Jörn Donner
Birthday: 1933-02-05
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Biography: Jörn Donner was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. Internationally he was best known for his film Fanny and Alexander (1982), that won four Academy Awards, including the award for the best foreign language film. In Finland he was known for his work as an author, as well as having been member of both, Parliament of Finland and European Union.
Movies
Portraits of Women
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his professi...
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Brutal
The concrete costs for culture and creativity is here illustrated in punchy images....
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Regina ja miehet
According to Mänttäri, the film is about a woman as portrayed through four female characters....
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Hellyys
Long-time cohabiting couple Petteri and Liisa wake up with a terrible hangover and realize to their ...
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Sixtynine
Tuula's husband Jukka takes care of all domestic chores. Tuula seems to have no idea that her husban...
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Lovers & Leavers
This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true b...
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The Truth About Sauna: The Truth About Finns
Taking sauna is the Finnish people's national obsession, so there are two of the per five Fins, and ...
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Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary on th...
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Hangover
Lasse is a car salesman who has vowed to never get married. He wakes up hung over one morning with a...
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The Undressing
Minister Korkolainen happens to bump into his ex-girlfriend from years ago. They end up spending the...
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Citizen Schein
Harry Schein was an anomaly in Swedish cultural society. Equal parts playboy, intellectual, and poli...
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Angela's War
In this melodrama about love in wartime, Angela (Ida-Lotta Backman) is a Finnish nurse in Lapland wh...
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Fuck Off 2 - Images from Finland
In „Fuck Off 2“, Donner waxes sarcastic about the scourges in Finnish society by interviewing regula...
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Men Can't Be Raped
A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating reven...
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Black on White
Juha is a sales manager of a refrigerator company. His perfect-looking family and glittering array o...
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The Memory of Ingmar Bergman
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman the Finnish writer and director Jörn ...
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Hockeyfeber
Hockeyfeber tells not only the story of collisions on the ice , but also about life as it really for...
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Fanny & Alexander: A Bergman Tapestry
Short documentary featuring interviews from the cast and crew of "Fanny and Alexander." Featured on ...
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En film om Jörn Donner
Known for his sharp tongue and controversial statements, Jörn Donner has been an important cultural ...
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Aamua kaupungissa
Helsinki wakes up to the summer morning in Jörn Donner's first short film, which goes through the la...
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Void
Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambi...
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The Other Side of Hope
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland....
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Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies ...
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Donner - Private
Jörn Donner’s entire production can be considered as a self-portrait, a life-spanning performance. W...
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The Dinosaur
Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Form...
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Stimulantia
Eight vignettes on a variety of topics, including a baby growing up, Charlie Chaplin, Birgit Nilsson...
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Palme
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets...
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