FR #3310 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland, Germany | Finnish, English
Director
Aki Kaurismaki
Writer
Aki Kaurismaki
Cast
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tahti
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.
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.
FR #8656 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Matti Kassila
Writer
Matti Kassila, Kaarlo Nuorvala, Mika Waltari
Cast
Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela
Plot
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...
FR #11259 | Movie | Action, War | Finland, UK | Finnish, English
Director
Jalmari Helander
Writer
Jalmari Helander
Cast
Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake
Plot
A man returns to dismantle his family's house, where they were murdered in war, to rebuild it elsewhere. When the killer, a Red Army commander, tracks him down, a brutal cross-country pursuit begins.
FR #13607 | Movie | War, Drama | Finland | Finnish, Russian
Director
Rauni Mollberg
Writer
Veikko Aaltonen, Vaino Linna, Rauni Mollberg
Cast
Risto Tuorila, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Paavo Liski
Plot
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...
FR #14161 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | Finland, France | Finnish, Italian
Director
Matti Kassila
Writer
Matti Kassila, Kaarlo Nuorvala, Mika Waltari
Cast
Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela
Plot
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.
FR #14289 | Movie | Drama | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Aku Louhimies
Writer
Paavo Westerberg, Jari Olavi Rantala, Aku Louhimies
Cast
Jasper Paakkonen, 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.
FR #14917 | Movie | History, Drama | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Edvin Laine
Writer
Matti Kassila, Edvin Laine, Vaino Linna
Cast
Aarno Sulkanen, Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo
Plot
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,...
FR #15043 | Movie | War, Drama | Finland, Sweden | Finnish, Swedish
Director
Klaus Haro
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 ...
FR #15381 | Movie | Drama, Thriller | Finland, Germany | Finnish, German
Director
Petri Kotwica
Writer
Petri Kotwica
Cast
Outi Maenpaa, Martti Suosalo, Ria Kataja
Plot
Upon discovering that her husband is having an affair, a Helsinki gynecologist attempts to gather more knowledge about her rival and, in the process, becomes hopelessly entangled in the other woman's life.
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.
FR #17388 | TV | Drama | Finland | Finnish, English
Cast
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Pentikainen
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.
FR #21043 | Movie | Crime, Action | Finland, Iran | Finnish, Persian
Director
Aleksi Makela
Writer
Aleksi Bardy
Cast
Samuli Edelmann, Juha Veijonen, Teemu Lehtila
Plot
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...
FR #21239 | 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.
FR #21537 | Movie | Drama | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Juha Wuolijoki
Writer
Marko Leino, Aku Louhimies, Juha Wuolijoki
Cast
Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman, 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.
FR #22084 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Finland | Finnish, English
Writer
Atte Jarvinen
Cast
Jani Volanen, Kari Hietalahti, Juho Milonoff
Plot
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.
FR #22852 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland | Finnish, English
Director
Risto Jarva
Writer
Risto Jarva, Kullervo Kukkasjarvi, Jussi Kylatasku
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...
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 -...
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Tapio Hamalainen
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...
