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Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere. [1] Telakka Theatre, Tampere, of which Peltola was a founding member. Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki ...
Actor: The Man Without a Past. Markku Peltola was born on 12 July 1956 in Helsinki, Finland. He was an actor and composer, known for The Man Without a Past (2002), Private Eye Vares (2004) and Juha (1999). He died on 31 December 2007 in Kangasala, Finland.
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May 18, 2002 · In Aki Kaurismäki's "Dogs Have No Hell", Markku Peltola is released from jail and has ten minutes to convince Kati Outinen to marry him and board a train to Siberia. There's little explanation of who these people are, why Peltola was in jail or why they must go to Siberia, but the film does compress the Finnish director's style into a short...
Dec 17, 2002 · The titular character is M (Markku Peltola), whose sojourn in Helsinki is cut short by a vicious mugging. Pronounced dead at hospital, amazingly he returns to life, but can't remember a thing.
Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismäki's Academy Award nominated film from 2002 The Man Without a Past. Other films that Peltola has been in include V2 – jäätynyt enkeli, Young Gods, Drifting Clouds, Jade Warrior and Perhoshäkki.
The Man Without a Past ( Finnish: Mies vailla menneisyyttä) is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä, it is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds (1996) and Lights in the Dusk (2006).
