Pekka Huotari

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Romanovin kivet (1993)

This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Santeri Kinnunen  •  Stig Fransman  •  Kari-Pekka Toivonen

This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Santeri Kinnunen  •  Stig Fransman  •  Kari-Pekka Toivonen

The Last Wedding (1995)

Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markku Pölönen
CAST:  Martti Suosalo  •  Henrika Andersson  •  Jarmo Mäkinen  •  Pertti Koivula

Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markku Pölönen
CAST:  Martti Suosalo  •  Henrika Andersson  •  Jarmo Mäkinen  •  Pertti Koivula

The South (2000)

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Kärt Tomingas  •  Samuli Edelmann

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Kärt Tomingas  •  Samuli Edelmann

Home Sweet Home (2011)

Life for Sale is the story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Katariina Kaitue  •  Santeri Kinnunen  •  Aku Hirviniemi

Life for Sale is the story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Katariina Kaitue  •  Santeri Kinnunen  •  Aku Hirviniemi

Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva (1990)

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Pekka Huotari  •  Pertti Koivula  •  Jukka Puotila

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Pekka Huotari  •  Pertti Koivula  •  Jukka Puotila

Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1991)

Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Pentti Siimes  •  Tom Pöysti  •  Vesa Vierikko

Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Pentti Siimes  •  Tom Pöysti  •  Vesa Vierikko

Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät (1992)

The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Kalevi Kahra  •  Pentti Siimes  •  Vesa Vierikko

The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Kalevi Kahra  •  Pentti Siimes  •  Vesa Vierikko

Gloriously Wasted (2012)

Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence and, of course, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Maijala
CAST:  Joonas Saartamo  •  Krista Kosonen  •  Santtu Karvonen  •  Johannes Holopainen

Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence and, of course, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Maijala
CAST:  Joonas Saartamo  •  Krista Kosonen  •  Santtu Karvonen  •  Johannes Holopainen

Land of Love (2003)

A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ilkka Vanne
CAST:  Ville Haapasalo  •  Irina Björklund  •  Katja Küttner  •  Pietro Steiner

A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ilkka Vanne
CAST:  Ville Haapasalo  •  Irina Björklund  •  Katja Küttner  •  Pietro Steiner

V2: Dead Angel (2007)

The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Hannu-Pekka Björkman  •  Jussi Lampi  •  Johanna Kokko

The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Hannu-Pekka Björkman  •  Jussi Lampi  •  Johanna Kokko

Vares: Private Eye (2004)

Vares, a film noir comedy from Finland, is yet another twist on PULP FICTION. And, just in case we miss the similarities of splattered blood mixed with outrageous incidents, the movie explicitly references PULP FICTION and has a comedic scene in which two guys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Laura Malmivaara  •  Jari Halonen  •  Markku Peltola

Vares, a film noir comedy from Finland, is yet another twist on PULP FICTION. And, just in case we miss the similarities of splattered blood mixed with outrageous incidents, the movie explicitly references PULP FICTION and has a comedic scene in which two guys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Laura Malmivaara  •  Jari Halonen  •  Markku Peltola

Raid (2003)

Complex

Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but learns on his return that his ex-girlfriend Tarja has presumably died in a fire that he soon discovers was a larceny. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapio Piirainen
CAST:  Kai Lehtinen  •  Mari Rantasila  •  Oiva Lohtander  •  Kirsti Valve

Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but learns on his return that his ex-girlfriend Tarja has presumably died in a fire that he soon discovers was a larceny. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapio Piirainen
CAST:  Kai Lehtinen  •  Mari Rantasila  •  Oiva Lohtander  •  Kirsti Valve

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Jasper Pääkkönen  •  Elina Hietala  •  Juha Veijonen  •  Peter Franzén

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Jasper Pääkkönen  •  Elina Hietala  •  Juha Veijonen  •  Peter Franzén

Hellsinki (2009)

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Peter Franzén  •  Pihla Viitala  •  Kari Hietalahti

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Peter Franzén  •  Pihla Viitala  •  Kari Hietalahti

Ambush (1999)

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Saarela
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Irina Björklund  •  Kari Heiskanen  •  Kari Väänänen

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Saarela
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Irina Björklund  •  Kari Heiskanen  •  Kari Väänänen

The Tough Ones (1999)

Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Juha Veijonen  •  Teemu Lehtilä  •  Kalevi Haapoja

Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Juha Veijonen  •  Teemu Lehtilä  •  Kalevi Haapoja

Bad Boys (2003)

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Niko Saarela  •  Lauri Nurkse  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Niko Saarela  •  Lauri Nurkse  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

The Classic (2001)

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kari Väänänen
CAST:  Martti Suosalo  •  Janne Hyytiäinen  •  Matti Onnismaa  •  Pertti Sveholm

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kari Väänänen
CAST:  Martti Suosalo  •  Janne Hyytiäinen  •  Matti Onnismaa  •  Pertti Sveholm

Mystery of the Wolf (2006)

Adopted, 12-year-old Salla lives in Lapland. After she rescues some wolf cubs from a poacher, her mission to keep them safe helps her reunite with her mother, who shares her mysterious connection with nature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raimo O. Niemi
CAST:  Miia Nuutila  •  Tiia Talvisara  •  Kari-Pekka Toivonen  •  Janne Saksela

Adopted, 12-year-old Salla lives in Lapland. After she rescues some wolf cubs from a poacher, her mission to keep them safe helps her reunite with her mother, who shares her mysterious connection with nature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raimo O. Niemi
CAST:  Miia Nuutila  •  Tiia Talvisara  •  Kari-Pekka Toivonen  •  Janne Saksela

Vasen ja oikea (2015)

Both diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, politicians Esko Seppänen and Iiro Viinanen forge a deep friendship despite their ideological differences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapio Piirainen
CAST:  Kari Heiskanen  •  Pertti Sveholm  •  Mira Kivilä  •  Pekka Huotari

Both diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, politicians Esko Seppänen and Iiro Viinanen forge a deep friendship despite their ideological differences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapio Piirainen
CAST:  Kari Heiskanen  •  Pertti Sveholm  •  Mira Kivilä  •  Pekka Huotari
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