Kauko Helovirta
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Kauko Kustaa Helovirta was a Finnish
film
actor
.
Helovirta entered film in 1950
and made about 40 Finnish films between then and 1995.
Helovirta starred in the 1977
film
alongside actor Antti Litja
in Jäniksen vuosi
a film about a Finnish man from Helsinki
who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.
Towards the end of his career in the mid 1990s he appeared on television
.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Helovirta entered film in 1950
1950 in film
The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ambush...
and made about 40 Finnish films between then and 1995.
Helovirta starred in the 1977
1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
alongside actor Antti Litja
Antti Litja
Antti Litja is a Finnish actor.Litja entered film in 1960 and has made over 60 Finnish film and TV appearances to date...
in Jäniksen vuosi
Jäniksen vuosi
The Year of the Hare is a 1977 Finnish drama film directed by Risto Jarva, starring Antti Litja as a man who leaves his office job in Helsinki to live in the wilderness with a hare...
a film about a Finnish man from Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.
Towards the end of his career in the mid 1990s he appeared on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
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