Paavo, a Life in Five Courses

Paavo, a Life in Five Courses (2010)

A film about Ingrid Bergman's butler.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2010-12-20
  • Runtime: 1h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Handle Productions
  • Production Country: Finland, United States of America
  • Director: Hanna Hemilä

Summary

Finnish farm boy Paavo Turtiainen is hired into the Parisian household of Swedish theatre producer Lars Schmidt and his wife, actress Ingrid Bergman. The couple “adopt” and train Paavo to navigate among the rich and famous. Later on, Paavo becomes the personal secretary for Schmidt and Bergman. His responsibilities include building up the personal archives of both Schmidt and Bergman. Ms. Bergman’s archives are now at the film archives of Wesleyan University and Schmidt’s archives are in the United States Library of Congress. After Schmidt and Bergman divorce Paavo decides to settle permanently in New York. His first clients are friends of Schmidt: celebrities and business personalities Paavo has met while working in Paris and on Dannholmen, a Swedish island owned by Schmidt. Eventually Paavo becomes an acclaimed chef and event planner for high society. Along the way, he has learned to stand on his own feet.

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  • Paavo Turtiainen

    as Self
  • Pia Lindström

    as Self
  • Isabella Rossellini

    as Self
  • Lars Lundberg

    as Self
  • Kalevi Turtiainen

    as Self
  • Lars Schmidt

    as Self
  • Barbara Georgescu

    as Self
  • Peter A. Georgescu

    as Self
  • Kristian Schmidt

    as Self
  • Yanne Norup-Schmidt

    as Self
  • Eric Bedoucha

    as Self
  • Sandra Gallego-Perez

    as Self
  • Jason Vail

    as Self
  • Ben Fischer

    as Self
  • Michael Platt

    as Self
  • Albert Platt

    as Self
  • Amalia Cosmetatou

    as Self
  • Loucas Tsilas

    as
  • Yukiko Magoshi

    as
  • Eric Satterlee

    as
  • Sabine Yearwood

    as
  • Brenda LaGrange Johnson

    as
  • J Howard Johnson

    as
  • Nathalie P Comfort

    as
  • William T Comfort

    as
  • Marlene Hess

    as
  • James D Zirin

    as
  • Nicole Limbocker

    as
  • Derek L Limbocker

    as
  • Elizabeth Martinez

    as
  • Arthur Martinez

    as
  • Sally Neff

    as
  • Tom Neff

    as
  • Rose-Lee Reinhard

    as
  • Keith Reinhard

    as
  • Didi Schafer

    as
  • Oscar S. Schafer

    as
  • Daisy Soros

    as
  • Paul Soros

    as
  • Missie Rennie Taylor

    as
  • David H Taylor

    as
Writing Hanna Hemilä Writer
Production Hanna Hemilä Producer
Production Vesa Harju Producer
Directing Hanna Hemilä Director
Camera Ilmo Lintonen Director of Photography
Camera Börje Hellén Camera Operator
Camera Jesse Kamras Camera Operator
Sound Tero Malmberg Sound Designer
Lighting Christian Amgwerd Lighting Technician
Sound Christian Amgwerd Sound
Editing Pentti Kakkori Editor
Sound Dani Strömbäck Music

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