Tag Archives: Finnish
Calamari Union (1985) Aki Kaurismäki, Timo Eränkö, Kari Heiskanen, Asmo Hurula, Comedy
Fourteen desperate men named Frank, band together to escape from a repressive section of Helsinki. Read More »
Shadows In Paradise / Varjoja paratiisissa (1986) Aki Kaurismäki, Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Only connect. In gray, class-conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man. Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life. Read More »
Rikollinen nainen / A Woman of Crime (1952) Teuvo Tulio, Regina Linnanheimo, Eija Karipää, Tauno Majuri, Drama, Romance
Regina Linnanheimo plays Eeva, a happy and spirited lady who is being courted by two gentlemen. Read More »
Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit / The Way You Wanted Me (1944) Teuvo Tulio, Marie-Louise Fock, Ture Ara, Kunto Karapää, Drama
A girl who moves to the city after her fiancé lacks the courage to face his father ,who is against their relationship. Read More »
Unelma karjamajalla / In the Fields of Dreams (1940) Teuvo Tulio, Sirkka Salonen, Olga Tainio, Kaarlo Oksanen, Drama, Romance
This rural melodrama, based on the play “Hälsingar” by Swedish playwright Henning Ohlson, tells a story of two brothers, one a honest, hard-working man and the other a womanizing gambler who threatens to ruin their house. Read More »
Intohimon Vallassa / In the Grip of Passion (1947) Teuvo Tulio, Regina Linnanheimo, Kullervo Kalske, Eric Gustafson, Drama
A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her family in hopes of securing their future, but her husband turns out to be an alcoholic, brute of a man and she longs for the man she truly loves. Read More »
Hornankoski / Rapids of Hell (1949) Teuvo Tulio, Roland af Hällström, Regina Linnanheimo, William Markus, Åke Lindman, Drama
Two brothers, one frivolous but fun, the other industrious but dull, both rivals to one woman worker on their farm they both fancy, told in black and white classic melodrama way. Read More »
Hirttämättömät / The Unhanged (1971) Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Spede Pasanen, Western, Comedy
Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. Read More »
Miehen työ / A Man’s Job (2007) Aleksi Salmenperä, Tommi Korpela, Maria Heiskanen, Jani Volanen, Drama
Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. Read More »