Aarne Tarkas
Directing
1923-12-19
Aarne Tarkas (until 1947 Saastamoinen, 19 December 1923 – 7 October 1976) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tarkas started his career as a screenwriter for Matti Kassila film Radio tekee murron (1951) for which they shared a Jussi Award. In 1952, he founded a production company Junior-Filmi, which produced internationally recognized Erik Blomberg film Valkoinen peura. Tarkas was known as a very fast writer who, during his most productive years, finished up to five movies per year. All in all, Tarkas wrote 35 scripts and directed 33 feature films. During his final years, he worked mostly for television. Aarne Tarkas died of a heart failure at the age of 52.
Filmography(16)
movieVillin Pohjolan salattu laakso
as Torsti · 1963 · 4.5
movieVillin Pohjolan kulta
as Torsti (uncredited) · 1963 · 6.0
movieNaiset, jotka minulle annoit
as (uncredited) · 1962 · 3.0
movieHän varasti elämän
as (uncredited) · 1962 · 6.5
movieÄlä nuolase…
as (uncredited) · 1962 · 6.3
movieTyttö ja hattu
as Aarne Tarkas (uncredited) · 1961 · 6.8
movieTähtisumua
as Aarne Tarkas (uncredited) · 1961 · 4.5
movieOpettajatar seikkailee
as (uncredited) · 1960 · 4.8
movieNina ja Erik
as (uncredited) · 1960 · 3.8
moviePekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
as (uncredited) · 1959 · 4.9
movieEi ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
as (uncredited) · 1959 · 4.8
movieHerra sotaministeri
as (uncredited) · 1957 · 7.0
movieVilli Pohjola
as Kullanhuuhtoja (uncredited) · 1955 · 6.8
movieOlemme kaikki syyllisiä
as Man at Bar Table (uncredited) · 1954 · 8.3
movieThe White Reindeer
as Groom (uncredited) · 1952 · 6.6
movieRadio tekee murron
as Karas · 1951 · 6.8