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Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Date of birth: 1934-11-28

Place of birth: Simpele, Finland

Known for: Directing

Also known as: Jarkko Virta, Pierre Froid, B. Kivi

Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Biography

Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1958 and 2000. His 1975 film Home for Christmas was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.

Movie Credits

Iloinen Linnanmäki
1.3

Iloinen Linnanmäki

1960-11-04

Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park,

Mies tältä tähdeltä
2.8

Mies tältä tähdeltä

1958-10-31

Office clerk Eero Koskinen prefers to spend his nights drinking and reminiscing the war with his fri

X-Paroni
2.1

X-Paroni

1964-10-30

Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of hims

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
2.7

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

1958-04-25

Pekka Puupää and Pätkä involuntarily end up in Suez as peacekeepers. After saving the Caliph's daugh

Sotapojan heilat
1

Sotapojan heilat

1958-08-15

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
1.9

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

1956-06-29

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join

Valkoinen kääpiö
1.5

Valkoinen kääpiö

1986-02-14

The story of one man's struggle after he gets caught in a nuclear fallout and gets sick with leukemi

Onnenpeli
2.4

Onnenpeli

1965-10-01

Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva,

Poet and Muse
2.5

Poet and Muse

1978-10-13

Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th a

Maaseudun tulevaisuus?
0

Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

1970-02-28

Kesäkapina
2.4

Kesäkapina

1970-01-23

Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 trav

Hopeaa rajan takaa
2.9

Hopeaa rajan takaa

1963-09-20

In the summer of 1941, the Karelian youths Wist and Anttala decide to seek family silver hidden unde

Town Is Our Future
3.5

Town Is Our Future

1967-01-18

With its sharp opinions, the film is a follow-up to the film Asuminen ja luonto (Living and Nature).

Darling
0

Darling

1961-08-18

Tells the story of a young couple using flashbacks.

Meren juhlat
2.1

Meren juhlat

1963-03-01

Sini is waiting for her husband to return from a trip and starts thinking about her past relationshi

Linna
2

Linna

1986-09-12

Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the