Jani Volanen

Jani Volanen

Birthday: 1971-11-01

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

Biography: Jani Kristian Volanen (born 1 November 1971) is a Finnish actor, director and writer. He has appeared in films such as The Romanov Stones (1993), Homecoming (2015), The Mine (2016), Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019) and Hatching (2022). He is also a creator of a mystery thriller series Summer of Sorrow.

Movies

Man's Job
Man's Job

Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong an...

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Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit

Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job....

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Fire-Eater
Fire-Eater

The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their...

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Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and fo...

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Lapland Odyssey 3
Lapland Odyssey 3

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery...

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The Prince of Soap
The Prince of Soap

Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction...

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Butterflies
Butterflies

Siiri, a hardworking millennial, wants to be successful in her job as the advisor to the Minister of...

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Playing Solo
Playing Solo

Emma and Joel get dumped by their partners on the same day, and when they meet each other they think...

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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät

The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and R...

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Police Investigates
Police Investigates

A 16 year old girl claims she was abducted. Two police officer are tasked with investigating whether...

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An Eye for an Eye
An Eye for an Eye

Sisters Kiia and Eija moved away from the village of Pirunperä in Kainuu after their father committe...

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Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet

Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swed...

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Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni

Relations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led by P...

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The Mine
The Mine

A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit ...

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Summer Is Crazy
Summer Is Crazy

After the bankruptcy of their fine dining restaurant, the Eerolas are stuck in the seaside village o...

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Jerico 2000
Jerico 2000

Jerico 2000 is a magazine programme parody made by Julmahuvi group. It's mainly made of parts from "...

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Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava

New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy...

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Homecoming
Homecoming

Tiina decides to reconnect with his aged and bohemian father living alone. With her reluctant daught...

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The Joyboys Story
The Joyboys Story

A mockumentary about a fictional Finnish boy band The Joyboys....

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Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two priva...

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Distractions
Distractions

Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grav...

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Laugh or Die
Laugh or Die

Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed ...

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Happier Times, Grump
Happier Times, Grump

The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when...

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Dogs Don't Wear Pants
Dogs Don't Wear Pants

A grieving heart surgeon struggling with the loss of his wife drifts through an emotionally detached...

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Hatching
Hatching

12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a...

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Ladies of Steel
Ladies of Steel

Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him...

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Love and Other Troubles
Love and Other Troubles

Ville, 25, is a downbeat former child star who's successfully avoided his womanizing rock 'n' roll d...

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One Foot Under
One Foot Under

Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from ...

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Eden
Eden

Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the arc...

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Romanovin kivet
Romanovin kivet

This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the ...

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The Bouncer
The Bouncer

A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He ...

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Rakastin epätoivoista naista
Rakastin epätoivoista naista

A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit....

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Falling Angels
Falling Angels

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems ...

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On Thin Ice
On Thin Ice

It's Christmas Eve in Helsinki. Young taxi driver Samu is working to escape a family Christmas with ...

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Täydelliset vieraat
Täydelliset vieraat

A group of middle-aged friends get together for dinner. The playful banter between couples who have ...

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Teräsleidit – kuin viimeistä päivää
Teräsleidit – kuin viimeistä päivää

While at the reception, Inkeri overhears the doctor telling the nurse behind the corner that there i...

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The Patient
The Patient

Graveyard shift of a guard gets an unexpected turn....

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