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Olli Saarela

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 03/11/1965 (59) | Helsinki (Finland)
Olli Juhani Saarela (born 16 March 1965) is a Finnish film director. He has directed films such as Ambush, Bad Luck Love, Rollo and the Woods Sprite and Year of the Wolf, which is based on a book written by Virpi Hämeen-Anttila. Ambush was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

In a small village in Eastern Finland in 1918, Patrick, who has taken care of the chaplain, teacher and physician, has been filled with loneliness and brutal spirit of work for five years. ...

Lunastus

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1997 | 2.0/5 | 1h 18min
 
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A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out ...

Bad Luck Love

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2000 | 3.2/5 | 1h 34min
Drama, Crime
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It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orde ...

Ambush

Certification unknown

1999 | 2.9/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, War
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Awards & Nominations for Olli Saarela

3x Jussi Award for Best Director Jussi Award for Best Script Jussi Award for Best Film
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Movies with Olli Saarela as Actor(2)

as Vanki2000 Bad Luck Love
as Postin asiakas1992 Back to the USSR

Movies with Olli Saarela as Crew(10)

Directing/Director2010 Priest of Evil
Directing/Director2007 The Year of the Wolf
Directing/Director2001 Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods
Writing/Writer2001 Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods
Directing/Director2000 Bad Luck Love
Writing/Writer2000 Bad Luck Love
Directing/Director1999 Ambush
Directing/Director1997 Lunastus
Writing/Writer1997 Lunastus
Directing/Script Supervisor1992 Back to the USSR

Full Name: Olli Juhani Saarela
Citizenship: Finland
Born: Thursday, 03/11 1965 (March) in Helsinki (Finland) (current age: 59 years + 44 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Spouses (current/former): Tanja Karpela
Other names for Olli Saarela (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Olli Juhani Saarela"
Olli Saarela frequently works together with these people:
Jorma Tommila (8x, Actor)
Jari Halonen (8x, Crew)
Ilkka Matila (4x, Crew)
Peter Franzén (4x, Actor)
Ville Virtanen (3x, Actor)
Allu Tuppurainen (3x, Actor)
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala (3x, Actress)
Maria Järvenhelmi (3x, Actress)
Tuomas Kantelinen (3x, Crew)
Kari Heiskanen (3x, Actor)
Ulla Summanen (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:323350, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024