Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter.[1] He directed more than 30 films between 1958 and 2000. His 1975 film Home for Christmas was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

Jaakko Pakkasvirta
Jaakko Pakkasvirta in 1969
Born(1934-11-28)28 November 1934
Simpele, Finland
Died23 March 2018(2018-03-23) (aged 83)
Vantaa, Finland
OccupationFilm director
Screenwriter
Years active1958–2000

Partial filmography
  • Sankarialokas (1955) as Alokas
  • Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin (1956) as Alokas
  • Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958) as Vartija (uncredited)
  • Sotapojan heilat (1958) as Alokas
  • Mies tältä tähdeltä (1958) as Erkki Paarala
  • Patarouva (1959) as Stable master
  • Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960) as Sorri
  • Rakas... (1961) as Jaska
  • Meren juhlat (1963) as Jaska, artist
  • Hopeaa rajan takaa (1963) as Ese Wist
  • X-paroni (1964) as James
  • Onnenpeli (1965) as Jussi
  • The Diary of a Worker (1967) as Priest (voice)
  • Time of Roses (1969, director)
  • Niilon oppivuodet (1971) as Interviewer in rock club (uncredited)
  • Home for Christmas (1975, director)
  • Poet and Muse (1978) as Otto Manninen
  • Sign of the Beast (1981, director)
  • Ulvova mylläri (1982) as Jeesus (voice)
  • Valkoinen kääpiö (1986) as Tomas Borg
  • Linna (1986) as Bürgel / Narrator
gollark: That's not how the problem goes.
gollark: Ah, here it is, I accidentally put it in the box of baryons.
gollark: Hmm. I MAY have to find my immovable and indestructible trolley barrier.
gollark: No, ALL is to be counterfactual.
gollark: Oh, and if you look at versions where it's "pull lever to divert trolley onto different people" versus "push person off bridge to stop trolley", people tend to be less willing to sacrifice one to save five in the second case, because they're more involved and/or it's less abstract somehow.

References
  1. Jussi-gaala -päivän suru-uutinen - ohjaaja-näyttelijä Jaakko Pakkasvirta menehtyi tänään: ”Nerokas taiteilija” (in Finnish)
  2. "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.


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