Edvin Laine

Biography

Edvin Laine (13 July 1905 – 18 November 1989) was a Finnish film director. Laine was born Bovellán.

Laine directed Aaltoska orkaniseeraa, a comedy, in 1949.

The Unknown Soldier, a film Laine directed in 1955 based on Väinö Linna's novel, was a big sensation in Finland. There have later been two other film adaptations of the same novel but Laine's version remains the best known. Laine also directed another film based on Väinö Linna's book, Here, Beneath the North Star (1968), which also was a successful movie in Finland.

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Known For

Naiskohtaloita

Oi, kallis Suomenmaa

August järjestää kaiken

Rantasuon raatajat

Nokea ja kultaa

Risti ja liekki

Seitsemän veljestä

Hilmanpäivät

Filmography

1986 Akallinen mies

as Narrator (voice)

1967 Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta

as Trofimov

1960 Myöhästynyt hääyö

as William Makinen

1958 Sven Tuuva the Hero

as Sven's Father

1957 Niskavuori taistelee

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1957 Musta rakkaus

as Arttu Salmela

1957 Risti ja liekki

as Nuntius

1955 Pastori Jussilainen

as Elias Gabriel Jussilainen

1955 Rakas lurjus

as Aapeli Siimes

1954 Hilmanpäivät

as Kalervo Kytömaa

1953 Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen

as Kahari

1952 Yhden yön hinta

as Antii

1951 Vihaan sinua – rakas

as Esa Karnala

1948 Onnen-Pekka

as Kristian Björn

1947 Naiskohtaloita

as Gustaf Jäckell

1946 Kultainen kynttilänjalka

as Markus Mäntylä

1945 Nokea ja kultaa

as Jalmari Aaltonen

1945 Anna Liisa

as Mikko

1945 Ristikon varjossa

as Lauri Haapa 'Pentti Tahvana'

1944 Sylvi

as Aksel Wahl