There is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed. Read More »
Tag Archives: Finland
Thomas (2008) Miika Soini, Lasse Pöysti, Mauri Heikkilä, Visa Koiso-Kanttila
Thomas, a former doctor, a widower, lives alone in a basement apartment in Helsinki. Read More »
Girl of Finland (1967) Mikko Niskanen, Kristiina Halkola, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Aulikki Oksanen
A theater group is training for the play Lapualaisooppera.We see these young people hanging out Read More »
Asphalt Lambs (1968) Mikko Niskanen, Eero Melasniemi, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Pekka Autiovuori
Ville Herman, a small town librarian falls in love with janitors daughter Liisa. Read More »
Fire-Eater (1998) Pirjo Honkasalo, Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve
The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. Read More »
Eight Deadly Shots (1972) Mikko Niskanen, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Paavo Pentikäinen
Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Read More »
Cyclomania (2001) Simo Halinen, Lauri Nurkse, Tommi Mujunen, Elena Leeve
C (Lauri Nurkse) and Eetu (Tommi Mujunen) are the best friends. They work together as bike couriers in the center of Helsinki Read More »
Inspector Palmus Error (1960) Matti Kassila, Joel Rinne, Elina Pohjanpää, Matti Ranin
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate. Read More »
The Scarlet Dove (1961) Matti Kassila, Tauno Palo, Gunvor Sandkvist, Helen Elde
Doctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. Read More »
The Manila Rope (1976) Veli-Matti Saikkonen, Erkki Pajala, Vesa Mäkelä, Esko Hukkanen
Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Read More »
Bad Family (2010) Aleksi Salmenperä, Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala
After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. Read More »
Hot Cat? (1968) Erkko Kivikoski, Maarita Mäkelä, Eero Melasniemi, Kurt Ingvall, Drama, Romance
This love story finds a lonely teacher resisting the advances of an interested co-worker. Read More »
Stolen Death (1938) Nyrki Tapiovaara, Tuulikki Paananen, Ilmari Mänty, Santeri Karilo, Thriller
Thriller about activists, turn of the century, Finland fought to liberate the tyranny of Czarist Russia. Read More »
The Look of Silence (2014) Joshua Oppenheimer, Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Documentary, Biography, History
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the “Communist” purge occurred in 1965. Read More »
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) François Girard, Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Biography, Drama, Music
As the title suggests, this dramatised documentary about the eccentric Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is broken up into thirty-two short films Read More »