Leo Jokela
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1927-01-24
Place of Birth:Hausjärvi, Finland
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Also Known As:Лео Йокела

Rintamalotta (1956)
Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous...

Tyttö ja hattu (1961)
Mirja finds her grandmother's old hat in the attic and sets off singing along the road with it on her head. On her journey, she meets composer couple...

Vaarallista vapautta (1962)
Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the...

Taape tähtenä (1962)
The director waits in vain for the female lead of his new film to arrive on set. He hires his production assistant Taape for the female lead role so...

The Harvest Month (1956)
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a...

Kovanaama (1954)
Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor...

Kultainen vasikka (1961)
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Kalle Aaltosen morsian (1948)
The S/S Vellamo heads to Alexandria with Kaarina, the daughter of the ship's owner Hallerman, on board. As Kaarina trades places with the family's...

Asessorin naishuolet (1958)
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.

Pikku Pietarin piha (1961)
A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person –...

Inspector Palmu's Error (1960)
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.

Viu-hah hah-taja (1974)
The invisible UFO men Giljotin and Orvaskesi land on Earth and take on the appearance of the first people they encounter, Mr. Tossavais and...

Opettajatar seikkailee (1960)
An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her...

Hilmanpäivät (1954)
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the...

Villin Pohjolan kulta (1963)
A western set in the "Wild North". The Vornan brothers Joel, Tommi, and Kai are framed for the robbery of a gold-laden carriage and the murder of its...

Kankkulan kaivolla (1960)
A radio reporter from Helsinki arrives in the village of Kankkula just before Midsummer to conduct interviews. The old sheriff demands that his...

Toivelauluja (1961)
A film centered around a popular Finnish song book. Young lovers Pirkko and Pekka break off their engagement at the end of an evening spent at a...

Aaltoska orkaniseeraa (1949)
Two children get involved in the adventure as the bustling caretaker Mrs. Aaltoska and crime reporter "Hawkeye" Lipponen start chasing the mysterious...

Orpopojan valssi (1949)
A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful...

Professori Masa (1949)
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn...

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of...

Serenaadiluutnantti (1949)
Broke touring artists get on the wrong bus and end up as army recruits for a few days. Misunderstandings turn barracks life and people's heads upside...

Köyhä laulaja (1950)
Sisters Irma and Airi Ranna's café Iltatähti has run into financial trouble. Touring musicians Heikki and Jussi end up as tenants in the...

Maija löytää sävelen (1950)
Concertmaster Orasto and his pianist wife Elna hire Maija, who has been treated harshly by life, as their domestic helper. Erkki, the composer son of...

Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector...

Lasisydän (1959)
A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.

Pieni luutatyttö (1958)
A stepfather forces Liisa, an orphan girl, to leave her small town and go to Helsinki alone to sell brooms. With the help of a friendly vagrant named...

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! (1960)
Eemeli leaves the countryside for Helsinki to obtain tax money for the bailiff who is pursuing him. In the capital, he becomes the assistant driver...

Oksat pois… (1961)
Kalle leaves with his wife for their honeymoon in Airisto, but instead of a rental car, he mistakenly takes the getaway car stolen by robbers for a...

Kertokaa se hänelle… (1961)
Mauno, an orphan boy, moves from the countryside to Tampere to live with his foster parents, Iida and Eero, who support him in his music studies. As...

Turkasen tenava! (1963)
Architect Matti picks up Ritva and her young son while on a business trip. When the car runs out of gas, the travelers are forced to spend the night...

Minkkiturkki (1961)
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

Olin nahjuksen vaimo (1961)
While living separated, Mr. Kaski finds out that her wife has written a book about their marriage. And the book is not very flattering in tone...

Scarlet Week (1954)
After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking...

Tukkijoella (1951)
A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks...

Paksunahka (1958)
A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.

Putkinotko (1954)
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina...

Syntipukki (1957)
"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he...

Kulkurin masurkka (1958)
A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.

Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika (1970)
Speedy Gonzales arrives in a small village in New York to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Moses, with the help of the lively Rita. In...

Yö vai päivä (1962)
A French cultural research group arrives in Finland. From Helsinki, the group travels to Saimaa to participate in Midsummer rituals, where the summer...

The Witch (1952)
An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears...

Vain neljä kertaa (1968)
Lasse divorces his second wife Pirko when it turns out that he has a child with Raija. They get married, but as Lasse reflects on his three...

Johan nyt on markkinat! (1966)
The life of First Lieutenant Heikki Lilja, who is dating Colonel Taipale's daughter Tiina, is turned upside down when his company is ordered to...

Pähkähullu Suomi (1967)
A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the...

Laivaston monnit maissa (1954)
Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Älä nuolase… (1962)
Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the...

Rautatie (1973)
Matti and Liisa are two farmers who become curious to see the first railroads in Lapinlahti, Finland.

Noin 7 veljestä (1968)
The greedy lord of the manor, von Wurstburg, lives lavishly on his estate, heavily taxing the local peasants, when the official heir to the estate,...

Jokin ihmisessä (1956)
Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her...

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu (1962)
A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes...

Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)
A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He...

Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut (1969)
TV studio organizer Mikko Syvärinen becomes the admired comedian K. Ovimikko through a series of mishaps. However, Mikko's popularity wanes when...

Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina (1959)
Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard...

Leikkikalugangsteri (1969)
Two Finnish toy manufacturers Jim King and Krakström compete for toys. King's business is far too successful and he is trying to tax fraud with...

Kaks' tavallista Lahtista (1960)
The musical comedy tells the story of two friends about Usko and Toivo, both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.

Kahdeksas veljes (1971)
Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä (1960)
Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

Rakkaus alkaa aamuyöstä (1966)
Erkki leaves the army and sets out to find himself. In the countryside, he finds new love and the courage to stand up to his strict father.

Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960)
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest...

Näkemiin Helena (1955)
A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.

Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa (1959)
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...

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin (1956)
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...

Lakeuksien lukko (1951)
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler,...

Kuriton sukupolvi (1957)
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his...

Punainen viiva (1959)
The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his family in Kainuu in the early 20th century. While...

Sven Tuuva the Hero (1958)
For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the...

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut (1960)
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...

Tähtisumua (1961)
Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in...

Sotapojan heilat (1958)
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

Sankarialokas (1955)
Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.

Taas tyttö kadoksissa! (1957)
Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.

Autotytöt (1960)
Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

Leena (1954)
Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen...

Lain mukaan (1956)
Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the...

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi (1955)
Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.

Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen (1959)
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money...

Villi Pohjola (1955)
A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.

Tähtisilmä (1955)
Poor orphan coffee delivery girl loves a poor painter who can't sell his artworks. Painter likes delivery girl, but has stuck in a friend zone....

Vääpelin kauhu (1957)
A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.

Kyläraittien kuningas (1945)
Laikan Otto falls in love with a fair-haired beauty at the market, who later turns out to be Elina, daughter of the wealthy Orttenmaa family. The...

Kanavan laidalla (1949)
Eerikki Lind, a young university student working as a sailor, falls in love with the beautiful Kirsti on the canal. The budding Midsummer romance...

Kuningas kulkureitten (1953)
The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride...

Alaston malli karkuteillä (1953)
A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

Laivan kannella (1954)
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.

Iskelmäketju (1959)
Comedic musical film in which Iskelmä OY's manager has to deal with rising stars and old seniors.

Saatanan radikaalit (1971)
Pave, Hese, Timppa, and Viiksi have ended up in Hell, where the heat makes them feel as comfortable as in a sauna. The bosses there don't like this,...