T.J. Särkkä
1890 - 1975Before his career in filmmaking, Särkkä worked as a bank manager and chairman in Kotimainen Työ, an organization promoting Finnish work and products. After the death of Erkki Karu, founder and owner of Suomen Filmiteollisuus, Särkkä became the CEO thus producing 233 and directing 49 feature films.
In 1965, when Finnish film industry was in difficulties due to the coming of television, Särkkä initiated bankruptcy of Suomen Filmiteollisuus. He was CEO of the production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus.
Särkkä married Russian-Lithuanian Margariitta Beljavsky in 1914. They had one daughter.
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Rakas lurjus
T.J. Särkkä
Ansa Ikonen, Edvin Laine
It is a time of extreme housing shortage in Helsinki. People with room in their flats are required either to find subtenants or to lodge anyone sent by the housing commission. Abel and Jussi Siimes, two devoted haters of women, find themselves in this predicament. They need to find a subtenant quickly to avoid the possibility of the housing commission sending a woman, God forbid it, to live with them. Abel's acquaintance, an assessor, recommends his nephew Kaino as the perfect choice.
Rakas lurjus
Tulitikkuja lainaamassa
T.J. Särkkä, Yrjö Norta
Aku Korhonen, Uuno Laakso
По одноимённой повести Майю Лассила. Полная самых неожиданных и нелепых происшествий, эта кинокомедия является едкой сатирой на финскую деревенскую буржуазию, на её нравы, на тупой и бессодержательный образ жизни. … — опять в доме ни спички… — с этими словами Анна-Лиза, жена Анти Ихалайнена, разбудила своего ленивого мужа и послала его за спичками. По дороге Анти встретил своего закадычного друга Юсси Ватанена… О неожиданных приключениях, к которым привела эта встреча, с тонким юмором рассказывает фильм.
Tulitikkuja lainaamassa
Onnellinen ministeri
T.J. Särkkä
Birgit Kronström, Tauno Palo
An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".
Onnellinen ministeri
Kulkurin valssi
T.J. Särkkä
Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo
St.Petersburg, 1830. An arrogant Finnish baron is playing cards with a Russian officer. Needless to say, the Finn wins and the Russian gets extremely annoyed. The situation is not helped by the fact that the baron has been seeing a girl that the Russian officer has also set his eyes on. They decide to have a duel and after the Finn wins fair and square, he has to escape because the untrustworthy Russians are after him.
Kulkurin valssi
Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
T.J. Särkkä
Tauno Palo, Teija Sopanen
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring is eventually crushed.
Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
Kuu on vaarallinen
T.J. Särkkä
Liana Kaarina, Esko Salminen
Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son of a local storekeeper. Sten offers to divorce his wife, and Elsie, attracted by the prospect of a secure social position, agrees to marry him when the divorce becomes final. One night when the couple are in bed, Reino climbs a ladder and attempts to force his way into their room; he falls and breaks his neck, and to avoid scandal Sten hides the body. But the strain of guilt ruins the romance, and Elsie contacts the police, who arrest her lover.
Preludes to Ecstasy
Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina
T.J. Särkkä
Tauno Palo, Regina Linnanheimo
At the eve of Crimean war orphaned Regina lives with her grandmother in a small cabin near a lavish villa. As the summer approaches there is great anticipation of a big ball to be held.
Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina
