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Aarne Tarkas

Born
Dec 19, 1923 · Aged 52
Died
Oct 7, 1976
Place of birth
Pori, Finland
Gender
Male
Movie credits
16
TV credits
0
Directing credits
33
Also known as (2)
  • Aarne Saastamoinen
  • Аарне Таркас

Biography

Aarne Tarkas (until 1947 Saastamoinen, 19 December 1923 – 7 October 1976) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tarkas started his career as a screenwriter for Matti Kassila film Radio tekee murron (1951) for which they shared a Jussi Award. In 1952, he founded a production company Junior-Filmi, which produced internationally recognized Erik Blomberg film Valkoinen peura. Tarkas was known as a very fast writer who, during his most productive years, finished up to five movies per year. All in all, Tarkas wrote 35 scripts and directed 33 feature films. During his final…