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Kaks' tavallista Lahtista (1960)

Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends about Usko (Tommi Rinne) and Toivo (Leif Wager), both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Salminen
CAST:  Leif Wager  •  Tommi Rinne  •  Pirkko Mannola  •  Leni Katajakoski

Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends about Usko (Tommi Rinne) and Toivo (Leif Wager), both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Salminen
CAST:  Leif Wager  •  Tommi Rinne  •  Pirkko Mannola  •  Leni Katajakoski

Sven Tuuva the Hero (1958)

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Kauko Helovirta  •  Veikko Sinisalo  •  Edvin Laine  •  Salme Karppinen

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Kauko Helovirta  •  Veikko Sinisalo  •  Edvin Laine  •  Salme Karppinen

The Scarlet Dove (1961)

Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Tauno Palo  •  Gunvor Sandkvist  •  Helen Elde  •  Matti Oravisto

Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Tauno Palo  •  Gunvor Sandkvist  •  Helen Elde  •  Matti Oravisto

For the Matches (1980)

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonid Gaidai  •  Risto Orko
CAST:  Evgeni Leonov  •  Vyacheslav Nevinnyy  •  Rita Polster  •  Ritva Valkama

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonid Gaidai  •  Risto Orko
CAST:  Evgeni Leonov  •  Vyacheslav Nevinnyy  •  Rita Polster  •  Ritva Valkama

The Harvest Month (1956)

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Emma Väänänen  •  Rauni Luoma  •  Rauni Ikäheimo

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Emma Väänänen  •  Rauni Luoma  •  Rauni Ikäheimo

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu (1962)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Joel Rinne  •  Helge Herala  •  Matti Ranin  •  Leo Jokela

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Joel Rinne  •  Helge Herala  •  Matti Ranin  •  Leo Jokela

Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa (1959)

An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Tauno Palo  •  Hannes Häyrinen  •  Arvo Lehesmaa  •  Teija Sopanen

An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Tauno Palo  •  Hannes Häyrinen  •  Arvo Lehesmaa  •  Teija Sopanen

Opettajatar seikkailee (1960)

An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aarne Tarkas
CAST:  Leni Katajakoski  •  Tommi Rinne  •  Pirkko Mannola  •  Leo Jokela

An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aarne Tarkas
CAST:  Leni Katajakoski  •  Tommi Rinne  •  Pirkko Mannola  •  Leo Jokela

Tyttö ja hattu (1961)

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DIRECTION:  Aarne Tarkas
CAST:  Pirkko Mannola  •  Esko Salminen  •  Rauha Rentola  •  Siiri Angerkoski

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DIRECTION:  Aarne Tarkas
CAST:  Pirkko Mannola  •  Esko Salminen  •  Rauha Rentola  •  Siiri Angerkoski

Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Joel Rinne  •  Matti Ranin  •  Leo Jokela  •  Saulo Haarla

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Joel Rinne  •  Matti Ranin  •  Leo Jokela  •  Saulo Haarla

Hetkiä yössä (1961)

Experimental Finnish movie from 1961, about one night in the city. In 1960, the director Eino Ruutsalo spoke of the movie with these words: "The camera moves around the night - loose images are created - they create memories, consortia in us, or do not create. Man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eino Ruutsalo
CAST:  Yrjö Tähtelä  •  Lauri Haapanen  •  Aila Kokkila  •  Mojo Parikka

Experimental Finnish movie from 1961, about one night in the city. In 1960, the director Eino Ruutsalo spoke of the movie with these words: "The camera moves around the night - loose images are created - they create memories, consortia in us, or do not create. Man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eino Ruutsalo
CAST:  Yrjö Tähtelä  •  Lauri Haapanen  •  Aila Kokkila  •  Mojo Parikka

Miljoonavaillinki (1961)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Jussi Jurkka  •  Liana Kaarina  •  Helge Herala  •  Ansa Ikonen

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Jussi Jurkka  •  Liana Kaarina  •  Helge Herala  •  Ansa Ikonen

Oksat pois… (1961)

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DIRECTION:  Aarne Tarkas
CAST:  Tommi Rinne  •  Tarja Nurmi  •  Liana Kaarina  •  Leo Jokela

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DIRECTION:  Aarne Tarkas
CAST:  Tommi Rinne  •  Tarja Nurmi  •  Liana Kaarina  •  Leo Jokela

Kultainen vasikka (1961)

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ritva Arvelo
CAST:  Aino Mantsas  •  Helge Herala  •  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Irma Seikkula

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ritva Arvelo
CAST:  Aino Mantsas  •  Helge Herala  •  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Irma Seikkula

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DIRECTION:  Åke Lindman
CAST:  Mauno Kuusisto  •  Helena Lehtelä  •  Matti Hyvönen  •  Siiri Angerkoski

Me (1961)

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DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Risto Mäkelä  •  Åke Lindman  •  Rose-Marie Precht  •  Stig Fransman

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DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Risto Mäkelä  •  Åke Lindman  •  Rose-Marie Precht  •  Stig Fransman

Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)

Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son of a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Liana Kaarina  •  Esko Salminen  •  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Åke Lindman

Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son of a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Liana Kaarina  •  Esko Salminen  •  Toivo Mäkelä  •  Åke Lindman

Yövartija vain… (1940)

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DIRECTION:  Yrjö Norta
CAST:  Aku Korhonen  •  Regina Linnanheimo  •  Unto Salminen  •  Uno Wikström

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DIRECTION:  Yrjö Norta
CAST:  Aku Korhonen  •  Regina Linnanheimo  •  Unto Salminen  •  Uno Wikström

Kaunis Kaarina (1955)

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DIRECTION:  Ossi Elstelä
CAST:  Anneli Sauli  •  Tapio Rautavaara  •  Ossi Elstelä  •  Esko Mannermaa

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DIRECTION:  Ossi Elstelä
CAST:  Anneli Sauli  •  Tapio Rautavaara  •  Ossi Elstelä  •  Esko Mannermaa
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