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- Birth nameTheodor Antonius Tugai
- As the melodramas, so often looked down upon, of various national cinemas are now being rediscovered, those of the Finnish director Tulio are among those reassessed, similar with the melodramas of the Italian Raffaello Matarazzo. Tulio was a heartthrob silent actor who played several gypsy type roles and graduated to directing toward the end of the 1930s. His films combine strong erotic elements and beautiful Scandinavian landscapes in the style of Swedish pioneers Seastrom and Stiller, with musical accompaniment pushed to the forefront and Russian style montage ( he edited most of these films) .Add to this heady brew a strong component of feminism, as the Finnish auteur identifies with the plight of his women who are treated unfairly as sex objects.- IMDb mini biography by: Lawrence Chadbourne
- Although the direction of the Finnish version of Hornankoski (1949) is credited to Roland af Hällström, Tulio directed both Finnish and Swedish versions.
- Actress Regina Linnanheimo was his long-time companion, although they never were married.
- Directed fifteen feature movies, all of them melodramas except one, comedy Vihtori ja Klaara (1939), which was kind of a commissioned work.
- Was a good friend and co-worker of another emigrant Valentin Vaala.
- Was named as Rudolph Valentino of Finland after playing gypsy roles in movies Mustat silmät (1929) and Mustalaishurmaaja (1929).
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