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Edvin Laine
Edvin Armas Laine (13 July 1905 – 18 November 1989) was a Finnish film director and actor. Laine was born Bovellán. Laine directed a comedy '' Aaltoska orkaniseeraa'' and family film ''Sleeping Beauty'', both in 1949. '' The Unknown Soldier'', a film Laine directed in 1955 based on Väinö Linna's novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ..., was a big sensation in Finland. There have later been two other film adaptations of the same novel but Laine's version remains the best known. Laine also directed another film based on Väinö Linna's book, '' Here, Beneath the North Star'' (1968), which also was a successful movie in Finland. His 1958 film '' Sven Tuuva the Hero'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Three years later, his film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iisalmi
Iisalmi (; ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality in the regions of Finland, region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second largest of the five towns in Northern Savonia in population, only Kuopio being larger. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. In the 2010s, Iisalmi is known as an export industry town, as well as a significant study town in the region. History Iisalmi traces its roots back to 1627, when the parish of Iisalmi was formed around the local church. The town's old wooden church, Gustav Adolf Church, Iisalmi, Gustav Adolf Church, was consecrated in 1780. In the 18th century, when Finland was under Swedish control, Sweden was frequently at war with Imperial Russia, and the area of Battle of Koljonvirta, Koljonvirta in Iisalmi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Moscow International Film Festival
The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film ''Lucía'' directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film ''Serafino (film), Serafino'' directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film ''We'll Live Till Monday'' directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (film director), Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) * Dev Anand (India) * Vija Artmane (USSR) * King Vidor (USA) * Erwin Geschonneck (East Germany) * Anatoli Golovnya (USSR) * Mbissine Thérèse Diop (Senegal) * Zahari Zhandov (Bulgaria) * Stanislav Zvonicek (Czechoslovakia) * Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Poland) * Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania) * Glauber Rocha (Brazil) * István Szabó (Hungary) * Alberto Sordi (Italy) * Yves Ciampi (France) * Madiha Yousri (Egypt) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prize: ** ''Lucía'' by Humberto Solás ** ''Serafino (film), Serafino'' by Piet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Film Directors
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. Suomi may also refer to: *Finnish language Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finla ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy Of Finland)
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Iisalmi
The term "the people" refers to the public or Common people, common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of Person, persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independence, independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
1989 was a turning point in political history with the " Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. It was the year of the first Brazilian direct presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point. F. W. de Klerk was elected as State President of South Africa, and his regime gradually dismantled th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Births
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich), 11th Symphony is subtitled ''The Year 1905'' to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–07), Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland. Canada and the U.S. expand west, with the Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces and the founding of Las Vegas. 1905 is also the year in which Albert Einstein, at this time resident in Bern, publishes his four Annus Mirabilis papers, ''Annus Mirabilis'' papers in ''Annalen der Physik'' (Leipzig) (March 18, May 11, June 30 and September 27), laying the foundations for more than a century's study of theoretical physics. Events January * January 1 – In a major defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Russian General Anatoly Stessel su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hietaniemi Cemetery
The Hietaniemi cemetery (, ) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Established in 1829, the cemetery includes a large military cemetery section for soldiers from the capital fallen in the wars against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany: in the Winter War (1939–1940), the Continuation War (1941–1944) and the Lapland War (1944–1945). In the centre of the military cemetery are the tombs of the unknown soldier and Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim, commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during World War II, and the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946). Other notable sections of the cemetery are the cemetery of the Finnish Guard, the Artist's Hill and the Statesmen's Grove. There are two Lutheran funerary chapels and a crematorium at the area. ''Hietaniemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjam Novero
Mirjam Novero (1915–1996) was a Finnish film actress. She was the wife of the director Edvin Laine, who directed many of the notable films she starred in, including the five films named below.Soila p.124 Selected filmography References Bibliography * Soila, Tytti. ''The Cinema of Scandinavia''. Wallflower Press, 2005. External links * 1915 births 1996 deaths Actresses from Tampere People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish stage actresses Finnish film actresses {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Moscow International Film Festival
The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film '' Confessions of a Police Captain'' directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film '' Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' The White Bird Marked with Black'' directed by Yuri Ilyenko. Jury * Grigori Kozintsev (USSR - President of the Jury) * Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR) * Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (Senegal) * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR) * Erwin Geschonneck (East Germany) * Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia) * Giuliano Montaldo (Italy) * James Aldridge (Great Britain) * Galsaniin Rinchensambu (Mongolia) * Armando Robles Godoy (Peru) * Beata Tyszkiewicz (Poland) * Youssef Chahine (Egypt) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prize: ** '' Confessions of a Police Captain'' by Damiano Damiani ** '' Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' by Kaneto Shindo ** '' The Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aksel And Elina
''Akseli and Elina'' () is a 1970 Finnish drama film directed by Edvin Laine. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. The film is based on the third and final volume of Väinö Linna's novel trilogy ''Under the North Star''. It's a sequel to the 1968 film ''Here, Beneath the North Star'' which was based on the two first volumes of the trilogy. The film shares only one main character, Akseli Koskela, with its prequel. After the end of the Finnish Civil War, the crofters' farm, also named Koskela, is liberated and life improves for the crofters. However, the outbreak of the Second World War brings new calamities and Akseli Koskela loses three sons: Vilho Koskela, Vilho, Eero and Voitto. The shared hardships endured during the war is shown to lead to a reconciliatory atmosphere. Cast * Aarno Sulkanen as Akseli Koskela * Ulla Eklund as Elina Koskela * Risto Taulo as Jussi Koskela * Anja Pohjola as Alma Koskela * Mirjam Novero as Anna Kivivuori * Kauko Helov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film '' The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai. Jury * Sergei Yutkevich (USSR - President of the Jury) * Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR) * Zoltán Várkonyi (Hungary) * Luchino Visconti (Italy) * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR) * Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia) * Mehboob Khan (India) * Joshua Logan (USA) * Leon Moussinac (France) * Roger Manwell (Great Britain) * Francisco Piña (Mexico) * Walieddin Youssef Samih (Egypt) * Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland) * Huang Guang (China) * Michael Tschesno-Hell (East Germany) * Liviu Ciulei (Romania) * Borislav Sharaliev (Bulgaria) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Grand Prix: ** '' The Naked Island'' by Kaneto Shindo ** '' Clear Skies'' by Grigori Chukhrai * Special Golden Prize: '' Everybody Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
