Finnish movies: My List
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- DirectorTeuvo PuroStarsAntti IlvosJussi SnellmanErtta Virtamo
- DirectorA.O. VäisänenStarsLyyli HomeBenjamin TrofimovOlga Tarpio
- DirectorTeuvo PuroJussi SnellmanStarsHelmi LindelöfHemmo KallioMeri RoiniAnna-Liisa of Kortesuo is engaged to Johannes of Kivimaa, but she is burdened by a heavy past. On the day of the announcement, Anna-Liisa confesses her crime in the presence of the party guests.
- DirectorErkki KaruEero LeväluomaStarsKaarlo Juho StåhlbergClas ThunbergPaavo NurmiThis government-run propaganda film introduces the nature, sports, military, agriculture and capital of Finland.
- DirectorKarl FagerStarsAdolf LindforsFelix BorgEinar RinneIn the winter of 1838 surprise guests arrive at the manor house of Rautakylä, inhabited by the elderly Baron Magnus Drakenhjelm and the story takes us back fifty years to the court of Gustav III in Stockholm.
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsAxel SlangusHeidi BlåfieldKirsti SuonioRural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding.
- DirectorAdolf LindroosStarsRurik EkroosEmil LindhKirsti Suonio
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsWilho IlmariWilhelmiina TuukkanenEmil LindhFisherman Eerik Storm agrees to become a smuggler's pilot in order to get money to save his home.
- DirectorJalmari LahdensuoStarsSimo KaarioOiva SoiniKaisa LeppänenStory of the rebellion of the peasants against the authorities.
- DirectorTeuvo PuroStarsEinar RinneHeidi BlåfieldIrmeli ViherjuuriA newlywed couple suffer from the effects of a curse a witch put on the place they live in centuries earlier.
- DirectorWilho IlmariAxel SlangusStarsUrho SomersalmiEllen SylvinMary HannikainenCrowns servant rättäri holds the riverside village in his grip with his plots. Officer Turkka falls in love with Katri, whom the rättäri also woos. Turkka, who learns of the rättäri's shady dealings, decides to expose rättäri.
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsAxel SlangusWaldemar WohlströmOlga Leino
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsTeuvo TulioMeri HackzellHanna TainiManjardo, a young Gypsy leader headed by Tulio, has spent a lively and joyful life with his young women, Glafira and very keen Akris. He will soon be married to the daughter of the master of another tribe, Esmeralda. From this, her mistresses are no more enthusiastic than Esmeralda and Manjardoka, so the parties of this future couple have never even met each other.
- DirectorCarl von HaartmanStarsAarne LeppänenElsa SegerbergHelge RaninOpens at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in February 1899. Tsar Nicholas II signs the February Manifesto, the purpose of which is to abolish Finnish self-government. An act that arouse widespread opposition in Finland.
- DirectorJaakko KorhonenStarsJoel RinneElsa SegerbergYrjö TuominenWhile on holiday, Himanen and Kehkonen offer to take the stationmaster across the lake in their boat. Through various mishaps Himanen, posing as a woman falls in love with the lensman's daughter.
- DirectorKalle KaarnaStarsHanna TainiTauno PaloElla EronenIt is the year 1915, and five Finnish men ski to Sweden via the Gulf of Bothnia to get military training in Germany. Among the men are Martti and Kalpa from the 27th Army Ranger Battalion. In the reserve, the troops spend their free time in a café called the Golden Anchor, owned by Sonja Strand. Sonja's captain serves in the Russian army, and Sonja has a relationship with Baron von Lichtenstein, who exploits Sonja who spies on Russia using Jew Isaac as her messenger.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsTeuvo TulioEeva VirtanenAlli RiksAntti Larto is a charmer violinist who conquers not only the hearts of Finnish women but also those of Parisians.
- DirectorKalle KaarnaFriedrich von MaydellStarsBernhard GoetzkeAarne LeppänenElisabeth FriskA Russian officer rescues the wanted anarchist Vera Maretskaja. A romance arises between them, but the secret police arrests the officer in a restaurant and expels him to Siberia on charges of aiding the revolutionaries.
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsUrho SomersalmiHelena KoskinenHemmo Kallio
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsGeorg MalmsténKati AspelinAku Käyhkö
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsMia BackmanUuno LaaksoGeorg Malmstén
- DirectorRisto OrkoStarsHanna TainiJalmari RinneUuno LaaksoAgronomist Paul arrives at Siltala Manor to become the new superintendent. He knows his worth, and that causes tension among the gentry and in the owner of the manor, widower Lilli. Eventually, Lilli and Paul begin to find common ground.
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsEster ToivonenKaarlo KartioJaakko KorhonenIn order to buy a dairy shop, Adalbert Koikkalainen needs a thousand marks and work experience, so he is applying for a job at the department store Sampo. After few mishaps he is hired as a scapegoat to receive customer complaints.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsEmmi JurkkaRegina LinnanheimoHulda KeskinenSurprises and miscommunication occur when industrialist's daughter wants to marry an auto mechanic.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloBirgit Nuotio'Everbody Loves' is the English translation: as indeed they all here do as some fellahs get smitten by a couple of comely young fillies, whilst Mothers - (and one wife) - supervise / interfere, depending on your take on romance blossoming.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloUuno LaaksoEsko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when she finds about the bet, she agrees to marry him in order to get her revenge.
- DirectorYrjö NortaT.J. SärkkäStarsIivari TuomistoEino KaipainenLaila RihteThe new police chief is annoying the farmers with his arrogant, dishonest and violent actions. A young man called Jussi starts to oppose him.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsTuulikki PaananenTauno PaloUuno LaaksoIrmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently married and then gets a stranger from a nearby restaurant to pose as her husband. Complications arise when they have to continue their charade.
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsHannes NärhiIrma SeikkulaWalle SaikkoEastern Finland in 18th century. Farmer Juha has raised an orphan girl Marja and married her. Karelian trader Shemeikka visits the farm and starts to make advances to young and beautiful Marja, tempting her to run away with him.
- DirectorRisto OrkoStarsHugo HytönenJoel RinneAnni AittoJussi Raala loses his inheritance when his alcoholic father sells his manor, sawmill and forests to the Lumia family. Jussi works for a while to the Lumias but is embittered by the insults and leaves the country. Two decades later he returns from America after making a new fortune and starts to buy sawmill shares from their current owner Mauno Lumia, who in turn has succumbed to alcoholism.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsJalmari RinneAnsa IkonenEino HeinoHeikki tries to overcome his financial difficulties by marrying his son Juhani and the only daughter of Nuottaniemi, Hanna. She is in love with the honest Antti and is threatened by the fiery and dangerous Juhani.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsIrma SeikkulaTauno PaloTopo LeisteläPoor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common sense, and starts taking evening classes. Keeping her studies secret from her employer for years, she eventually graduates from the university and becomes candidate in the parliamentary election, stressing women's and working people's rights. Romance with Judge Soratie finally ensues.
- DirectorYrjö NortaT.J. SärkkäStarsAku KorhonenLaila RihteEino KaipainenA lazy but resourceful Lapatossu is solving problems with his simple friend Vinski.
- DirectorWilho IlmariStarsUuno LaaksoTyyne HaarlaAnsa IkonenA busy professor begins to educate his ill-behaved offspring.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsOlga TainioTauno PaloIrja ElsteläThe first Finnish talking picture (with English subtitles) to be released in the United States is a story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living. Tauno Palo marries Irja Lautia because his mother, Olga Tainio, tells him that his duty as the eldest son is to marry a wealthy girl. However, attractive schoolteacher Sirkka Sari arrives in the village and causes complications when Palo falls in love with her.
- DirectorYrjö NortaT.J. SärkkäStarsAku KorhonenUuno LaaksoEster ToivonenTwo farmers go to town and cause trouble all around. The rumors of their death make it even worse.
- DirectorRisto OrkoStarsTuulikki PaananenRitva AroTuli ArjoThe German 27th Royal Jaeger Battalion is returning from the front to Libau. Jaeger corporal Martti Kari (Kullervo Kalske) falls in love with the Livonian dancer Sabina (Tuulikki Paananen) on a train journey, who has also caught the eye of Baron Rolf Lichtenstein (Erkki Uotila). Spies' plots and war cast shadows over the relationship between a beautiful dancer and a handsome jaeger.
- DirectorKalle KaarnaStarsSanteri KariloElla EronenHilkka Helinä
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsTuulikki PaananenIlmari MäntySanteri KariloA thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses the divided loyalties of the Finnish bourgeoisie, torn between preserving their privileged economic position and taking a risky stand for an independent Finland.
- DirectorRoland af HällströmStarsMartta KontulaKaarlo KytöKosti EloKatri palkataan piiaksi Riihiniemen titalle. Vuosien varrella hän tekee lujasti töitä ja uskaltautuu haaveilemaan jopa rakkaudesta ja tilan emännyydestä, mutta juonittelut perinnönjaossa mutkistavat tulevaisuutta.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsOlavi ReimasSirkka SariVilho AuvinenA period comedy set in 1622-1637. The male protagonist, the man from Sysmä, is the fool who always fails to recognize the female protagonist in her many disguises, dressing as a man, and then as a man dressing as woman.
- DirectorWilho IlmariStarsKaisu LeppänenEino KaipainenAku KorhonenThe landlady Astrid Jönsson of a forest farm, hires a job seeker posing as Aaltonen as a farm manager when her mentally ill husband Alfred is unable to work.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsKaarlo OksanenRakel LinnanheimoMirjami KuosmanenAbout Olavi, a farmer's son who leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.
- DirectorRisto OrkoStarsHelena KaraTuulikki PaananenUuno LaaksoIn 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsEino JurkkaVerna PiponiusTuro KarttoPopular US comic Irish cartoon characters Jiggs and Maggie were syndicated in the Scandinavian countries and here become Vihtori and Klaara, with some of the strip's gags transplanted to slapstick style live action.
- DirectorOrvo SaarikiviStarsKullervo KalskeIrma SeikkulaAino LohikoskiYrjö Niemelä moves to Helsinki. There he, unemployed, homeless, and penniless, tries to commit suicide but is rescued by a soldier of the Salvation Army.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsSirkka SariOlavi ReimasLea JoutsenoTwo well to do ladies are wooed by ennui upper class lads/men: a chance encounter with a stranger of seemingly lesser class causes one to be all a flutter, especially when her own riches family are threatened with bankruptcy: but was the stranger really what he seemed? Will happy ever after class equilibrium be safely navigated and restored?
- DirectorWilho IlmariStarsEdvin LaineEino KaipainenKaarlo KytöBased on Aleksis Kivi's 1870 book, with the same title. It follows the lives of the seven Jukola brothers over several years.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsHanna TainiOlavi ReimasSven RelanderGoverness Kristine Bergman arrives in her native Lapland with her husband Gustav Bergman. On a night-time sleigh ride, she meets and falls in love with the head forester Suontaa, who responds to her feelings.
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsAnnie MörkSointu KouvoEino Jurkka
- DirectorKalle KaarnaStarsHilkka HelinäKalevi MykkänenSanteri KariloPriest Petrelius refuses to accept the marriage proposals of his daughter Karoliina and Paavo Paulinpoika. Paavo enlists in the King's forces and is wounded. On his return, he finds his village and his beloved at the mercy of the Russians.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsRegina LinnanheimoTauno PaloEster ToivonenA country girl, shunned by her conservative community for having a baby out of wedlock, goes to court to try to save her reputation.
- DirectorYrjö NortaStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloAku KorhonenTaxi driver Tanu Paalu and tourist guide Ansa Koskeli fall in love. Both are unemployed, but the success of a song by Tanu and Ansa leads to them being hired. Their love becomes contentious when a tune in the song causes a disagreement.
- DirectorHugo HytönenNyrki TapiovaaraStarsGunnar HiilloskorpiMirjami KuosmanenHugo HytönenYoung farmer Paavo's wife dies in childbirth, and their baby soon follows. The wife's family claims back the dowry she brought to their marriage, but Paavo has already used most of it for farm improvements. Paavo resorts to drinking and his life heads downhill.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsSirkka SalonenOlga TainioKaarlo OksanenDrama about a young woman in rural Finland in the 1930s. The small village provides a scene for intrigues, fights, love, jealousy, accusations, and revenge.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäYrjö NortaStarsEino KaipainenAnsa IkonenAnni HämäläinenA poet finds a new muse in young woman.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsAku KorhonenKaarlo KartioLaila Rihte
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloRegina LinnanheimoHunted by the authorities after shooting a Russian prince in a duel in St. Petersburg, a Finnish baron flees to his homeland and disguises as a drifter to avoid getting caught.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsYrjö TuominenElsa TurakainenEine Laine
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsRegina LinnanheimoTauno PaloEster ToivonenAt the eve of Crimean war orphaned Regina lives with her grandmother in a small cabin near a lavish villa. As the summer approaches there is great anticipation of a big ball to be held.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsLea JoutsenoTauno MajuriOlavi Reimas
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsBirgit KronströmTauno PaloSven RelanderAn artist who bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance.
- DirectorIlmari UnhoStarsHilkka HelinäJoel RinneTauno Majuri
- DirectorJorma NortimoStarsIrma SeikkulaSuvi SoilaAnni Aitto
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsLea JoutsenoTapio NurkkaTauno MajuriYoung, remarkably independent (for the times) woman decides how to make her own way through life, without any interfering patriarchal characters dictating it for her, whilst keeps suitors dangling on a string as to whether she will accede to their marriage proposals.
- DirectorHannu LeminenStarsHelena KaraTauno PaloAku KorhonenThe uncredited adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novel (1922), made five years before Max Ophüls' more widely recognized "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948).
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsMirjami KuosmanenEdvin LaineAino LohikoskiYrjänä's farm is plagued by infertility and the lady of the house decides to get a child by any means to continue her famous family. She's in conflict with her husband and with the church.
- DirectorOrvo SaarikiviStarsMaire SuvantoLasse PöystiKalevi Hartti
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsAnsa IkonenEino KaipainenTauno Palo
- DirectorAnsa IkonenStarsAnsa IkonenAku KorhonenUuno LaaksoFed up with her hectic life style, a famous operetta singer escapes from her selfish fiance to a misogynistic household of three men: a professor, a composer, and their bibulous servant.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsHelena KaraLeif WagerEdvin LaineSet in a small Finnish town in the 1890s, 18-year-old orphan Sylvi can't refuse the courtship performed by her guardian, assessor Aksel Wahl. The old spouse does not like a young wife who loves her childhood friend Viktor Halling. Sylvi sinks in despair when Aksel refuses to divorce.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsLea JoutsenoPaavo JännesTapio NurkkaMysterious dynamiters keep the city in fear. Spoiled Marja Reijonen longs for excitement in her boring life and gets excited about the crimes because the dynamite men are so up-to-date.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsMarie-Louise FockTure AraKunto KarapääA girl who moves to the city after her fiancé lacks the courage to face his father ,who is against their relationship. In the city the girls winds up being abused by men, giving birth to a child and supporting herself on prostitution.
- DirectorOrvo SaarikiviStarsLasse PöystiAnsa IkonenRegina Keso
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsRauli TuomiRegina LinnanheimoKaija RaholaA nobleman in 1830's Finland has to contend with stuck-up relatives, his daughters' suitors, dark secrets from his family's past, mistaken identities and a haunted wing of his mansion.
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsAnsa IkonenEdvin LaineVeli-Matti KaitalaA Salvation Army lieutenant gets to handle the case of a boy who has escaped from violent surrogate parents. But it turns out to be difficult to break the boy's criminal behavior.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsRegina LinnanheimoOscar TengströmVille SalminenThe daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she finds herself selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.
- DirectorRoland af HällströmStarsLaila JokimoEino KaipainenEero LeväluomaMarja is a prostitute who has to run away, when her pimp Jussi robs and kills one of her costumers. She finds a hiding place in a mansion on the country side. Marja falls in love with the master of the mansion, but Jussi finds out Marjas whereabouts and comes to meet her.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsRegina LinnanheimoEino KatajavuoriToini VartiainenA love triangle of two sisters, both passionately desiring the same man.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsLea JoutsenoTauno PaloRauha Rentola
- DirectorIlmari UnhoStarsRauli TuomiMatti KiviAnni AittoThe life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsEmma VäänänenTauno PaloKirsti HurmeYoung Loviisa and a group of hard-working women run the Niskavuori farm, while the men is busy chasing girls or future brides.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsRegina LinnanheimoKullervo KalskeEric GustafsonTurbulent, then tragic, marital relationship resulting in wife getting the upper hand from oppressive husband, on a post second world war farmstead.
- DirectorIlmari UnhoStarsIrma SeikkulaTauno PaloUrho Somersalmi
- DirectorRoland af HällströmStarsAnsa IkonenLeif WagerTauno MajuriThe destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the Norht.