Klaus Härö

Directing

31-03-1971

He/Him

Klaus Härö is a Finnish film director. Härö studied film directing and screenwriting at the Aalto University School of Arts in Helsinki and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1999. Härö's graduation film Nattflykt (Into the Night) won the Children's Jury Honorary Mention at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival, The Golden Cairo Award at the 2001 Cairo Children's Film Festival and the first prize at the 2001 Argentine Children's Film Festival. Härö's documentary film Kolme toivetta (Three Wishes) was awarded as the best documentary film of the Nordic public service broadcasters exchange programme Norvision 2001. It also received the Joan Harms Honorary Award in Finland and the Telvis Honorary Award in 2002. In 2009 Postia pappi Jaakobille (Letters to Father Jacob) won both the special award of the church and the festival's audience vote at the 2009 Nordic Film Festival Lübeck. At the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival in November 2009, the film won the main prize. In the same month, the film won the main prize, at the Cairo International Film Festival. Estonian-Finnish co-production Vehkleja (The Fencer), directed by Härö, was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film. It was also selected as Finland's official Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

Popular Movies/Shows

Mother of Mine

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.

My Sailor, My Love

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

The Fencer

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.

Letters to Father Jacob

With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and Leila finds herself cast in a new role.

One Last Deal

Olavi, an aged and shabby art dealer, is planning to retire. Accidentally he finds an old painting that he suspects being much more valuable than his colleagues have priced it. He decides to try to prove for the last time for himself, his colleagues and his estranged family that he can make it.

Elina: As If I Wasn't There

In rural Sweden of the early 1950s, little Elina goes to school again after recovering from tuberculosis, the same illness that has killed her father a few years earlier. Elina's family belongs to Finnish-speaking Finns frowned upon by a staunch schoolmistress who starts hounding Elina for questioning her authority. Elina's mother, sister, and a liberal young male teacher all try to mediate the en...

Top Rated Movies/Shows

Letters to Father Jacob

With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and Leila finds herself cast in a new role.

The Fencer

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.

One Last Deal

Olavi, an aged and shabby art dealer, is planning to retire. Accidentally he finds an old painting that he suspects being much more valuable than his colleagues have priced it. He decides to try to prove for the last time for himself, his colleagues and his estranged family that he can make it.

Mother of Mine

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.

The New Man

Sweden 1951. A new society is developing, a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak...

My Sailor, My Love

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

Movies (Production)

My Sailor, My Love

Life After Death

Letters to Father Jacob

The Leading Lady

Elina: As If I Wasn't There

Hetki ennen valoa

The King of Finland