Matti Kassila

Matti Kassila was born in Keuruu on 12 January 1924. He came to Helsinki to become an actor, joined Suomen Filmiteollisuus in 1949 as an assistant to Edvin Laine and made his first feature film the same year. He directed thirty-three of them until 1994, received seven Jussi awards and an honorary Jussi for his whole career. Married from 1948 to 1977 to the actress Aino Mantsas, he had four children, and a fifth from his second marriage. He died in Vantaa on 13 December 2018.

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• CinemaInspector Palmu's MistakeKomisario Palmun erehdysMatti Kassila · 1960Cinema