Aarre Elo
Biography
Aarre Elo was a prominent Finnish journalist and television producer, renowned for his significant contributions to Finnish television entertainment. He began his career at Yleisradio (Yle), Finland's national public broadcasting company, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the content of entertainment programs from the 1960s through the 1980s. Elo was instrumental in forming the VEK group alongside Jukka Virtanen and Matti Kuusla in the 1960s, which was influential in Finnish television. His work left a lasting impact on Finnish television, and he is remembered as a key figure in the development of the country's entertainment industry.
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A music film whose song, dance and music performances all take place in Helsinki during one summer Saturday.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Jussi
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Aivo
Tarmo, a failed student, tries to win over his uncle, Consul Ö, in the hope of receiving an advance on his inheritance. His stingy uncle threatens to donate his entire fortune to the Antiquities Preservation Society if Tarmo does not earn a million marks within a month. Tarmo's friend Hannu begins to motivate Tarmo to get rich by feeding him placebo "energy pills." The situation is complicated by a criminal gang getting involved in the inheritance hunt.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Vieraan vallan paha poika Körmyn unessa
Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • as 3. vakooja
The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.