Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin 1971

4.00

A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in.

1971

Jokin ihmisessä

Jokin ihmisessä 1956

6.30

Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her death bed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and a soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly happy family life with someone else.

1956

Trust

Trust 1976

3.50

In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.

1976

Gas, Inspector Palmu!

Gas, Inspector Palmu! 1961

7.60

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?

1961

The Witch

The Witch 1952

6.30

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...

1952

Hopeaa rajan takaa

Hopeaa rajan takaa 1963

6.00

In the summer of 1941, the Karelian youths Wist and Anttala decide to seek family silver hidden under Wist's home behind the border line of the truce.

1963

…ja Helena soittaa

…ja Helena soittaa 1951

6.50

Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.

1951

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu

Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu 1962

6.70

A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes problems for the police.

1962

Syntipukki

Syntipukki 1957

4.00

"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he knows.

1957

Here, Beneath the North Star

Here, Beneath the North Star 1968

6.90

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, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.

1968

Paksunahka

Paksunahka 1958

4.70

A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.

1958

Young Love

Young Love 1955

5.20

Story of first love affair during summer school holidays, in a pastoral setting.

1955

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu 1969

5.40

A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.

1969

Putkinotko

Putkinotko 1954

5.30

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...

1954

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin 1956

4.30

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.

1956

Alaston malli karkuteillä

Alaston malli karkuteillä 1953

3.00

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

1953

Anu ja Mikko

Anu ja Mikko 1956

4.00

The film tells the story of an orphaned Anu and carpenter Mikko trying to make a living in a small Karelian village in the early 1930s.

1956

Iskelmäketju

Iskelmäketju 1959

4.00

Comedic musical film in which Iskelmä OY's manager has to deal with rising stars and old seniors.

1959