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Risto Orko (born Risto Eliel William Nylund; 15 September 1899 – 29 September 2001) was a Finnish film producer and director.

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Risto Orko
Born	Risto Eliel William Nylund (1899-09-15)15 September 1899 Rauma, Finland
Died	29 September 2001(2001-09-29) (aged 102) Helsinki, Finland
Occupation	Film producer and director

Orko was born in Rauma. With a career of over 60 years at the film studio Suomi-Filmi, he rose to be head of production and chief director in the 1930s. He became its CEO in 1945. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Suomi-Filmi produced hundreds of films and numerous shorts. In the years 1933–43, Orko directed many films, including two (Aktivistit and Jääkärin morsian), which were banned for being "overly patriotic". He had a joint cooperation with the German film industry during World War II. Orko also directed a Finnish-Soviet co-production, released into the American market with subtitles, entitled The Day the Earth Froze in 1959.

Death

His death in Helsinki, aged 102, was received with great sadness in his native Finland; thereafter he became known as the "last Finnish Film Tycoon".^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

• Sampo (1959)
• Onnelliset leikit (1964)
• Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)

External links

• Risto Orko at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Risto Orko

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[ru] Орко, Ристо

Ристо Орко (фин. Risto Orko, урождённый швед. Risto Elias William Nylund, Ристо Элиас Вильям Нюлунд; 15 сентября 1899, Раума, Финляндия — 29 сентября 2001, Хельсинки) — финский продюсер и режиссёр. Снял приблизительно 1900 короткометражных фильмов и 2600 рекламных роликов[1].

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