Teuvo Puro
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Teuvo Puro
Kaarlo Teuvo Puro (9 November 1884 Helsinki – 24 July 1956 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor, writer and director.
Puro co-directed the first Finnish fiction film, Salaviinanpolttajat, with Louis Sparre in 1907. He also directed the first (and one of the only) Finnish horror film Noidan Kirot (Curses of the Witch) starring Einar Rinne and Heidi Blafield.[1]
References[]
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
External links[]
- Teuvo Puro at IMDb
Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1956 deaths
- Male actors from Helsinki
- People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Finnish film directors
- Finnish male film actors
- Finnish male silent film actors
- 20th-century Finnish male actors
- Finnish screenwriters
- 20th-century screenwriters
- Finnish actor stubs
- Finnish film director stubs