
Kirsi Tykkyläinen
Acting
Biography
Kirsi Tykkyläinen (born August 28, 1949 in Pieksämäki) is a former Finnish diplomat and international filmmaker. Tykkyläinen grew up in a teacher family in Pieksämäki. After studying Russian, she worked at the University of Helsinki at the Russian Language and Literature in 1975-1983 and then as Head of International Affairs at the Finnish Film Foundation. Between 2002 and 2006, he served as a cultural council at the Embassy of Finland in Moscow and was then invited to lead the Moscow Film Festival for 2007-2009. Head of the St. Petersburg Institute in Finland, he worked for 2011-2012. Kirsi Tykkyläinen's daughter is actor Maria Järvenhelmi. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For

General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.
Peculiarities of the National Fishing

Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana

After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Lauri Valjakka, a lecturer at the Department of Sociology, is thoroughly fed up with his family, whom he refers to as a "consumption unit," and his irritating, rigid wife. After a tedious train journey, Valjakka decides to leave his wife. He manages to escape to a station restaurant, where he meets an unusually honest man who has been abandoned and a straightforward woman.
Kello

A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman."
Total Balalaika Show

A typically idiosyncratic mini-mystery about a middle-aged man who gets out of prison, sells his shares in a company and announces that he’s heading off to Siberia to get married. Central scene, in which he convinces a woman to come with him, takes place in a Finnish rockabilly club. The Hitchcockian pacing, as the man endeavours to make his train, supplies nice momentum, and wrap-up provides a satisfying revelation as to what’s actually afoot.
Dogs Have No Hell

10 years after Total Balalaika Show (1994) Leningrad Cowboys and Red Army Chorus return to the Senate Square with UMO and various international performers.