Birthday: 1930-04-10
Place of Birth: Kuopio, Finland
Biography: Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor, who has been called an "all-around entertainer". During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions, including the comedy Spede Show and the game-show Speden Spelit. Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa-Matti Loiri (whose most popular character created by Pasanen was Uuno Turhapuro; first in TV sketches and then in a long-lasting series of motion pictures) and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows, often made quickly and on a low budget, usually received little critical recognition but were popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. He was the owner of his own film production company, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky. Pasanen was ranked 17th at the Suuret suomalaiset competition show broadcast by Yleisradio.
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A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the s...
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A Finnish comedy seen by under 400 viewers upon original release. Never aired on TV or published on ...
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A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service....
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A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join...
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