Antti Litja
Finnish film and television actor (1938–2022)
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Born | (1938-02-21)21 February 1938 Antrea, Finland |
Died | 13 July 2022(2022-07-13) (aged 84) Helsinki, Finland |
Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 – 13 July 2022) was a Finnish actor.[1][2]
Litja made over 60 film and television appearances since 1959. A prominent figure in Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s, since the mid-1990s he mostly appeared on television.
Litja played the main character in the 1977 film The Year of the Hare about a Finnish man from Helsinki who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Year of the Hare (1977)
- Wonderman (1979)
- The Solar Wind (1980)
- That Kiljunen Family (1981)
- The Clan – Tale of the Frogs (1984)
- Farewell, Mr. President (1987)
- The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988)
- A Charming Mass Suicide (2000)
- Princess (2010)
- The Grump (2014)
References
- ^ "Näyttelijä Antti Litja on kuollut" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Näyttelijä Antti Litjan kuolinilmoitus julkaistiin Helsingin Sanomissa" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Suominen, Raili. "Elämää jäniksen selässä" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
External links
- Antti Litja at IMDb
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