Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor, who has been called an "all-around entertainer". During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions, including the comedy Spede Show and the game-show Speden Spelit. Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa-Matti Loiri (whose most popular character created by Pasanen was Uuno Turhapuro; first in TV sketches and then in a long-lasting series of motion pictures) and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows, often made quickly and on a low budget, usually received little critical recognition but were popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. He was the owner of his own film production company, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky. Pasanen was ranked 17th at the Suuret suomalaiset competition show broadcast by Yleisradio.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8698 |
| Birthday | 1930-04-10 |
| Place of Birth | Kuopio, Finland |
| Also Known As | Pertti Pasanen, Spede, H6, Atomi-Spede, Jürgen von Schnitzel, |
1956
Tyttö tuli taloon
7.5/2
Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
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Tyttö tuli taloon
1955
Villi Pohjola
6.75/4
A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
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Villi Pohjola
1958
Asessorin naishuolet
8/2
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.
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Asessorin naishuolet
1973
Uuno Turhapuro
5.6/18
Uuno Turhapuro is a lazy man who abhors manual labor, but has the ability to talk himself out of any sticky situation, usually with his long-suffering...
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Uuno Turhapuro
1975
Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
6.147/17
Uuno is unemployed and his friends try to arrange a job for him. With his imagination, though, and the help of Härski Hartikainen (Spede Pasanen), he...
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Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
1976
Lottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro
6.143/14
It is the first anniversary of Uuno and Elisabet. Uuno has placed a bet with his friend Härski-Hartikainen a year ago, that if Uuno can take just one...
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Lottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro
1984
Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
6.16/25
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of th...
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Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
1985
Uuno Epsanjassa
5.808/26
Uuno Turhapuro is searching for a job and takes a correspondence course in tour guiding. Eventually he gets a job in a small travel agency and takes a...
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Uuno Epsanjassa
1979
Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit
5.611/18
Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger. He is th...
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Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit
1981
Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi
5.063/16
Uuno's nose is proved to be so good, that he can smell behind the display window what goods are on the other side. With this fabulous smell talent Uun...
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Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi
1986
Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
5.882/17
Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is...
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Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
1984
Lentävät luupäät
5.111/9
Two brothers from Häme discover that they are actually from Karelia. During the celebration of the newfound fact, one of the brothers is bitten by a b...
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Lentävät luupäät
2002
Visa Mäkinen - My movie
0/0
Short documentary about finnish movie director Visa Mäkinen. There is photos from family album and short clips where Visa Mäkinen is working behind th...
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Visa Mäkinen - My movie
1966
Millipilleri
4.429/7
Tarmo, a failed student, tries to win over his uncle, Consul Ö, in the hope of receiving an advance on his inheritance. His stingy uncle threatens to...
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Millipilleri
1969
Leikkikalugangsteri
5.875/8
Two Finnish toy manufacturers Jim King and Krakström compete for toys. King's business is far too successful and he is trying to tax fraud with the he...
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Leikkikalugangsteri
1968
Noin 7 veljestä
6.3/10
The greedy lord of the manor, von Wurstburg, lives lavishly on his estate, heavily taxing the local peasants, when the official heir to the estate, th...
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Noin 7 veljestä
1969
Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut
5.045/11
TV studio organizer Mikko Syvärinen becomes the admired comedian K. Ovimikko through a series of mishaps. However, Mikko's popularity wanes when he sw...
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Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut
1969
Pohjan tähteet
7.286/7
Triangle comedy about a movie crew shooting a no-budget artsy film. Director Pohja is a clumsy beginner, cinematographer Törrönen an old pro, and the...
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Pohjan tähteet
1964
X-Paroni
4.65/10
Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both character...
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X-Paroni
1957
Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä
4.583/12
Pekka Puupää and Pätkä, who return to Helsinki from an unsuccessful variety show tour, are forced into refresher training, where they are trained as f...
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Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä
1959
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
4.8/5
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printi...
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Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
1980
Tup akka lakko
5.192/13
'Tup-Akka-Lakko' is a sequel to 'Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit' in which doctor Jyrä invented a test-tube-adult who looked exactly like Mutikainen...
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Tup akka lakko
1971
Hirttämättömät
6.778/18
Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town o...
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Hirttämättömät
1970
Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika
5.731/13
Speedy Gonzales arrives in a small village in New York to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Moses, with the help of the lively Rita. In...
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Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika
1988
Tupla-Uuno
4.333/15
Uuno Turhapuro finds his doppelganger, Hugo, who happens to be a computer genius. Hugo helps Uuno save his father-in-law's business (and Uuno's inheri...
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Tupla-Uuno
1983
Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
4.842/19
Uuno Turhapuro has lost his memory and thinks he's a woman. His friend Sörsselssön has lost his memory too and Härski Hartikainen tries to help them.
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Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
1967
Pähkähullu Suomi
5.818/11
A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the film’s...
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Pähkähullu Suomi
1990
Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla
5.5/10
This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.
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Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla
1978
Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy
4.583/12
Uuno's father-in-law is running for president and to avoid embarrassment pressures Uuno to finally get a job, which he does at a hardware store. Meanw...
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Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy
1998
Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
3.733/15
Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties.
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Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
1994
Uuno Turhapuron veli
3.1/10
Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped.
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Uuno Turhapuron veli
1992
Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
4.824/17
Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finlan...
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Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
1991
Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra
5.25/12
Uuno is working as campaign manager of a president candidate but accidentally Uuno himself becomes the president of Finland.
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Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra
1971
Kahdeksas veljes
5.583/6
Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.
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Kahdeksas veljes
1958
Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
5.7/10
Pekka Puupää and Pätkä involuntarily end up in Suez as peacekeepers. After saving the Caliph's daughter Suleiman from kidnappers on two occasions, the...
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Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
1986
Pikkupojat
6.65/20
OK, imagine four men in their 40s and 50s. You there? OK, now imagine them wearing suits and playing on a sandbox as characters aged 4, 5 and 6. Pasan...
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Pikkupojat
1985
Hei kliffaa hei
4.8/9
The film is based on characters from the Mänttien TV-asema sketches featured on the Spede Show.
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Hei kliffaa hei
1963
Hopeaa rajan takaa
6/10
In the summer of 1941, the Karelian youths Wist and Anttala decide to seek family silver hidden under Wist's home behind the border line of the truce.
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Hopeaa rajan takaa
1999
Naisen logiikka
3.8/5
A Finnish comedy seen by under 400 viewers upon original release. Never aired on TV or published on home media.
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Naisen logiikka
1961
Mullin mallin
4.5/2
An idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astr...
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Mullin mallin
1993
Uuno Turhapuron poika
3.889/9
Gangsters try to steal Uuno Turhapuro's father-in-law's money by infiltrating into the family through Uuno, by pretending he has a long-lost son.
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Uuno Turhapuron poika
1977
Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon
5.588/17
Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and in...
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Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon
1982
Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
4.737/19
Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods.
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Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
1987
Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti
4.813/16
Uuno Turhapuro reads guide books to learn how to be an orchestra conductor and a secret agent. Meanwhile, his father in law hatches a complicated sche...
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Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti
1962
Taape tähtenä
5/2
The director waits in vain for the female lead of his new film to arrive on set. He hires his production assistant Taape for the female lead role so t...
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Taape tähtenä
1957
Vääpelin kauhu
4.6/5
A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.
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Vääpelin kauhu
1956
Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
5/5
A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a mal...
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Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
1957
Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa
5.5/12
Justiina Puupää drives her husband Pekka and his friend Pätkä to look for work. The two decide to make money the easy way and try to have an accident...
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Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa
1985
Turhapuroilmiö
7/1
A TV documentary about the Finnish comedy character Uuno Turhapuro.
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