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Maunu Kurkvaara
Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
Maunu Kurkvaara (18 July 1926 – 31 December 2023) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the "new wave" of Finnish ci…
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Maunu Kurkvaara (18 July 1926 – 31 December 2023) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the "new wave" of Finnish cinema in the spirit of French New Wave cinema. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1993. Many of his films share a nautical theme due to his love of the sea. His film Yksityisalue was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1965, he co-produced the film 4x4 and it was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
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1993
Kertomus kadonneesta saaresta
Movie Director
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1986
Butterfly's Dream
Movie Director
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1983
Menestyksen maku
Movie Producer
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1971
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu
Movie Director of Photography
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1969
Punatukka
Movie Producer
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1968
Miljoonaliiga
Movie Producer
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1968
Rottasota
Movie Writer
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1968
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa
Movie Producer
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1966
Tänään olet täällä
Movie Writer
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1965
Kielletty kirja
Movie Production Design
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1965
4 x 4
Movie Director
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1964
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä
Movie Director of Photography
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1964
Naiset
Movie Writer
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1963
Lauantaileikit
Movie Director
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1963
Meren juhlat
Movie Writer
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1962
Yksityisalue
Movie Director
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1961
Pikkuinen...
Movie Director
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1961
Darling
Movie Writer
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1960
Autotytöt
Movie Writer
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1959
Patarouva
Movie Producer
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1958
Tirlittan
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Ei enää eilispäivää
Movie Director
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1955
Onnen saari
Movie Director
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1950
Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
Movie Assistant Director
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1949
Orpopojan valssi
Movie (uncredited)
