Ritva Arvelo

Ritva Arvelo

Ritva Helinä Arvelo (11 March 1921 – 26 October 2013) was a Finnish actress, director, screenwriter and a pioneer in modern dance. She was one of the first four Finnish women film directors. Arvelo was born in Helsinki. Arvelo attended the first course of the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1943 and also graduated with a master's degree in romance philology from the University of Helsinki. In the 1940s, she worked as a dancer in Maggie Gripenberg's internationally acclaimed champion group and worked as a model for fashion salons in Helsinki. During her career, Arvelo worked for the Finnish National Theatre and appeared in such films as Radio tekee murron (1951), Kilroy sen teki (1957), Nothing but Love (1984) and Burning Angel (1984). She also worked as a director at the Helsinki Folk Theater-Workers' Theater and the Intimate Theater, co-founded the Praesens dance group in 1961 with Raija Riikkala and led it. In 1968, Arvelo published the pamphlet The Closed Bath of Our Theater (Folk Culture 1968). Her directorial work at the National Theater included modern European drama and Finnish versions of American musicals. In addition, she translated French plays into Finnish. In 1961, she became only the fourth Finnish female film director when she directed a film Kultainen vasikka, based on a play by Maria Jotuni. The film received the state film award and a Jussi Award for actor Helge Herala. This remains her only directorial effort.[6] As a screenwriter, Arvelo worked with Matti Kassila on his films Syntipukki (1957) and Kuriton sukupolvi (1957). She also wrote the screenplay for Kultainen vasikka. In 1961, Arvelo was one of the founding members of the modern dance group Praesens. In the 1980s, Arvelo continued to star in Anssi Mänttäri's films Nothing but Love (1984) and Farewell, Goodbye (1986). She also played a small role in Lauri Törhönen's film Burning Angel (1984). For personal reasons, she withdrew entirely from the entertainment industry and the public in the mid-1980s.

  • Title: Ritva Arvelo
  • Popularity: 1.372
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1921-03-11
  • Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
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Ritva Arvelo Movies

  • 1984
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    Rakkauselokuva

    Rakkauselokuva

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1986
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    Näkemiin, hyvästi

    Näkemiin, hyvästi

    6 1986 HD

    When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where...

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  • 1946
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    Menneisyyden varjo

    Menneisyyden varjo

    2.5 1946 HD

    A story of a stunning ladies man engineer Rainer Leimu, whose life is weighed down by a broken family background. Rainer marries his employer's...

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  • 1951
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    Radio tekee murron

    Radio tekee murron

    6.7 1951 HD

    Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his...

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  • 1970
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    Kesäkapina

    Kesäkapina

    5.4 1970 HD

    Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl...

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  • 1952
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    Radio tulee hulluksi

    Radio tulee hulluksi

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1945
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    Valkoisen neilikan velho

    Valkoisen neilikan velho

    4.5 1945 HD

    Dentist Lauri Liesi is performing as a magician in the Hotel Metropol. Meanwhile, during his performance top-secret letters of engineer Arpila are...

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  • 1947
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    Kultamitalivaimo

    Kultamitalivaimo

    5 1947 HD

    Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.

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  • 1947
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    Suopursu kukkii

    Suopursu kukkii

    5 1947 HD

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  • 1948
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    Kilroy sen teki

    Kilroy sen teki

    4 1948 HD

    Ulla Järvinen gets a telegram about the death of her aunt and that she has inherited a manor, but the aunt is very much alive.

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  • 1984
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    Palava enkeli

    Palava enkeli

    4 1984 HD

    A newly graduated nurse Tuulikki starts a job in a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital. Her innocence is being challenged by both her colleagues...

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  • 1961
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    Kultainen vasikka

    Kultainen vasikka

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1957
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    Kuriton sukupolvi

    Kuriton sukupolvi

    6.3 1957 HD

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  • 1961
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    Kultainen vasikka

    Kultainen vasikka

    1 1961 HD

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