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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

Pölhölä (1981)

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DIRECTION:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Taavi Kassila  •  Pertti Reponen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Aake Kalliala  •  Helge Herala  •  Olavi Ahonen

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DIRECTION:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Taavi Kassila  •  Pertti Reponen
CAST:  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Aake Kalliala  •  Helge Herala  •  Olavi Ahonen

Kahdeksas veljes (1971)

Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spede Pasanen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Kauko Kokkonen  •  Elina Katainen  •  Marja Korhonen

Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spede Pasanen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Kauko Kokkonen  •  Elina Katainen  •  Marja Korhonen

Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi (1981)

Uuno's nose is proved to be so good, that he can smell behind the display window what goods are on the other side. With this fabulous smell talent Uuno is chosen to Police's police-dog school as a student among the other dogs. Meanwhile Director Tuura, Uuno's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Elli Castrén  •  Pentti Siimes

Uuno's nose is proved to be so good, that he can smell behind the display window what goods are on the other side. With this fabulous smell talent Uuno is chosen to Police's police-dog school as a student among the other dogs. Meanwhile Director Tuura, Uuno's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Elli Castrén  •  Pentti Siimes

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

Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle (1986)

Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Marita Nordberg  •  Spede Pasanen

Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Marita Nordberg  •  Spede Pasanen

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

The Boys (1962)

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikko Niskanen
CAST:  Pentti Tarkiainen  •  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Uti Saurio  •  Hannu Vironmäki

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikko Niskanen
CAST:  Pentti Tarkiainen  •  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Uti Saurio  •  Hannu Vironmäki

Noin 7 veljestä (1968)

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DIRECTION:  Jukka Virtanen
CAST:  Juhani Kumpulainen  •  Spede Pasanen  •  Simo Salminen  •  Danny

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DIRECTION:  Jukka Virtanen
CAST:  Juhani Kumpulainen  •  Spede Pasanen  •  Simo Salminen  •  Danny

Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon (1977)

Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and in two weeks becomes the most pursued bachelor in town, charming all the women. He also starts as a waiter in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Ritva Valkama  •  Tapio Hämäläinen

Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and in two weeks becomes the most pursued bachelor in town, charming all the women. He also starts as a waiter in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Ritva Valkama  •  Tapio Hämäläinen

Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit (1979)

Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger. He is then cloned into a test-tube adult named Richard Ilyevitch Jyrä by his creator Dr. Jyrä.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spede Pasanen
CAST:  Spede Pasanen  •  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Simo Salminen  •  Tapio Hämäläinen

Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger. He is then cloned into a test-tube adult named Richard Ilyevitch Jyrä by his creator Dr. Jyrä.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spede Pasanen
CAST:  Spede Pasanen  •  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Simo Salminen  •  Tapio Hämäläinen

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

Pinsiön parooni (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Eero Roine  •  Eino Kaipainen  •  Liisa Roine  •  Mirjam Novero

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DIRECTION:  Edvin Laine
CAST:  Eero Roine  •  Eino Kaipainen  •  Liisa Roine  •  Mirjam Novero

Ulvova mylläri (1982)

The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hospital, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaakko Pakkasvirta
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Eija Ahvo  •  Yrjö Järvinen  •  Harri Tirkkonen

The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hospital, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaakko Pakkasvirta
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Eija Ahvo  •  Yrjö Järvinen  •  Harri Tirkkonen

Koomikko (1983)

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Aake Kalliala  •  Heidi Herala  •  Helge Herala  •  Heikki Kinnunen

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Aake Kalliala  •  Heidi Herala  •  Helge Herala  •  Heikki Kinnunen

Petos (1988)

The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taavi Kassila
CAST:  Paavo Pentikäinen  •  Eeva Litmanen  •  Martti Tschokkinen  •  Carl-Kristian Rundman

The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taavi Kassila
CAST:  Paavo Pentikäinen  •  Eeva Litmanen  •  Martti Tschokkinen  •  Carl-Kristian Rundman

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla (1990)

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pertti Melasniemi
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Olavi Ahonen  •  Simo Salminen  •  Spede Pasanen

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pertti Melasniemi
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Olavi Ahonen  •  Simo Salminen  •  Spede Pasanen

Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti (1992)

Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finland into a kingdom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Tapio Hämäläinen  •  Marita Nordberg

Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finland into a kingdom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Tapio Hämäläinen  •  Marita Nordberg

Kaikki pelissä (1994)

A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Esko Salminen  •  Hannele Lauri  •  Satu Silvo  •  Jukka Puotila

A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kassila
CAST:  Esko Salminen  •  Hannele Lauri  •  Satu Silvo  •  Jukka Puotila
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