Set during the World War 2. In the summer of 1941 the Finnish army crosses the border of Russia. Read More »
Tag Archives: Finnish
Hellsinki / Rööperi (2009) Aleksi Mäkelä, Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzén, Kari Hietalahti
Set between 1966 and 1979, centers on the unscrupulous journey of a bunch of criminals from crime Read More »
The Last Ones / Viimeiset (2020) Veiko Õunpuu, Pääru Oja, Laura Birn, Tommi Korpela
A struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they’ll forget a tough existence. Read More »
The Year of the Hare / Jäniksen vuosi (1977) Risto Jarva, Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki Read More »
Hot Cat? / Kuuma kissa? (1968) Erkko Kivikoski, Maarita Mäkelä, Eero Melasniemi, Kurt Ingvall
This love story finds a lonely teacher resisting the advances of an interested co-worker. Read More »
The Witch / Noita palaa elämään (1952) Roland af Hällström, Mirja Mane, Toivo Mäkelä, Hillevi Lagerstam
Archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried Read More »
The Violin Player AKA Viulisti (2018) Paavo Westerberg, Matleena Kuusniemi, Olavi Uusivirta, Kim Bodnia
45-year-old Karin is a leading violinist who loses the sensitivity in her fingers after a traffic accident. Read More »
The Song of the Scarlet Flower AKA Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (1938) Teuvo Tulio, Kaarlo Oksanen, Rakel Linnanheimo, Mirjami Kuosmanen
About Olavi, a farmer’s son who leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger. Read More »
The Road of War AKA Taistelun tie (1940) Risto Orko, Hilkka Helinä, Kyösti Kallio, Turo Kartto
The film presented the background of the war, the war itself and the reconstruction work begun right after the war. Read More »
Crime and Punishment AKA Rikos ja rangaistus (1983) Aki Kaurismäki, Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s novel, set in modern Helsinki. Read More »