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1. Aalto: Architect of Emotions (2020)
103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife... See full summary »
Director: Virpi Suutari | Stars: Alvar Aalto, Aino Aalto, Elissa Aalto, David N. Fixler
Votes: 714
2. Käsky (2008)
115 min | Drama, Romance, War
There is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Samuli Vauramo, Pihla Viitala, Eero Aho, Eemeli Louhimies
Votes: 1,492
3. Laugh or Die (2018)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the ... See full summary »
Director: Heikki Kujanpää | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Jani Volanen, Leena Pöysti, Paavo Kinnunen
Votes: 1,088
4. Täällä Pohjantähden alla (2009)
193 min | Drama, Romance, War
A new film-adaptation of Väinö Linna's famous book here Beneath the North Star.
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Ilkka Koivula, Vera Kiiskinen, Risto Tuorila, Ritva Jalonen
Votes: 793
5. Raja 1918 (2007)
114 min | Drama, History, Romance
"Raja 1918", also known as "The Border", is a Finnish war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen set in the immediate aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It is spring of 1918. A ... See full summary »
Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Martin Bahne, Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Leonid Mozgovoy
Votes: 993
6. Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968)
186 min | Drama, History, War
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story ... See full summary »
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Aarno Sulkanen, Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo, Anja Pohjola
Votes: 1,047
7. The Marshal of Finland (2012)
50 min | Drama
A film about Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshall and 6th President of Finland.
Director: Gilbert K. Lukalia | Stars: Telley Savalas Otieno, Beatrice Wangui, Ruth Maingi, Jacky Vike
Votes: 404
8. Where Once We Walked (2011)
126 min | Drama, History, War
Otso "The Main Man" Hultkrantz is playing the leading role of the young Allu Kajander in Where Once We Walked, based on a novel about a civil war raging between the Red and the White in Finland.
Director: Peter Lindholm | Stars: Selma af Schulten, Nina Kaipainen, Birthe Wingren, Johan Storgård
Votes: 328
9. Dead or Alive 1918 (2012)
70 min | Drama, History, War
"The Battle of Nasilinna 1918" - depicting the Finnish Civil War from the White army's point of view. Lieutenant Melin's soldiers mission is to penetrate the heart of the city and overtake the Nasilinna Palace from the Reds.
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Nicke Lignell, Anton Häggblom, Petter Kevin, Willhelm Grotenfelt
Votes: 223
10. Pohjantähti (1973)
202 min | Drama, History, War
A combination of Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968) and Akseli and Elina (1970), edited together by István Szintai for foreign markets.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Olavi Ahonen, Dagi Angervo, Pekka Autiovuori, Asta Backman
Votes: 36
11. Pretty Good for a Human (1977)
132 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Rhapsodic story from a small Finnish town in the 1920s. The wounds of the civil war in 1918 are not yet fully healed. The current ban legislation on alcohol triggers a diligently moon-shining.
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri, Ossi Aronen, Esko Hannula
Votes: 199
12. Colorado Avenue (2007)
120 min | Drama
In the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as Dollar-Hanna, but in Finland she has to endure the Civil War and live through the prohibition. Hanna's independent spirit will guide her.
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Birthe Wingren, Nicke Lignell, Peter Kanerva, Ylva Ekblad
Votes: 269
13. Flame Top (1980)
155 min | Biography, Drama
The life of early-20th-century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala, and several more pseudonyms), one of the most enigmatic ... See full summary »
Directors: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto | Stars: Asko Sarkola, Rea Mauranen, Kari Franck, Ari Suonsuu
Votes: 132
14. Niskavuoren Heta (1952)
95 min | Drama
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Rauni Luoma, Kaarlo Halttunen, Mirjam Novero, Eino Kaipainen
Votes: 207
15. The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Tuula Nyman, Antti Litja
Votes: 105
16. Punainen Suomi (1918)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mikhail Koltsov | Stars: Kullervo Manner, Adolf Taimi
Votes: 5
17. Harmaa susi (2018)
19 min | Short, Drama, War
Director: Topi Raulo | Stars: Matti Laine, Tapio Liinoja, Miikka Ahonen, Kai Bäckström
Votes: 10
18. Klyftan (1973 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama
A story about 10-year-old Ruth and her life in Jakobstad in the years 1917-1918, during the Finnish Civil War. Based on a novel by Anna Bondestam.
Director: Tuija-Maija Niskanen | Stars: Kristina Klockars, Matti Oravisto, Laila Björkstam, Kyllikki Forssell
Votes: 12
19. Aapo (1994)
55 min | Drama
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the Finnish civil war begins.
Director: Tero Jartti | Stars: Taisto Reimaluoto, Esko Salminen, Ulla Koivuranta, Kai Lehtinen
Votes: 113
20. Tie Tampereelle 1918 (2018)
125 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary about the Finnish Civil War between the Whites and the Reds in 1918, also focusing on the Battle of Tampere and its bloody aftermath.
Director: Tapio Kalliomäki | Stars: Tuomas Hoppu, Ahti Jokinen, Anna Boman, Eino Lahdensuo
Votes: 9
21. Soitannollinen ilta Viipurissa 1918 (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Director: Raimo O. Niemi | Stars: Kari Heiskanen, Markku Huhtamo, Hannu Huuska, Ahti Jokinen
22. Helmikuun manifesti (1939)
99 min | Drama
Directors: Yrjö Norta, T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Tauno Palo, Laila Rihte, Eino Kaipainen
Votes: 123
23. Lunastus (1997)
78 min | Drama
"The Redemption". In a small village in Eastern Finland in 1918, Patrick, who has taken care of the chaplain, teacher and physician, has been filled with loneliness and brutal spirit of work for five years.
Director: Olli Saarela | Stars: Kari Heiskanen, Jussi Puhakka, Jussi Lehtonen, Robert Enckell
Votes: 192
24. Seamstress (2015)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Life and death of the last woman executed in Finland
Director: Ville Suhonen | Stars: Vera Kiiskinen, Pekka Milonoff, Laura Birn, Elena Leeve
Votes: 76
25. As the Heads Bow Down (2019)
93 min | Documentary, History
The brutal and bloody Finnish Civil War lasted for three months. This film follows a White group of soldiers from Lapua who were lead by Matti "father" Laurila. They always fought in the ... See full summary »
Director: Juha Rinnekari | Stars: Kari Lehtonen, Heikki Ylikangas, Vesa Määttä, Tauno Mäkelä
Votes: 6
26. 1918 (1957)
96 min | Drama, War
Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.
Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Åke Lindman, Anneli Sauli, Ture Ara, Matti Aulos
Votes: 80
27. Silta (2018 TV Movie)
68 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Heikki T. Partanen | Stars: Aino Seppo, Martta Salmela-Järvinen, Väinö Tanner, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Votes: 6
28. Mommilan veriteot 1917 (1973)
76 min | Biography, Drama, History
The last day of Alfred Kordelin.
Director: Jotaarkka Pennanen | Stars: Reino Kalliolahti, Hannu Kahakorpi, Eero Kosteikko, Mikko Majanlahti
Votes: 118
29. Uralin perhonen (2008)
27 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A praised war hero leaves his wife and finds a new love from Ural.
Director: Katariina Lillqvist | Stars: Jotaarkka Pennanen, Aliisa Pulkkinen
Votes: 92
30. Sodan silmät 1918 (2018)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Jouko Aaltonen, Seppo Rustanius
Votes: 15
31. Julma maa (2018 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History
Director: Esko Varho | Stars: Esko Varho, Veikko Hiltunen, Iivari Kauranen, Matilda Oksanen
Votes: 27
32. Mannerheim ja Pietari (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about C.G.E. Mannerheim's relation to St. Petersburg where he lived for 30 years from 1887 to 1917.
Director: Arvo Tuominen | Stars: Jesse Ristilä, Arvo Tuominen, Aleksandr Pozdnyakov, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 9
33. Eteenpäin - elämään (1939)
110 min | Drama
Directors: Yrjö Norta, T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Tauno Palo, Emmi Jurkka, Elsa Rantalainen
Votes: 62
34. Laulu sisällissodasta (2018)
84 min | Documentary, History, Music
Stars: Paleface, Matti Pitkänen, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, Martti Suosalo
Votes: 5
35. Kuninkaan punikit (2013)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Seppo Rustanius | Stars: Vuokko Hovatta, Antti Reini, Kalle Karvonen, Aukusti Nietula
Votes: 7
36. Wiederherstellung der Ordnung in Finnland durch Finnische Weisse Garden und Deutsche Truppen (1918)
13 min | Documentary, Short
37. Fasans hemvist - Dragsvik 1918 (2010 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History
Director: Mats Dumell | Stars: Kim Elfström, Tapio Laasonen
38. Käy eespäin (1967 TV Movie)
66 min | Drama
Director: Olavi Puusaari | Stars: Väinö Linna, Arvo Tuominen, A. Tiirikainen, Oiva Lundén
39. Springet (2017)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
About a young Danish man's experience in the Finnish Civil War 1918 and the consequences it had for his life and destiny.
Director: Claus Bohm | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Niels Olaf Gudme
Votes: 6
41. Suuri paraati (1958)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Gustaf Mannerheim, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Matti Ranin
42. Silja - nuorena nukkunut (1956)
87 min | Romance, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Witikka | Stars: Heidi Krohn, Jussi Jurkka, Aku Korhonen, Pentti Siimes
Votes: 114
43. Suomen Marsalkka 4.6.1867 - 28.1.1951 (1951)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Carl-Erik Creutz, Gustaf Mannerheim
44. Two Tales of Helsinki (1977)
45 min | Documentary
Directors: Tuure A. Korhonen, Sakari Rimminen | Stars: Anna Oras, Urho Oras, Gertrud Wichmann
45. Tie tuntemattomaan (1996 TV Movie)
64 min | Documentary, War
Director: Seppo Rustanius | Stars: Jari Lahti, Eriikka Magnusson, Aimo Nikulainen, Maria Bärklar
46. Suomen kansallinen sotajoukko (1918)
15 min | Documentary, Short, News
Director: Sven E. Svensson | Star: Gustaf Mannerheim
47. Verner Lehtimäki - Punapäällikön elämä (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Tapani Itäranta | Stars: Jyrki Richt, Heikki Ylikangas, Kimmo Lehtimäki, Jukka Nevakivi
48. Näin syntyi nykypäivä... 1900-1950 (1951)
99 min | Documentary, History
Director: Veikko Itkonen | Stars: Veikko Itkonen, Wäinö Aaltonen, Arijoutsi, Mia Backman
Votes: 15
49. Murhatun miehen viimeinen tahto (2020 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History
Director: Elizabeth Aaltonen | Stars: Eeva Ahdekivi, Erik Båsk, Ulla-Maija Forsberg, Alma Heikkilä
Votes: 8
50. Tammisunnuntai 1918 (2017)
50 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Dramatized documentary of the early hours of Finland's Civil War in January 1918.
Director: Ilkka Vanne | Stars: Elsa Saisio, Mikko Virtanen, Jukka Peltola, Sauli Kangas
Votes: 41