Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
70
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-07-13
Day of Death
1989-11-18 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Iisalmi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire [now Finland]
Also Known As
Edvin Bovellán
Edvin Laine
Biography
Edvin Laine (13 July 1905 – 18 November 1989) was a Finnish film director. Laine was born Bovellán. Laine directed Aaltoska orkaniseeraa, a comedy, in 1949. The Unknown Soldier, a film Laine directed in 1955 based on Väinö Linna's novel, was a big sensation in Finland. There have later been two other film adaptations of the same novel but Laine's version remains the best known. Laine also directed another film based on Väinö Linna's book, Here, Beneath the North Star (1968), which also was a successful movie in Finland. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
