Matti Kuusla

Acting
1933-08-07
Helsinki, Finland

Biography

Matti Kuusla was a Finnish actor and screenwriter. He was well known for acting small supporting roles in TV and movies.

Known For & Full Filmography30 Titles

#1Mullin mallin

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Bluff Brother

4.5 / 10
ComedyMusic

An idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astray, and the men end up at an empty hotel, where they begin a program of evening entertainment led by Severi Suhonen.

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#2Oho, sanoi Eemeli

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Roope (uncredited)

9.0 / 10
Comedy

Eemeli, a lazy farm boy, is sent out into the world by his parents due to poor potato harvest forecasts. On his way to the logging camp, he meets Tommi, a man from Helsinki who sells razors and is headed to the same destination. At the logging camp, the loggers and Eemeli perform several musical numbers and flee from Isabella, the cook, who is hungry for men.

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#3The Unknown Soldier

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Wounded Soldier

7.2 / 10
DramaWar

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

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#4The Doll Merchant

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
FantasyDrama

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

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#5Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
Comedy

The unlucky layabout Isarkar Keturi brings a criminal gang to heel with the help of his assistant Mikael. He frees Irma, the daughter of mining magnate Tömstet, from captivity and a forced marriage to Kurt. Irma achieves her dream of becoming a pop star, with Isaskar's help.

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#6Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Alokas

5.0 / 10
Comedy

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.

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#7Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

4.8 / 10
ComedyThriller

Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printing plates are desperately searched by the gang and our heroes try to hide from them by travelling to Mallorca, where some of the local hoods try to kill them and retake the missing plates.

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#8Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Vieraan vallan paha poika Körmyn unessa

4.6 / 10
Comedy

Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.

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#9Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

4.6 / 10
Comedy

Pekka Puupää and Pätkä, who return to Helsinki from an unsuccessful variety show tour, are forced into refresher training, where they are trained as frogmen. During the diving exercises, the friends encounter the mermaid Helmi, whom they help into the bathtub at home, to Justiina's shock. The friends, who have become civilians, eventually end up on a plane bound for Suez, being cornered by UN soldiers.

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#10Lumisten metsien tyttö

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
Drama

Wintery forest and stubborn 16 year old girl dazzle the teacher from Helsinki.

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#11Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Self - Futuro House 001 Owner

6.7 / 10
Documentary

A journey through time to our futuristic recent past. A documentary film about the rise and fall of a Finnish plastic house. A story about the utopia of the "space age" that almost came true. The Futuro house was completed in 1968. It was believed that humanity was on the threshold of a new era, when technology would be able to solve all conceivable problems. Made entirely of plastic, Futuro was both a reflection of its time and a utopian vision of the "future state of affairs."

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#12Villi Pohjola

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Konna

6.8 / 10
WesternAdventure

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.

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#13Vääpeli Mynkhausen

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Pekka Visaoksa

5.0 / 10
Comedy

Professor Visaoksa's spoiled city kids are sent to the countryside to live with their strict general uncle and learn some manners. The general's buddy, who tells the kids war stories and is nicknamed Sergeant Mynkhausen, finally gets the kids under control.

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#14Taas tyttö kadoksissa!

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Heikki (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
ComedyCrime

Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.

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#15Autuas eversti

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
Comedy

Colonel Carolus von Haestman, presumed dead by his family, awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his childhood sweetheart, Amelie. His children and grandchildren, in turn, set out to find the runaway lovers. In the end, the funeral turns into a wedding and honeymoon.

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#16Evakko

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Salu Yllö

7.1 / 10
DramaHistoryWar

Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.

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#17Suomisen Olli rakastuu

Movie - 1944, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
DramaComedyFamily

Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans.

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#18Laivan kannella

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
ComedyMusic

Young sailor Arvi falls in love with a dance girl Kerttu in a Spanish tavern, who says that she is half-Finnish and wants to go find her real father.

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#19Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
Comedy

Justiina Puupää drives her husband Pekka and his friend Pätkä to look for work. The two decide to make money the easy way and try to have an accident after first getting accident insurance. After trying their luck, they hurt their heads and in the hospital, the comrades see each other's more outrageous antics.

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#20Rakas lurjus

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

2.8 / 10
Comedy

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.

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#21Murheenkryynin poika

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
Comedy

Heikki Aaltonen enlists in military service, leaving behind his father Hemminki, mother Mimmi, and beloved Helvi on the family farm. At the same time, another Heikki Aaltonen enlists, who is completely different in character from the future small farmer Aaltonen. The constant confusion between the men's names, the overprotective attitude of their parents, and Helvi's admission to a domestic science school near the regiment are all factors that tend to disrupt Heikki's military service.

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#221918

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Jali (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
Drama

Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.

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#23Vihdoinkin hääyö…

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

9.0 / 10
ComedyRomance

Elina and Pentti are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary and have invited Elina's cousin Ann-Mari and her husband Teemu to their village. During the evening, the group begins reminiscing about the past, revealing Elina's brief romance with Martti before she got married.

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#24Kahden ladun poikki

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

9.0 / 10
Drama

Young Anna marries Tuomas, an old widower. Tuomas reluctantly sells his forest to the boss of Ruukki and is forced to take in a group of loggers, among whom the handsome womanizer Humu begins to seduce the young mistress of the house.

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#25Onnen-Pekka

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
DramaComedyFamily

The story of Pekka Aalto, who lives with his aunt and to whom district judge Anders bequeaths a large estate. No one knows who this young Pekka Aalto is, and the whole truth will not be revealed until six months later in the supplementary will. Anders' sisters do everything they can to prevent Pekka from getting the estate promised to him in the will.

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#26Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Nitsikov

4.8 / 10
Comedy

Uuno Turhapuro has lost his memory and thinks he's a woman. His friend Sörsselssön has lost his memory too and Härski Hartikainen tries to help them.

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#27Äidittömät

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
Comedy

Professor Derek Wytycky and his son Hans, who are immersed in the study of Indian poetry, wake up one day to find that the mother of the family is nowhere to be seen. When their housekeeper Gloria also leaves, having had enough of the absent-minded men, father and son hire private detective Mademoiselle Catherine Anaconda to investigate Mrs. Wytycky's disappearance.

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#28Herra sotaministeri

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to a court martial, and he resigns from his ministerial post to start a new life with his neighbor Leena.

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#29Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
DramaHistory

A poet finds a new muse in young woman.

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#30Äl' yli päästä perhanaa

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
ComedyHistoryMusic

In the farce, the producer has invited people to his place to plan a film celebrating the centenary of independence. They get drunk and come up with three possible films, which they also act in themselves. The topics chosen, in the spirit of Finnish nationalism, are the life of Colonel Sandels, moonshining, and the 1974 presidential election.

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