Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland, Germany | Finnish
Director
Aki Kaurisma¤ki
Writer
Aki Kaurisma¤ki
Cast
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Ta¤hti
Plot
M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland, Germany | Finnish, Arabic
Director
Aki Kaurisma¤ki
Writer
Aki Kaurisma¤ki
Cast
Alma Paaysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytia¤inen
Plot
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and Palmu and his assistants Kokki and Virta sta...
Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | Finland, Norway | Finnish, English
Director
Jalmari Helander
Writer
Jalmari Helander, Juuso Helander, Petri Jokiranta
Cast
Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila, Peeter Jakobi
Plot
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
Paavo Westerberg, Jari Olavi Rantala, Aku Louhimies
Cast
Jasper Pa¤a¤kkaanen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola
Plot
One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.
This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuat...
Movie | Drama, War | Finland, Sweden | Finnish, Swedish
Director
Klaus Ha¤raa
Writer
Veikko Aaltonen, Heikki Hietamies, Jimmy Karlsson
Cast
Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist
Plot
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of ...
Movie | Comedy, Music | Finland, Norway | Finnish, English
Director
Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren
Writer
Juuso Laatio, Aleksi Puranen, Jari Olavi Rantala
Cast
Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen
Plot
After years of playing songs by other artists, the opportunity of a concert in Norway encourages a metal band to compose their own material, but not before overcoming some unexpected difficulties.
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Pentika¤inen
Plot
Pasi shoots four policemen for drunkenness, leading to poverty, trouble with authorities, and family arguments. The movie is a flashback examining the events leading to the tragic shooting.
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,...
Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found on Helsinki's Observatory Hill, but the investigation is complicated by the media's spreading of false information concerning the case.
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 wa...
Pasila is a Finnish animated sitcom. The computer-animated series portrays a satirical view of daily events in Helsinki at a police precinct in the suburb of Pasila.
Movie | Romance, Thriller | Finland | Finnish, Swedish
Director
Nyrki Tapiovaara
Writer
Erik Blomberg, Matti Kurjensaari, Eino Ma¤kinen
Cast
Tuulikki Paananen, Ilmari Ma¤nty, Santeri Karilo
Plot
A thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses ...
Hannu-Pekka Bjaarkman, Otto Gustavsson, Jonas Rinne
Plot
When young Nikolas is orphaned, he is adopted by each house in his village for a year. After he leaves the house, he gives them a Christmas gift and continues the tradition even after he grows up.
A police official is assassinated by a sniper through a glass window, this action and its sub sequential investigation introduces us a slew of interesting characters and gets the whole story rolling.
A small TV studio condenses the entire evening's program into half an hour. Studio Julmahuvi's regular programming includes children's programs, domestic police series, German detective series, news, documentaries, and much more.
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Hymyileva miesaka The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki(2016)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Finland, Sweden | Finnish, English
Director
Juho Kuosmanen
Writer
Juho Kuosmanen, Mikko Myllylahti
Cast
Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff
Plot
The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | Finland, Sweden | Finnish
Director
Hanna Bergholm
Writer
Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi
Cast
Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkila¤, Jani Volanen
Plot
A young gymnast, who tries desperately to please her demanding mother, discovers a strange egg. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all.
TV | Crime, Drama | Finland, France | Finnish, Russian
Writer
Miikko Oikkonen
Cast
Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo
Plot
Quirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
Movie | Comedy, Romance | Finland, Germany | Finnish, Russian
Director
Aki Kaurisma¤ki
Writer
Sakke Ja¤rvenpa¤a¤, Aki Kaurisma¤ki
Cast
Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpa¤a¤, Kirsi Tykkyla¤inen
Plot
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana -...
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Risto Jarva
Writer
Risto Jarva, Kullervo Kukkasja¤rvi, Jussi Kyla¤tasku
Cast
Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo
Plot
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 reclus...
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Tapio Ha¤ma¤la¤inen
Plot
Uuno is called to serve the rest of his military service. His father-in-law, Director Tuura has been appointed as a defence minister but he hasn't got any interest to free Uuno from his service. Tuura orders Uuno to army immediate...
Movie | Drama, Romance | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Teuvo Tulio
Writer
Alexander Pushkin, Nisse Hirn
Cast
Regina Linnanheimo, Oscar Tengstraam, Ville Salminen
Plot
The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she finds herself selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.
Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, Netherlands | Finnish, Dutch
Director
Masayuki Kojima, Hiroshi Saita
Writer
Lars Jansson, Tove Jansson, Dennis Livson
Cast
Rabbe Smedlund, Jyrki Kovaleff, Elina Salo
Plot
Moomin, Sniff and My set out to stop a comet approaching the Moomin valley. Along the way they meet Snusmumriken, the beautiful Snorkfröken, Snorken and a Hemul, who join them in their quest.
Movie | Drama, Horror | Finland, Czech | Finnish, Russian
Director
Antti-Jussi Annila
Writer
Iiro Kattner
Cast
Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko
Plot
As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.
Hunted by the authorities after shooting a Russian prince in a duel in St. Petersburg, a Finnish baron flees to his homeland and disguises as a drifter to avoid getting caught.
TV | Crime, Drama | Finland, Germany | Finnish, German
Writer
Rike Jokela, Kirsi Porkka, Jari Olavi Rantala
Cast
Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo
Plot
When Sofia Karppi discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life--again.
Set during the World War 2. In the summer of 1941 the Finnish army crosses the border of Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola goes through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for Russian defensive positions. The p...
Eero Melasniemi, Kristiina Halkola, Pekka Autiovuori
Plot
Two student couples go camping in the Finnish countryside; partner swapping and interpersonal dynamics - with a touch of their philosophy - between them all arise.
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland | Finnish, Swedish
Director
Matti Ija¤s
Writer
Matti Ija¤s, Joni Skiftesvik, Timo Torikka
Cast
Vesa Vierikko, Sulevi Peltola, Markku Maalismaa
Plot
Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get h...
The easy-going village policeman Artturi Sakari Reinikainen from the series "Tankki Täyteen" has been transferred from the village of Hämeenperä to Tampere city. His stint as a Tampere beat cop starts on the wrong foot as he ends ...
A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a f...
Movie | Drama, Romance | Finland, Latvia | Finnish
Director
J.-P. Valkeapa¤a¤
Writer
Juhana Lumme, J.-P. Valkeapa¤a¤
Cast
Pekka Strang, Ester Geislerova¡, Ellen Karppo
Plot
Juha has lost his wife in a drowning accident. Years after he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
