Nyrki Tapiovaara

Nyrki Tapiovaara, born 10 September 1911 in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, died 29 February 1940, was a Finnish film director.

[1] He belonged to the Tulenkantajat group which promoted modernist ideas in Finnish culture.

Tapiovaara's film career only lasted four years and resulted in five feature films, but had a lasting effect on Finnish cinema.

He died in the Winter War.

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