Kosti Klemelä

The Unknown Soldier (1955)

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Kosti Klemelä  •  Heikki Savolainen  •  Reino Tolvanen  •  Åke Lindman

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Kosti Klemelä  •  Heikki Savolainen  •  Reino Tolvanen  •  Åke Lindman

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 Year of the Hare (1977)

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Risto Jarva
CAST:  Antti Litja  •  Kauko Helovirta  •  Markku Huhtamo  •  Paavo Hukkinen

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Risto Jarva
CAST:  Antti Litja  •  Kauko Helovirta  •  Markku Huhtamo  •  Paavo Hukkinen

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

Akseli and Elina (1970)

A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Aarno Sulkanen  •  Ulla Eklund  •  Risto Taulo  •  Anja Pohjola

A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Aarno Sulkanen  •  Ulla Eklund  •  Risto Taulo  •  Anja Pohjola

Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)

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 concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Aarno Sulkanen  •  Titta Karakorpi  •  Risto Taulo  •  Anja Pohjola

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 concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Aarno Sulkanen  •  Titta Karakorpi  •  Risto Taulo  •  Anja Pohjola

Myöhästynyt hääyö (1960)

Otto and Kaija have celebrated their surprise wedding, but after a coctail party nothing between them is the same as Otto does not remember what actually happened, and the mess is ready when Otto's American uncle who hates women comes for a visit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Liisa Tuomi  •  Edvin Laine  •  Jussi Jurkka  •  Elsa Turakainen

Otto and Kaija have celebrated their surprise wedding, but after a coctail party nothing between them is the same as Otto does not remember what actually happened, and the mess is ready when Otto's American uncle who hates women comes for a visit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Liisa Tuomi  •  Edvin Laine  •  Jussi Jurkka  •  Elsa Turakainen

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DIRECTION:  Wilho Ilmari
CAST:  Elsa Rantalainen  •  Kosti Klemelä  •  Väinö Luutonen  •  Saimi Vuolle

Opri (1954)

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DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Rakel Laakso  •  Elsa Turakainen  •  Elna Hellman  •  Liisa Pakarinen

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DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Rakel Laakso  •  Elsa Turakainen  •  Elna Hellman  •  Liisa Pakarinen

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

Yhteinen vaimomme (1956)

A story set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen, who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni. However, during his four-year imprisonment, Erkki has been pronounced dead and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentin Vaala
CAST:  Kosti Klemelä  •  Marjatta Kallio  •  Eero Eloranta  •  Anneli Haahdenmaa

A story set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen, who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni. However, during his four-year imprisonment, Erkki has been pronounced dead and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentin Vaala
CAST:  Kosti Klemelä  •  Marjatta Kallio  •  Eero Eloranta  •  Anneli Haahdenmaa

Viisi vekkulia (1956)

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DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Vilho Siivola  •  Oke Tuuri  •  Kaarlo Halttunen  •  Arvo Lehesmaa

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DIRECTION:  T.J. Särkkä
CAST:  Vilho Siivola  •  Oke Tuuri  •  Kaarlo Halttunen  •  Arvo Lehesmaa

Nummisuutarit (1957)

Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with Esko's father. Esko takes Mikko as his travel companion and that's where Esko's ordeals begin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentin Vaala
CAST:  Heidi Krohn  •  Martti Kuningas  •  Alice Lyly  •  Lauri Leino

Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with Esko's father. Esko takes Mikko as his travel companion and that's where Esko's ordeals begin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentin Vaala
CAST:  Heidi Krohn  •  Martti Kuningas  •  Alice Lyly  •  Lauri Leino

Autuas eversti (1958)

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DIRECTION:  William Markus
CAST:  Pentti Siimes  •  Hillevi Lagerstam  •  Anneli Sauli  •  Martti Romppanen

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DIRECTION:  William Markus
CAST:  Pentti Siimes  •  Hillevi Lagerstam  •  Anneli Sauli  •  Martti Romppanen

Scandal in the Girls' School (1960)

The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the students, the warm relationship between two girls is a causing concern.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Liisa Nevalainen  •  Elsa Turakainen  •  Hilkka Helinä  •  Elina Salo

The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the students, the warm relationship between two girls is a causing concern.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Liisa Nevalainen  •  Elsa Turakainen  •  Hilkka Helinä  •  Elina Salo

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DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Esa Pakarinen  •  Kauko Helovirta  •  Kirsti Ortola  •  Jussi Jurkka

Trust (1976)

Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine  •  Viktor Tregubovich
CAST:  Kirill Lavrov  •  Vilho Siivola  •  Yrjö Tähtelä  •  Yrjö Paulo

Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine  •  Viktor Tregubovich
CAST:  Kirill Lavrov  •  Vilho Siivola  •  Yrjö Tähtelä  •  Yrjö Paulo