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Åke Lindman is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Finlandais born on 11 january 1928 at Helsinki (Finlande)

Åke Lindman

Åke Lindman
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Nationality Finlande
Birth 11 january 1928 at Helsinki (Finlande)
Death 3 march 2009 (at 81 years) at Espoo (Finlande)

Åke Leonard Lindman (11 January 1928, Helsinki – 3 March 2009), born Åke Leonard Järvinen, was a Finnish director and actor.

In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952. He represented the football club HIFK in the Finnish league. In the 1960s, the British Football League club Swindon Town F.C. wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career.

Åke Lindman's breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in Edvin Laine's movie The Unknown Soldier from 1955. Later, he would also achieve fame as captain Torsten Jansson in the Swedish soap opera Rederiet. Lindman also found success as the director of, amongst others, the TV-series Stormskärs Maja and the movie Framom främsta linjen, a movie about the Finland-Swedish infantry regiment 61 during the defence of the Karelian Isthmus in 1944. His last film was the war movie Tali-Ihantala 1944. Lindman won two Jussi Awards, one for best director in 1988 and a Lifetime Achievement award in 2008.

Biography

Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1952 avec la sélection finlandaise.

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Filmography of Åke Lindman (14 films)

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Actor

The Book of Fate, 1h25
Genres Science fiction, War, Action, Horror, Western
Actors Vesa Vierikko, Åke Lindman, Markku Peltola, Karoliina Blackburn, Eila Roine
Roles Galagf
Rating36% 1.8271751.8271751.8271751.8271751.827175
The movie is divided into five distinct episodes, each representing a different genre and having their own subplot.
True Love Waits, 34minutes
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Peter Franzén, Kari Väänänen, Åke Lindman, Maria Järvenhelmi
Roles Niilo
Rating65% 3.2711053.2711053.2711053.2711053.271105
For the past years, 62-year-old Helmi has been taking care of her demanding mother. When her mother dies, she is suddenly able to do a lot of things she has not been able to do for a very long time and she is courted by the much younger leader of her church choir.
A Little Christmas Story, 58minutes
Genres Drama
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Pia Johansson, Gösta Bredefeldt, Åke Lindman, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Ingrid Luterkort, Anders Lönnbro
Rating62% 3.1401953.1401953.1401953.1401953.140195
Ina loses her loved teddy bear Nonno in the Metro after Christmas-shopping with her mum. An old man and his dog find Nonno and leave him at the post but he falls down into a bag which will go by train to Kiruna, where Anna who works at the post at the station finds him and brings him home.
The Hunters, 1h58
Directed by Kjell Sundvall
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Rolf Holger Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Helena Bergström, Jarmo Mäkinen, Roland Hedlund, Åke Lindman
Roles Åke Zetterlund
Rating69% 3.496683.496683.496683.496683.49668
Erik (Rolf Lassgård), a Stockholm police officer, reunites with his relatives upon the death of his abusive father in Norrbotten, where his brother Leif (Lennart Jähkel) still lives. We learn that the control the father exerted over the family results in Leif giving up singing, despite being clearly talented and instead remains at home with his father.
Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Scandinavian Escort
Rating72% 3.6471253.6471253.6471253.6471253.647125
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.
Telefon
Telefon (1977)
, 1h42
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about altered memories, Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Sheree North, Patrick Magee
Roles Lieutenant Alexandrov
Rating65% 3.250093.250093.250093.250093.25009
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union planted a number of long-term, deep-cover sleeper agents all over the United States, spies so thoroughly brainwashed that even they did not know they were agents; they could only be activated by a special code phrase (a line from Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" followed by their real given names). Their mission was to sabotage crucial parts of the civil and military infrastructure as a precursor to a possible US/USSR active conflict or war.
The Day the Clown Cried
Directed by Jerry Lewis, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Jerry Lewis, Harriet Andersson, Anton Diffring, Jonas Bergström, Ulf Palme, Pierre Étaix
Roles Stout Prisoner

Lewis plays a washed-up German circus clown named Helmut Doork during the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust. Although he was once a famous performer who toured America and Europe with the Ringling Brothers, Doork is now past his prime and receives little respect. After Doork causes an accident during a show, the head clown convinces the circus owner to demote Doork. Upon returning home, Doork confides his problems in his wife Ada, and she encourages him to stand up for himself. Helmut overhears the circus owner agreeing to fire him after the head clown issues an ultimatum. Helmut is distraught. He is arrested later by the Gestapo for ranting about Germany and drunkenly mocking Adolf Hitler in a bar. Following an interrogation at the Gestapo headquarters, he is imprisoned in a Nazi camp for political prisoners. For the next three to four years, he remains there while hoping for a trial and a chance to plead his case.
The Unknown Soldier, 3h1
Directed by Edvin Laine
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Kosti Klemelä, Åke Lindman, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen, Veikko Sinisalo, Pentti Siimes
Roles Lehto
Rating79% 3.9957653.9957653.9957653.9957653.995765
Nous sommes à l'été 1941. Une compagnie de mitrailleuses de l'est de la Finlande reçoit l'ordre de restituer leur surplus d'équipement. La société est transférée aux lignes de front. Le lendemain matin, les soldats se réveillent au son des fusils - la guerre a commencé. Les troupes finlandaises attaquent et traversent rapidement la frontière. Les jeunes recrues nerveuses de la compagnie reçoivent leur baptême de feu et les hommes se familiarisent avec la mort et les épreuves de la guerre. Sous la force et mal équipés, ils combattent un ennemi supérieur. Les listes de héros et de morts semblent interminables. L'interprétation épique d'Edvin Laine du roman de guerre de Väinö Linna "Tuntematon Sotilas" constitue un chapitre entier du livre sur l'histoire du cinéma finlandais.
The White Reindeer, 1h13
Directed by Erik Blomberg
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Arvo Lehesmaa, Pentti Irjala, Aarne Tarkas
Roles Forester
Rating68% 3.443143.443143.443143.443143.44314
The film, based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism, is set in Finnish Lapland and centers on a young woman, Pirita. In the snowy landscape, Pirita and reindeer herder Aslak meet and soon marry. Aslak must spend time away for work, leaving his new bride lonely. In an effort to alleviate her loneliness and ignite marital passion, Pirita visits the local shaman, who indeed helps her out; but in the process turns her into a shapeshifting, vampiric white reindeer. The villages' men are drawn to her and pursue her, with tragic results.

Director

1944 The Final Defence
Directed by Åke Lindman
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Johan Hallström, Ilkka Villi, Aku Hirviniemi, Aleksi Sariola, Tapani Kalliomäki, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Rating57% 2.8524952.8524952.8524952.8524952.852495
Tali-Ihantala est dédié à l'une des batailles majeures de la guerre finno-russe de 1944. Au cours de celle-ci, les force soviétiques lancèrent une large offensive avec des troupes bien supérieures en nombre et réussirent à percer les lignes finlandaises. Forcées de se replier, les troupes finnoises durent contre toute attente mener un combat acharné afin de préserver l'indépendance de leur pays face aux velléités d'annexion de leur voisin communiste.
Gold Fever in Lapland
Directed by Åke Lindman
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Actors Vesa Vierikko, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Lasse Pöysti, Jarmo Mäkinen, Martti Suosalo, Ville Haapasalo
Rating58% 2.9019252.9019252.9019252.9019252.901925
In his hometown Oulu, Lepistö meets a man who shows him a map of Lapland, showing an "X" mark at the spot where he claims is gold. Lepistö believes the man and shows the map to his companion Ervasti. Lepistö and Ervasti travel to the Teno River, where they manage to find a couple of grams of gold. They travel back to Oulu to lay official claim on the find site but are told it has already been claimed. Finally a large gold rush to Lapland starts.

Scriptwriter

Gold Fever in Lapland
Directed by Åke Lindman
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Actors Vesa Vierikko, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Lasse Pöysti, Jarmo Mäkinen, Martti Suosalo, Ville Haapasalo
Rating58% 2.9019252.9019252.9019252.9019252.901925
In his hometown Oulu, Lepistö meets a man who shows him a map of Lapland, showing an "X" mark at the spot where he claims is gold. Lepistö believes the man and shows the map to his companion Ervasti. Lepistö and Ervasti travel to the Teno River, where they manage to find a couple of grams of gold. They travel back to Oulu to lay official claim on the find site but are told it has already been claimed. Finally a large gold rush to Lapland starts.

Producer

1944 The Final Defence
Directed by Åke Lindman
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Johan Hallström, Ilkka Villi, Aku Hirviniemi, Aleksi Sariola, Tapani Kalliomäki, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8524952.8524952.8524952.8524952.852495
Tali-Ihantala est dédié à l'une des batailles majeures de la guerre finno-russe de 1944. Au cours de celle-ci, les force soviétiques lancèrent une large offensive avec des troupes bien supérieures en nombre et réussirent à percer les lignes finlandaises. Forcées de se replier, les troupes finnoises durent contre toute attente mener un combat acharné afin de préserver l'indépendance de leur pays face aux velléités d'annexion de leur voisin communiste.