Risto Jarva

Risto Jarva

Risto Jarva was a leading filmmaker in the Finnish cinema of the 1960's and the 1970's as well as one of the founders of the production company Filminor. He died aged 43 in a car accident on his way home from the premiere of his now classic film The Year of the Hare (1977).

  • Title: Risto Jarva
  • Popularity: 0.592
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1934-07-15
  • Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
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  • Also Known As: B. Kivi
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Risto Jarva Movies

  • 1984
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    Risto Jarva, My Colleague

    Risto Jarva, My Colleague

    1 1984 HD

    Finnish TV documentary featuring archival interview footage of Jarva and clips from his films

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  • 1974
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    One Man's War

    One Man's War

    6.8 1974 HD

    Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

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  • 1965
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    Onnenpeli

    Onnenpeli

    5.1 1965 HD

    Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight...

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  • 1959
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    9 runoa

    9 runoa

    1 1959 HD

    An experimental short film by Risto Jarva.

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  • 1976
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    Loma

    Loma

    5.9 1976 HD

    After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter...

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  • 1964
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    Tampere, the City of Joyful Summer

    Tampere, the City of Joyful Summer

    1 1964 HD

    The film is the first commission for the budding production company Filminor Oy, commissioned by the City of Tampere. Emphasising closeness to...

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  • 1964
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    X-Paroni

    X-Paroni

    3.7 1964 HD

    Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both...

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  • 1964
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    X-Paroni

    X-Paroni

    3.7 1964 HD

    Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both...

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  • 1964
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    X-Paroni

    X-Paroni

    3.7 1964 HD

    Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both...

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  • 1977
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    The Year of the Hare

    The Year of the Hare

    7.1 1977 HD

    Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A...

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  • 1970
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    Bensaa suonissa

    Bensaa suonissa

    4.8 1970 HD

    Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.

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  • 1970
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    Bensaa suonissa

    Bensaa suonissa

    4.8 1970 HD

    Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.

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  • 1970
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    Bensaa suonissa

    Bensaa suonissa

    4.8 1970 HD

    Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.

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  • 1970
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    Bensaa suonissa

    Bensaa suonissa

    4.8 1970 HD

    Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.

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  • 1964
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    X-Paroni

    X-Paroni

    3.7 1964 HD

    Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both...

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  • 1970
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    Bensaa suonissa

    Bensaa suonissa

    4.8 1970 HD

    Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.

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  • 1969
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    Time of Roses

    Time of Roses

    4.8 1969 HD

    In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude...

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  • 1974
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    One Man's War

    One Man's War

    6.8 1974 HD

    Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

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  • 1974
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    One Man's War

    One Man's War

    6.8 1974 HD

    Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

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  • 1974
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    One Man's War

    One Man's War

    6.8 1974 HD

    Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

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  • 1975
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    Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    5.7 1975 HD

    Young priest returns from America to work in an old Helsinki neighbourhood with idyllic wooden houses. The shy but handsome bachelor is assigned the...

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  • 1972
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    When the Heavens Fall…

    When the Heavens Fall…

    6.1 1972 HD

    A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.

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  • 1965
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    Onnenpeli

    Onnenpeli

    5.1 1965 HD

    Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight...

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  • 1968
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    Parempaan asumiseen

    Parempaan asumiseen

    1 1968 HD

    Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.

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  • 1968
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    Parempaan asumiseen

    Parempaan asumiseen

    1 1968 HD

    Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.

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  • 1968
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    Parempaan asumiseen

    Parempaan asumiseen

    1 1968 HD

    Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.

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  • 1962
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    Yö vai päivä

    Yö vai päivä

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Yö vai päivä

    Yö vai päivä

    5 1962 HD

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  • 2008
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    Helsinki, Forever

    Helsinki, Forever

    7 2008 HD

    Helsinki, Forever is a montage film about the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws...

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  • 1967
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    A Worker's Diary

    A Worker's Diary

    5.9 1967 HD

    Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business...

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  • 1976
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    Loma

    Loma

    5.9 1976 HD

    After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter...

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  • 1970
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    Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1961
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    Työtä ylioppilasteatterissa

    Työtä ylioppilasteatterissa

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Työtä ylioppilasteatterissa

    Työtä ylioppilasteatterissa

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1972
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    When the Heavens Fall…

    When the Heavens Fall…

    6.1 1972 HD

    A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.

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  • 1962
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    Yö vai päivä

    Yö vai päivä

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Yö vai päivä

    Yö vai päivä

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1965
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    Onnenpeli

    Onnenpeli

    5.1 1965 HD

    Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight...

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  • 1965
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    Onnenpeli

    Onnenpeli

    5.1 1965 HD

    Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight...

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  • 1965
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    Onnenpeli

    Onnenpeli

    5.1 1965 HD

    Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight...

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  • 1967
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    A Worker's Diary

    A Worker's Diary

    5.9 1967 HD

    Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business...

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  • 1969
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    Time of Roses

    Time of Roses

    4.8 1969 HD

    In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude...

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  • 1970
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    Kesäkapina

    Kesäkapina

    5.2 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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  • 1968
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    The Green Widow

    The Green Widow

    3.5 1968 HD

    A lonely young suburban housewife participates in a radio interview survey while simultaneously engaging in an extramarital affair.

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  • 1975
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    Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    5.7 1975 HD

    Young priest returns from America to work in an old Helsinki neighbourhood with idyllic wooden houses. The shy but handsome bachelor is assigned the...

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    5.7 1975 HD

    Young priest returns from America to work in an old Helsinki neighbourhood with idyllic wooden houses. The shy but handsome bachelor is assigned the...

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  • 1964
    imgMovies

    X-Paroni

    X-Paroni

    3.7 1964 HD

    Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both...

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  • 1959
    imgMovies

    9 runoa

    9 runoa

    1 1959 HD

    An experimental short film by Risto Jarva.

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  • 1969
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    Frozen Foods

    Frozen Foods

    7 1969 HD

    A wildly satirical deconstruction of TV advertising.

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  • 1969
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    Frozen Foods

    Frozen Foods

    7 1969 HD

    A wildly satirical deconstruction of TV advertising.

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  • 1969
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    Time of Roses

    Time of Roses

    4.8 1969 HD

    In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude...

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  • 1967
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    A Worker's Diary

    A Worker's Diary

    5.9 1967 HD

    Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business...

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  • 1967
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    A Worker's Diary

    A Worker's Diary

    5.9 1967 HD

    Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business...

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  • 1968
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    Woman and Society

    Woman and Society

    7 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Woman and Society

    Woman and Society

    7 1968 HD

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  • 1967
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    Town Is Our Future

    Town Is Our Future

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1963
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    Kitka - a poem in living water

    Kitka - a poem in living water

    4 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Kitka - a poem in living water

    Kitka - a poem in living water

    4 1963 HD

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  • 1976
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    Loma

    Loma

    5.9 1976 HD

    After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter...

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Loma

    Loma

    5.9 1976 HD

    After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter...

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  • 1968
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    Computers Serve

    Computers Serve

    6 1968 HD

    The futuristic aesthetics of Computers Serve offers an illustrative account of the history of computers, their prospects and the risks within, as...

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  • 1968
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    Computers Serve

    Computers Serve

    6 1968 HD

    The futuristic aesthetics of Computers Serve offers an illustrative account of the history of computers, their prospects and the risks within, as...

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  • 1977
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    The Year of the Hare

    The Year of the Hare

    7.1 1977 HD

    Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A...

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    The Year of the Hare

    The Year of the Hare

    7.1 1977 HD

    Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A...

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  • 1971
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    Kreivi

    Kreivi

    4.1 1971 HD

    Pertti Ylermi Lindgren was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. Lindgren is the real thing, as far as swindlers go. Peter...

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