Date of birth: 1904-04-02
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Rakel Kivekäs, Raakel Laakso


1962-11-16
Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fia

1950-11-17
1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs t

1951-12-30
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second

1951-04-06
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, record

1956-10-11
A major wounded in war falls in love with a nurse who has been widowed in the hospital. However, the

1952-12-25
Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmha

1959-12-25
Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left fo

1950-12-22
In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling a

1951-08-03
Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also man

1950-03-23
A widower takes care of his three children who are trying to find him a new wife.

1951-02-23
The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajul

1960-12-16
Eemeli leaves the countryside for Helsinki to obtain tax money for the bailiff who is pursuing him.

1962-10-26
A farm trader falls in love with a rich girl with many admirers.

1953-03-29
A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the chi

1954-12-25
Opri is an evacuee from Karelia and is forced to move into a nursing home when his cottage is demoli

1952-10-03
An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bo

1952-04-25
Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.

1959-09-04
The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his fam

1949-04-29
In this story, which focuses on the events of a single evening, Kaarlo Kaarila, a dedicated chief ph

1954-04-30
A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th

1949-11-17
Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young

1951-09-21
A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group

1950-07-28
Concertmaster Orasto and his pianist wife Elna hire Maija, who has been treated harshly by life, as

1954-08-13
Based on short stories by early 20th century feminist writer Maria Jotuni, the film is a series of l