Juokse kuin varas Filming Locations
Where was Juokse kuin varas filmed? Juokse kuin varas was filmed in 4 locations across Finland in the following places:
Juokse kuin varas Filming Locations
Set along the shores of Hattulanselkä Lake, Aulanko is a tranquil rural area on the northern outskirts of Hämeenlinna. Leafy walking trails, an ornate pavilion, and sweeping views from atop the Aulangonvuori Hill observation tower are highlights of Aulanko Nature Preserve. There’s also a lakeside golf course, plus tennis courts and an equestrian center.
Helsinki, Finland’s southern capital, sits on a peninsula in the Gulf of Finland. Its central avenue, Mannerheimintie, is flanked by institutions including the National Museum, tracing Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present. Also on Mannerheimintie are the imposing Parliament House and Kiasma, a contemporary art museum. Ornate red-brick Uspenski Cathedral overlooks a harbor.
Sääksmäki is a village and a former municipality, currently part of Valkeakoski in the Pirkanmaa region of Western Finland. A past president of Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the Finnish film producer and director Veikko Aaltonen, eminent Finnish historian Eino Jutikkala, and actress Pirkko Mannola, were born there.
As part of eastern Espoo, Tapiola is home to many parks offering lush walking trails. Concerts and theater performances are focal points of the contemporary Espoo Cultural Center, and there’s an adjacent outdoor ice skating rink. There’s a selection of shops and eateries at the modern Shopping Center Ainoa, as well as specialty stores and businesses dotted throughout the neighborhood.
Juokse kuin varas (1964)
Arrested for a murder he didn't commit, American adventurer Bart Lanigan is about to be deported from Finland on a freighter. In the Helsinki harbor, he himself becomes a target for a hit man but manages to escape back to land. Lanigan contacts Arvo Mäki, a womanizing local con man recommended to him as a man he could trust. Lanigan is in Finland to catch an American millionaire businessman, Leonard Weston alias Lawrence Walker, who has fled the USA with the company's monies and begun investing them in Finland. Looking for the mysterious L.W. character while trying to get rid of various hit men, Lanigan and Mäki travel around picturesque southern Finland, joined by a pretty night club singer Marja Salo who won't leave Lanigan alone and insists on marrying him.