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Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (November 28, 1961 - March 5, 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi has a cameo role in the film.
Before making the film Spy Games, Järvi-Laturi directed and served as co-director of several films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film The Unknown Soldier.
Järvi-Laturi won the Nordic Film Prize for the best Scandinavian Film of The Year and the highest Finnish film prize Jussi Award (best screenplay) in 1990 for Kotia Päin (Homebound). His Estonian actioner Darkness in Tallinn is the most widely distributed Estonian film so far, and won the Silver Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fassbinder prize in Mannheim. He previously lived in New York and Beijing.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 0.527 |
Birthday | 1961-11-28 |
Place of Birth | Valkeakoski, Finland |
Also Known As | Ilkka Jarvilaturi, Ilkka, |
![The Unknown Soldier](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7GFnQOBBKOafcoozoL7aqSZk4DL.jpg)
1985
![The Unknown Soldier](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7GFnQOBBKOafcoozoL7aqSZk4DL.jpg)
The Unknown Soldier
6.971/35
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army...
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The Unknown Soldier
![The Winter War](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hoXzrghg8RMtw9ErlWZ6lfixOR9.jpg)
1989
![The Winter War](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hoXzrghg8RMtw9ErlWZ6lfixOR9.jpg)
The Winter War
7/78
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the pr...
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The Winter War
![Nuoruuteni savotat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a6eXRvLI1rPh7qCud0proTZDBwT.jpg)
1988
![Nuoruuteni savotat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a6eXRvLI1rPh7qCud0proTZDBwT.jpg)
Nuoruuteni savotat
6.8/5
Lumberjacking is a second part of saga about young author, Kalle Päätalo. It's a story about growing up and becoming a storyteller in hard times when...
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Nuoruuteni savotat
![Spy Games](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eDrV526mssGl7WA2hPZeglK6BBz.jpg)
1999
![Spy Games](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eDrV526mssGl7WA2hPZeglK6BBz.jpg)
Spy Games
4.615/13
A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret...
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