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Finnish film director and screenwriter
Matti Kassila
(12 January 1924 ? 13 December 2018
[1]
[2]
) was a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for the series of four
Inspector Palmu
movies, based on the character created by
Mika Waltari
. During his long career, he won seven
Jussi Awards
, including a concrete Jussi for lifetime achievement,
[3]
and received numerous other commendations. His 1959 film
Punainen viiva
was entered into the
1st Moscow International Film Festival
.
[4]
He was also one of the screenwriters for the 1968 film
Here, Beneath the North Star
, directed by
Edvin Laine
.
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Media related to
Matti Kassila
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