Name
Aarne Tarkas
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1923-12-19
Deathday
1976-10-07 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Biography
Aarne Tarkas (until 1947 Saastamoinen, 19 December 1923 – 7 October 1976) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tarkas started his career as a screenwriter for Matti Kassila film Radio tekee murron (1951) for which they shared a Jussi Award. In 1952, he founded a production company Junior-Filmi, which produced internationally recognized Erik Blomberg film Valkoinen peura.
Tarkas was known as a very fast writer who, during his most productive years, finished up to five movies per year. All in all, Tarkas wrote 35 scripts and directed 33 feature films. During his final years, he worked mostly for television. Aarne Tarkas died of a heart failure at the age of 52.
Known For
6.6
A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic v...
5.4
Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a car...
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Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Mus...
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Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be...
- 1955 Villi Pohjola as Kullanhuuhtoja (uncredited)
- 1954 Olemme kaikki syyllisiä as Man at Bar Table (uncredited)
- 1951 Radio tekee murron as Karas
- 1959 Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen as (uncredited)
- 1960 Nina ja Erik as (uncredited)
- 1963 Villin Pohjolan kulta as Torsti (uncredited)
- 1959 Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina as (uncredited)
- 1960 Opettajatar seikkailee as (uncredited)
- 1961 Tähtisumua as Aarne Tarkas (uncredited)
- 1962 Naiset, jotka minulle annoit as (uncredited)
- 1962 Hän varasti elämän as (uncredited)
- 1962 Älä nuolase… as (uncredited)
- 1961 Tyttö ja hattu as Aarne Tarkas (uncredited)
- 1963 Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso as Torsti
- 1952 The White Reindeer as Groom (uncredited)
- 1957 Herra sotaministeri as (uncredited)
