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Erkki Olavi " Ere " Kokkonen ( 7 July 1938  16 October 2008 ), born in Savonlinna , was a Finnish film director . Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of ___MASK64___ . The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia , on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river . Pori was established in 1558 by Duke John who became later John III of Sweden . Marjatta Raita ( 17 February 1944 , Pori  27 September 2007 ) was a Finnish actress , who was best known for her role as Elisabeth Turhapuro in the Uuno Turhapuro movies directed by Spede Pasanen . Uuno Turhapuro is a 1973 Finnish film directed by Ere Kokkonen , and the first , black and white Uuno Turhapuro film . It stars Vesa - Matti Loiri , Marjatta Raita , Pertti Pasanen , and Simo Salminen . Uuno Turhapuro is the main character of the film , which was created by Spede and Loiri for Spedevisio . The unexpected success led to the creation of a 19 - movie series . In an effort to save money , Uuno became Spede ' s first feature to be filmed and edited on video before being printed to film for theatrical distribution . This method was employed by Spede all the way into his late 1980s features . The film was the first produced by Spede after nearly a two - year - long hiatus , when Spede ' s three feature films released in 1971 ( Hirttämättömät , Helvetin Radikaalit and Kahdeksas Veljes ) all failed to make a notable profit . Vesa - Matti " Vesku " Loiri ( born 4 January 1945 , Helsinki ) is a Finnish actor , musician and comedian , best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro , whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004 . Helsinki is the capital and largest city of ___MASK64___ . It is in the region of Uusimaa , in southern ___MASK64___ , on the shore of the Gulf of ___MASK64___ . Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of 1 , 214 , 210 , and a metropolitan population of over 1 . 4 million , making it the most populous municipality and urban area in ___MASK64___ . Helsinki is located some north of Tallinn , Estonia , east of Stockholm , Sweden , and west of Saint Petersburg , Russia . Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities . Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of ___MASK64___ , in the heart of the Saimaa lake region . The Finnish name of the town means "" Castle of Savonia "" and the Swedish name means "" New Castle "".