nowhere to sleep, is given accommodation at th...
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Kolmiapila
A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the chi...
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Radio tekee murron
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, record...
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Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy
During the Helsinki Olympics, Sotajermut Ryhmä and Romppainen are Olympic coaches. When Delila, coac...
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Paksunahka
A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving ...
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Hornankoski
The brothers of Yli-Koskela farm fall for the same woman. Then Aarne believes he has killed a man. A...
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Saatanan radikaalit
Pave, Hese, Timppa, and Viiksi have ended up in Hell, where the heat makes them feel as comfortable ...
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Yhden yön hinta
The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reporte...
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Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to ea...
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The Harvest Month
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland...
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Iloinen Linnanmäki
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, ...
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Veteraanin voitto
Timo learns about his grandfather Santeri's background in the workers' sports movement. Inspired by ...
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Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä
Justina urges Pete and Runt to get a job. As a result they meet an orphan boy named Otto while worki...
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Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
Pekka Puupää and Pätkä involuntarily end up in Suez as peacekeepers. After saving the Caliph's daugh...
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Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hi...
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Lakeuksien lukko
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who ...
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Radio tulee hulluksi
Radio reporter Toivo Teräsvuori gets an idea for an experimental report using a hidden microphone, b...
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Alaston malli karkuteillä
A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee....
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Kanavan laidalla
Eerikki Lind, a young university student working as a sailor, falls in love with the beautiful Kirst...
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The Doll Merchant
A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the ...
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Taas tyttö kadoksissa!
Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappe...
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Leena
Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but wo...
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Miljonäärimonni
A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army....
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Tirlittan
Young Tirlittan gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking fo...
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Vääpelin kauhu
A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service....
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Hunting for Miss Europe
Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-E...
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