Jouko Turkka

Jouko Turkka

1942-04-17
74 (2016-07-22)
Pirkkala, Finland

Jouko Veli Turkka was a Finnish writer, actor, drama-teacher, stage and film director and above all a controversialist.

Pirkkala, Finland

Jouko Veli Turkka was a Finnish writer, actor, drama-teacher, stage and film director and above all a controversialist.

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Back to the USSR 1992 (5.4)

Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him.
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The Life of Aleksis Kivi 2002 (6)

Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, "Seven Brothers/Seitsemän veljestä". Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.
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The Death of Federico 1967

Spanish poet Federico García Lorca is condemned to death by Captain Nestares after an absurd interrogation that serves to make it clear to the people that the Spanish Civil War is a war of ideas, and that there is no place for individuals like Lorca in Spain.