Olavi Ahonen

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toivo Mäkelä

Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Heimo Lepistö

Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger. He is...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Spede Pasanen

Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Elsa Turakainen

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Aake Kalliala

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kai Lehtinen

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eero Roine

TV play about the legend of Lalli.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Markku Blomqvist

Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hannu Lauri

A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matti Oravisto

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Maija Karhi

A story about the rise of awareness among the youth against the pollution and eco-system disaster. The conflict between the youth and ruling...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Thelma Ramström

A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Esko Salminen

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Spede Pasanen

It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kauko Helovirta

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Esa Pakarinen

The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paavo Pentikäinen

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Juhani Kumpulainen

The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Uuno Turhapuro, a useless bum who has married money, creates havoc around his father-in-law's presidential campaign. He dresses up as his long-lost,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Heikki Kinnunen

Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

A small Finnish town bank manager gets caught in the midst of local politics, with dire effects on his family and himself.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mikko Niskanen

Racy monster movie parody.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kati Louhivuori

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...

Genre: History

Cast: Aarno Sulkanen

Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matti Pellonpää

Genre: Drama

Cast: Olavi Ahonen

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kosti Klemelä

Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Uuno's nose is proved to be so good, that he can smell behind the display window what goods are on the other side. With this fabulous smell talent...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pentti Tarkiainen

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Evgeni Leonov

Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Leo Lastumäki

A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aarno Sulkanen