- Born
- Died
- Birth nameReino Vihtori Helismaa
- Nickname
- Repe
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Reino Helismaa was born on July 12, 1913 in Helsinki, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for Me tulemme taas (1953), Yks' tavallinen Virtanen (1959) and Lentävä kalakukko (1953). He died on January 21, 1965 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Helismaa was very productive: during his career he wrote hundreds of song lyrics, over 30 radio plays, a dozen stage plays and revues, some novels and scripts for comic books.
- He began as a writer in the thirties, when he wrote dozens of short thriller stories for magazine "Seikkailujen maailma" (The World of Adventures).
- Helismaa was called "Shakespeare of the SF" in the fifties when he wrote most of his screenplays.
- Finnish feature "Kulkuri ja joutsen" (The Vagabond and the Swan) is partly based on his life.
- A documentary about Helismaa, "Repe", was directed by Peter von Bagh in 1979.
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