Elina Salo
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Elina Salo (born March 9, 1936 in Sipoo, Finland; died November 4, 2025) was a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5631 |
| Birthday | 1936-03-09 |
| Place of Birth | Sipoo, Finland |
| Also Known As | Elina Maisala, Элина Сало, |
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
1960
Scandal in the Girls' School
7/3
The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the st...
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Scandal in the Girls' School
1990
The Match Factory Girl
7.412/306
Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pre...
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The Match Factory Girl
1987
Hamlet Goes Business
6.704/54
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on...
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Hamlet Goes Business
1987
Nonstop
10/1
A revolver changes hands seven times, each time serving a different purpose shot in a film style which tests the traditional story-telling form of fil...
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Nonstop
2011
Le Havre
7.007/492
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, an elderly shoeshiner with an ailing wife crosses paths with a young African refugee pursued by the police for...
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Le Havre
1991
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
0/0
A comical animated opera. A chicken leaves to get birch branches for sauna while the rooster stays to warm the sauna. On her way she sees a clear-wate...
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The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
1979
I Have a Tiger
9/1
A little boy has a tiger as a pet, but it's a secret. The widemouth of the apartment building is Miss Kotilainen, who is always complaining about ever...
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I Have a Tiger
1959
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
6.5/2
Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The peaceful rura...
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Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
1961
Tähtisumua
4.5/2
Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in t...
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Tähtisumua
1979
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
8/2
Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very gene...
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Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1958
Kulkurin masurkka
3.833/6
A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.
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Kulkurin masurkka
1986
The Snow Queen
6.8/17
A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on the struggle between good and evil as ex...
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The Snow Queen
1974
A Stranger Came by Train
6/3
An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in the manner of the later phenomenon of t...
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A Stranger Came by Train
1962
Yö vai päivä
5.75/4
A French cultural research group arrives in Finland. From Helsinki, the group travels to Saimaa to participate in Midsummer rituals, where the summer...
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Yö vai päivä
1989
The Little Angel
0/0
It's holiday season and Christmas decorations come alive again. As her first Christmas Eve approaches, the Little Angel is eager to find her own place...
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The Little Angel
1967
A Worker's Diary
5.818/11
Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business t...
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A Worker's Diary
1962
Tie pimeään
6.375/4
Klaus Grahn is a young student frustrated with his life. In an attempt to break free from his unfulfilling life he tries to commit the perfect crime a...
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Tie pimeään
1962
Älä nuolase…
6.25/4
Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the...
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Älä nuolase…
1988
Petos
5.25/8
The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go in...
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Petos
1960
Inspector Palmu's Error
7/39
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
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Inspector Palmu's Error
1978
Poet and Muse
5.6/5
Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on...
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Poet and Muse
1961
Minkkiturkki
4/4
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
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Minkkiturkki
1982
The Farewell
2.375/4
Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repressed by her stern father. When Valerie has a brief...
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The Farewell
1961
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
7.3/30
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu...
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Gas, Inspector Palmu!
1960
Iloinen Linnanmäki
4/4
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new...
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Iloinen Linnanmäki
1969
Harry Munter
4.692/13
Harry Munter, a sensitive, kind, appealing man in his twenties, lives with his parents. He's an inventor, a bit of a mystic, maybe a genius, and a goo...
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Harry Munter
1981
Pedon merkki
4.5/10
Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
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Pedon merkki
1986
Linna
5/6
Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the woebegone Josef K., who is trapped in an ever-incr...
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Linna
1996
Drifting Clouds
7.575/213
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they mus...
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Drifting Clouds
2002
The Man Without a Past
7.425/459
Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost h...
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The Man Without a Past
1963
Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
4.5/4
The Vorna brothers search for a hidden valley and its treasures.
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Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
1960
Justus järjestää kaiken
8/1
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.
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Justus järjestää kaiken
1968
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
7/2
Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois
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Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1971
Kreivi
4.455/11
Pertti Ylermi Lindgren was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. Lindgren is the real thing, as far as swindlers go. Peter von...
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Kreivi
1965
Vaaksa vaaraa
3.5/4
A technician working in the telephony company receives a mysterious packet.
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Vaaksa vaaraa
1961
Kultainen vasikka
7.5/2
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
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Kultainen vasikka
1957
Herra sotaministeri
7/1
Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Mari...
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Herra sotaministeri
1962
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
3/4
A triangular drama set in the world of theater.
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Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
1956
Rintamalotta
7.333/3
Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous si...
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Rintamalotta
1994
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
6.784/95
Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
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Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1999
Juha
6.7/72
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
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Juha
1958
Sotapojan heilat
4.5/2
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
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Sotapojan heilat
1959
Patarouva
9/1
Kaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four que...
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Patarouva
1993
Nitro League
8/1
An jolly gang of elderly people plan to rob a bank.
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Nitro League
1982
Eight Mirrors
1/2
Mean girls bully Anna-Maija after she is seen kissing a boy. Her parents notice that the girl's affairs are not in order, but they did not know the re...
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Eight Mirrors
1973
Gamen
0/0
Aa self-indulgent TV theater dramatization of Sigmund Freud's thesis on Leonardo da Vinci.
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Gamen
1984
Tove and the Sea
7/1
Artist and author Tove Jansson talks about her thoughts and life at home on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki and in her cottage in the outer archipelago.
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Tove and the Sea
1969
Tre långa år
0/0
A family father gets caught drunk driving.
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