Carl Mesterton

Carl Wilhelm Ossian Mesterton (born 21 November 1929 in Helsinki) is a Finnish television director, screenwriter and actor. The most well-known and popular of Mesterton's TV directions are "Metsolat" (1993–1995), a family chronicle of a small-scale farming family in Kainuu, and "Hovimäki" (1999–2003), a drama following the stages of the Lindhof noble family and the Seppä croft family in three different centuries. Mesterton has written the series together with his wife Anna-Lisa Mesterton, among others. Mesterton has also starred in bigger and smaller roles in films and television, such as Markku Pölönen's "Onnen maassa" (1993), Jaakko Pakkasvirta's Kafka filmatization "Linna" (1986) and in the TV series "Barr" (1984) directed by Reima Kekäläinen and dramatized from Paavo Haavikko's own novel. . Mesterton also worked as one of the assistant directors in the film "Reds" (1981), partly shot by Warren Beatty in Finland.

Works

Hovimäki

The lives of the aristocratic Lindhof family and their servants from 1798 to 1907.

Release Date: 1999-03-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 44

Vote Count: 1

Metsolat - Muistojen joulu

Antti and Annikki have secretly decided to spend Christmas in Leppävaara. The family's entrepreneurial son Erkki has gone to Moscow with his yarn Jaakko Järvenheimo to sell tampers and ski packages to the Russians. The Metsola family (except for Erkki, Jaakko and Heikki's family) gather once again in Leppävaara to celebrate the Christmas of memories.

Release Date: 1996-12-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Kotikatu

Release Date: 1995-08-24

Character: Tuomari

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

The Land of Happiness

Nostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son" Tenho returns from his unlucky adventures in the city back to his parents' farm. Tenho becomes the laughing stock of local men until he scores the hottest girl in the village. A hot romance flares up between Tenho and the sensuous milkmaid Virva, accompanied by popular Finnish tango tunes.

Release Date: 1993-04-30

Character: Saarnamies

Vote Count: 17

Metsolat

Release Date: 1993-01-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 39

Vote Count: 4

V. Y. Vihdoinkin yhdessä

Hese, the shy owner of a video company, travels on a moped to film a commissioned Christmas party. From the steps of his office, Hese finds an anonymous Christmas present, a Hese slipover, and begins to find out who it is from.

Release Date: 1986-11-28

Character: Portsari

Vote Count: 1

Linna

Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the woebegone Josef K., who is trapped in an ever-increasing labyrinth of double talk and bureaucratic nonsense in his efforts to reach the castle. As Josef seeks to make an appointment to see the ruler Herr Klamm inside his inaccessible abode, he becomes enmeshed in abuse from lowly villagers and bureaucrats alike. His endless false starts toward the castle's enigmatic interior are partly offset by a few sexual encounters but nothing alleviates his role as a victim of forces beyond his control.

Release Date: 1986-09-12

Character: Sihteeri Erlangen

Vote Count: 3

Palava enkeli

A newly graduated nurse Tuulikki starts a job in a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital. Her innocence is being challenged by both her colleagues and patients. A new patient Katariina has a fire burning deep inside of her.

Release Date: 1984-02-17

Character: Ylilääkäri

Vote Count: 1

Reds

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Release Date: 1981-12-25

Department: Directing

Job: Assistant Director

Vote Count: 338

Teerenpeliä

Sisters Pirkko and Brita travel to Aulango together with their landlady Sigrid to look for wealthy spouses. At the same time brothers Erkki and Olavi hope to find girls who would love them for their own sake and not for their money.

Release Date: 1963-08-02

Character: Nurmi (uncredited)

Vote Count: 1

Daniel Hjort

Based on Josef Julius Wecksell's play. The story is set during the era of political unrest in 1590s Sweden.Daniel Hjort, the grim and lonesome assistant to the powerful Fleming family, finds himself caught up between the two opposing parties when Turku Castle is close to coming under siege. In the midst of this he finds out the truth about the death of his father and sets out to get revenge.

Release Date: 1962-09-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Galgmannen

Finnish tv film based on "Galgmannen" play

Release Date: 1961-04-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Onnelliset

Pianist Lauri Alango and his wife Annina's fortune is cracked when opera diva Delia Rosati attracts Lauri to accompany her on tour.

Release Date: 1954-12-25

Character: Officer (uncredited)