|
Riihalan valtias (1956)
Character: N/A
Anna, the mistress of Riihala, runs the farm while her idle husband drinks and their heir, Antti, courts Elma, a maid from the neighboring farm. Anna hopes that her son will marry Elina, a girl from the Kalteva farm, but she is disappointed.
|
|
|
Jälkeen syntiinlankeemuksen (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
Schoolboy Klaus is convicted of theft and sent to prison. At his release Klaus feels that his life has changed a lot. Despite all his hardship and difficulties he keeps up his studies under the supervision of the grim Master Kahari.
|
|
|
Kahden ladun poikki (1958)
Character: Karvian-Jokinen
Young Anna marries Tuomas, an old widower. Tuomas reluctantly sells his forest to the boss of Ruukki and is forced to take in a group of loggers, among whom the handsome womanizer Humu begins to seduce the young mistress of the house.
|
|
|
Morsiusseppele (1954)
Character: Pekka
A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
|
|
|
Säkkijärven polkka (1955)
Character: Bili
Young Vesterinen gets to fulfill his musical dreams with the support of his friend Mirja. His passion for playing the accordion takes Vili from Viipuri to Helsinki, where his friendship with pianist Jaakko helps him advance his career.
|
|
|
Hilmanpäivät (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
|
|
|
Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960)
Character: Ilona Vaahtonen's father
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.
|
|
|
|
|
Mitäs me taiteilijat (1952)
Character: (uncredited)
The director of the Vaudeville Theater is looking for new performers after the former star was forced to give up her singing career. Out of numerous auditionees, singer P. Waltteri Vitikka is hired. At the same time, the janitor tries to maintain order in the theater.
|
|
|
Rantasalmen sulttaani (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
Merchant Ville arrives in Malaga with his secretary Esa to meet Outsider regarding a valuable inheritance. Esa falls in love with Spanish beauty Carmen, who joins the pair on their trip to Morocco. Carmen's husband Juan also follows the group.
|
|
|
Kunnioittaen (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
Elmeri Vara from the General Stabilization Party, Selma Vuorinen from the Free Enlightenment Party, and Irja Solanen from the Independent Women's Party are competing for seats in parliament. When young Pertti and his classmates start a campaign with caricatures against Vara and Vuorinen, whom they consider unfit, Principal Reino has to decide whether to support the parliamentary candidates or his students, and how he feels about the candidacy of his beloved Irja.
|
|
|
Herra sotaministeri (1957)
Character: Pentti Terva (uncredited)
Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to a court martial, and he resigns from his ministerial post to start a new life with his neighbor Leena.
|
|
|
Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut (1960)
Character: Luiru
The unlucky layabout Isarkar Keturi brings a criminal gang to heel with the help of his assistant Mikael. He frees Irma, the daughter of mining magnate Tömstet, from captivity and a forced marriage to Kurt. Irma achieves her dream of becoming a pop star, with Isaskar's help.
|
|
|
Kihlaus (1955)
Character: Eenokki
Eeva serves two noblemen, who have treated their servant badly. She writes to her childhood friend Aapel and proposes marriage. The man does not believe the proposal, but leaves to fetch Eeva. Upon seeing the man's modest living conditions, Eeva regrets her decision, becomes ill-tempered, and refuses the engagement. At the same time, the cheerful gentlemen arrive to fetch Eeva, who dances with joy upon returning to her former life.
|
|
|
Virtaset ja Lahtiset (1959)
Character: Erkki Virtanen
Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children.
|
|
|
Helunan häämatka (1955)
Character: Vihulainen
A story about the passengers of the inland waterway Heinävesi. Salli, the daughter of the captain, dreams of an acting career and joins a performance by a theater company traveling on a ship.
|
|
|
Toivelauluja (1961)
Character: Kasper
A film centered around a popular Finnish song book. Young lovers Pirkko and Pekka break off their engagement at the end of an evening spent at a dance restaurant. At home, Pirkko finds a songbook in her room, whose songs turn into musical scenes. The night watchman carries the songbook with him, and it ends up, via a sad prostitute, a police officer, and a night shelter resident, with Pekka, who is waiting for Pirkko's forgiveness and comes to pick up his fiancée.
|
|
|
Mä oksalla ylimmällä (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.
|
|
|
Yhden yön hinta (1952)
Character: (uncredited)
The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
|
|
|
Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)
Character: Public Prosecutor
A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
|
|
|
Yö on pitkä (1952)
Character: Police
Åke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. He wants to get rich no matter what. After holidays with his girl Rita, he comes back to Helsinki completely broke and meets up with his buddy Jussi in a bar. For months they embezzle money from the bank, but eventually do realize they have to cover the missing amount by orchestrating and committing a robbery which will then rouse the interest of the police. A hide and seek follows as they try to make their way abroad.
|
|
|
Silja – nuorena nukkunut (1956)
Character: Teliniemi
In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
|
|
|
Ratkaisun päivät (1956)
Character: N/A
A major wounded in war falls in love with a nurse who has been widowed in the hospital. However, their love is hindered by the death of the nurse's husband, for which the major is responsible.
|
|
|
Rintamalotta (1956)
Character: Iisakki
Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.
|
|
|
Putkinotko (1954)
Character: Farmaseutti
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...
|
|
|
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen (1959)
Character: Jean
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money printing plates are desperately searched by the gang and our heroes try to hide from them by travelling to Mallorca, where some of the local hoods try to kill them and retake the missing plates.
|
|
|
Kovanaama (1954)
Character: Prisoner
Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.
|
|
|
Salakuljettajan laulu (1952)
Character: Kyläläinen
Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.
|
|
|
Se alkoi sateessa (1953)
Character: N/A
Vuokko takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a fishing hut and meets a mysterious man whom she suspects is the smuggler Rompan Eetu. Instead of reporting him, Vuokko decides to follow him to Helsinki to the smugglers' hideout on the condition that he agrees to turn himself and his comrades in to the police.
|
|
|
Lentävä kalakukko (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
After a robbery, a gang of bandits led by Kulaus-Ramperi flees Helsinki on the Kuopio express train "Lentävä kalakukko" and tries to hide in the crowded train filled with music and singing. The cheerful conductor Saastamoinen protects the motley crew traveling on the train.
|
|
|
Kipparikvartetti (1952)
Character: (uncredited)
Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, the ensemble is named the Kipparikvartetti.
|
|
|
Lännen lokarin veli (1952)
Character: 'Rottanaama' (uncredited)
Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
|
|
|
Kulkurin tyttö (1952)
Character: Baron Walfrid C
Baron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's daughter, and promises to help save their home. Baroness Olivia Metter falls for the young student and helps him with the rescue plan.
|
|
|
Radio tekee murron (1951)
Character: (uncredited)
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
|
|
|
Muuan sulhasmies (1956)
Character: N/A
Mauritz Grafvenhjelm, alias Moppe, an impoverished nobleman, and his friend Ville enjoy a carefree life as vagabonds in summery Porvoo until Moppe finds a large sum of money and receives a reward for it. After celebrating thoroughly at the Belvedere restaurant, he wakes up in the morning in a cell with no memory of what happened and learns that he has become engaged to the restaurant owner, Miss Svea Jonson.
|
|
|
Sissit (1963)
Character: Orava
Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.
|
|
|
Pieni luutatyttö (1958)
Character: Konttinen (uncredited)
A stepfather forces Liisa, an orphan girl, to leave her small town and go to Helsinki alone to sell brooms. With the help of a friendly vagrant named Maailman-Petteri and a homeless dog named Musti, Liisa prevents a burglary, and a kind police officer named Rinne and his wife help all the homeless people start a new life.
|
|
|
Neiti talonmies (1955)
Character: Tirronen
After her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opposition of Principal Kuusi, she decides to take the matriculation examination and, in order to improve her writing skills, responds to a correspondence advertisement placed by the mysterious Master Ahtojää.
|
|
|
Katarina kaunis leski (1950)
Character: N/A
1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus Schildt.
|
|
|
Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina (1959)
Character: Työmies (uncredited)
Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a painting is created that wins first prize at a contemporary art exhibition. In the meantime, the men, along with their assistant Miss Kaihokielo, have been charged with art theft. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, the Puupääs use the art prize money to convert the house's bomb shelter into a children's clubroom.
|
|
|
Varsovan laulu (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
|
|
|
Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli? (1952)
Character: (uncredited)
St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private detective Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää has died or is still alive. The strange events are followed from the perspective of different characters.
|
|
|
Justus järjestää kaiken (1960)
Character: Vuokraisäntä
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.
|
|
|
Minä soitan sinulle illalla (1954)
Character: Harmaa
Factory manager Risto Järviö is under his mother's thumb. When his mother forbids him from dancing with factory girl Seija Vaara, Seija decides to make anonymous phone calls to Risto to annoy his controlling mother. Risto falls in love with the voice on the other end of the line and begins to make major changes in his life.
|
|
|
Miljoonavaillinki (1961)
Character: (uncredited)
A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better.
|
|
|
Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
Pekka is given the task of renting a summer place, but real estate agent Aadolf Muikku tricks him into buying a villa.
|
|
|
Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä (1955)
Character: Äyliö
Justina urges Pete and Runt to get a job. As a result they meet an orphan boy named Otto while working as a park nannies. They offer to shelter the boy, but at the same time the father Antti, who has returned from the sea, is looking for his son together with Miss Raikas.
|
|
|
Mullin mallin (1961)
Character: Pastori Heikku
An idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astray, and the men end up at an empty hotel, where they begin a program of evening entertainment led by Severi Suhonen.
|
|
|
Valkoinen peura (1952)
Character: Wealthy Man (uncredited)
A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results.
|
|
|
Ryysyrannan Jooseppi (1955)
Character: Jooseppi Kenkkunen
Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.
|
|
|
|
|
Murheenkryynin poika (1958)
Character: Vääpeli
Heikki Aaltonen enlists in military service, leaving behind his father Hemminki, mother Mimmi, and beloved Helvi on the family farm. At the same time, another Heikki Aaltonen enlists, who is completely different in character from the future small farmer Aaltonen. The constant confusion between the men's names, the overprotective attitude of their parents, and Helvi's admission to a domestic science school near the regiment are all factors that tend to disrupt Heikki's military service.
|
|
|
Hilja – maitotyttö (1953)
Character: Station Man
Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday
|
|
|
Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä (1957)
Character: (uncredited)
Pekka Puupää and Pätkä, who return to Helsinki from an unsuccessful variety show tour, are forced into refresher training, where they are trained as frogmen. During the diving exercises, the friends encounter the mermaid Helmi, whom they help into the bathtub at home, to Justiina's shock. The friends, who have become civilians, eventually end up on a plane bound for Suez, being cornered by UN soldiers.
|
|
|
Me tulemme taas (1953)
Character: (uncredited)
The film tells the story of the romance between the timber rafters and widow Kaisa, her daughter Satu and Katri from Karkela. Problems are caused by the men in the village, especially the Master of Karkela, who has his own plans for widow's land.
|
|
|
Sillankorvan emäntä (1953)
Character: Village man
The proud widow of Sillankorva falls in love with her young neighbor, Jaakko Hallan, whom she offers to take in as her son. However, much to the bitter disappointment of the mistress of the house, the man falls in love with her daughter Johanna.
|
|
|
Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin (1950)
Character: Panhelainen
In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ram that has escaped from Piiroinen's farm and win the heart of Annastiina, the farmer's daughter, who is also sought after by other suitors.
|
|
|
Juha (1956)
Character: Hiilenpolttaja (uncredited)
Juha lives together with younger woman Marja. Juha loves her, but Marja seems to belong to somewhere else. Things get complicated when casanova Shemeikka arrives from strange lands and takes Marja away with him.
|
|
|
Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu (1962)
Character: Janitor
A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes problems for the police.
|
|
|
Kultainen vasikka (1961)
Character: Russian Officer (uncredited)
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
|
|
|
Niskavuoren Heta (1952)
Character: Janne (uncredited)
Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assisted by their loyal maid Siipirikko.
|
|
|
Pekka Puupää (1953)
Character: Managerin apulainen (uncredited)
Pete and Runt set up a kindergarten at their home, and unknowingly end up taking care of a kidnapped baby.
|
|
|
Pikku Pietarin piha (1961)
Character: Tattari, hallikauppias
A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person – and hint at magical powers.
|
|
|
Hei, rillumarei! (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
Traveler Severi travels to Helsinki to enjoy some culture, where he meets Sinikka and Simo, who run a buying and selling business. At a customs auction, he buys a painting that businessman Kehveli and his assistants also have their eyes on.
|
|
|
Silmät hämärässä (1952)
Character: Window cleaner
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
|
|
|
Niskavuoren Aarne (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.
|
|
