Mika Waltari

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Huhtikuu tulee
5

Huhtikuu tulee

Apr 30, 1953

Huhtikuu tulee
1953 80 min 1 vues
Frustrated housewife Elisabet Avovirta has a spring romance with a younger man, journalist Jaakko Huhtikuu. Love sprinkles in the rays of the spring sun and eventually bubbles over the edges.
Comedy
Tanssi yli hautojen
4

Tanssi yli hautojen

Aug 11, 1950

Tanssi yli hautojen
1950 101 min 3 vues
In the early 1800s, Finnish governor's daughter first detests but soon falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander I who has just taken Finland over from Sweden's rule.
Drama
Tanssi yli hautojen
4

Tanssi yli hautojen

Aug 11, 1950

Tanssi yli hautojen
1950 101 min 3 vues
In the early 1800s, Finnish governor's daughter first detests but soon falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander I who has just taken Finland over from Sweden's rule.
Drama
Verta käsissämme
3

Verta käsissämme

Nov 21, 1958

Verta käsissämme
1958 83 min 2 vues
After returning home from being a prisoner of war Viktor gets a job from his friend Rolf with whom he had served. The men trust each other until Viktor meets Rolf’s wife Astrid.
Drama
Nainen on valttia
5

Nainen on valttia

Aug 13, 1944

Nainen on valttia
1944 99 min 1 vues
A famous operette star Kirsti Kalpa escapes her busy and selfish fiance and hides as maid to house of 3 bachelors ( professor, composer and butler) , who basically hate women.
Comedy
Rakas lurjus
1.5

Rakas lurjus

Apr 29, 1955

Rakas lurjus
1955 102 min 2 vues
It is a time of extreme housing shortage in Helsinki. People with room in their flats are required either to find subtenants or to lodge anyone sent by the housing commission. Abel and Jussi Siimes, two devoted haters of women, find themselves in this predicament. They need to find a subtenant quickly to avoid the possibility of the housing commission sending a woman, God forbid it, to live with them. Abel's acquaintance, an assessor, recommends his nephew Kaino as the perfect choice.
Comedy
Rakas lurjus
1.5

Rakas lurjus

Apr 29, 1955

Rakas lurjus
1955 102 min 2 vues
It is a time of extreme housing shortage in Helsinki. People with room in their flats are required either to find subtenants or to lodge anyone sent by the housing commission. Abel and Jussi Siimes, two devoted haters of women, find themselves in this predicament. They need to find a subtenant quickly to avoid the possibility of the housing commission sending a woman, God forbid it, to live with them. Abel's acquaintance, an assessor, recommends his nephew Kaino as the perfect choice.
Comedy
Miljoonavaillinki
1

Miljoonavaillinki

Sep 29, 1961

Miljoonavaillinki
1961 104 min 1 vues
A manager of a company has made an embezzlement just to make the sweet life possible with his lover. An office manager promises to take the blame if the manager promises to behave better.
Comedy
Myöhästynyt hääyö
4.5

Myöhästynyt hääyö

Nov 18, 1960

Myöhästynyt hääyö
1960 80 min 2 vues
Otto and Kaija have celebrated their surprise wedding, but after a coctail party nothing between them is the same as Otto does not remember what actually happened, and the mess is ready when Otto's American uncle who hates women comes for a visit.
Comedy
VMV 6
4.25

VMV 6

Feb 16, 1936

VMV 6
1936 128 min 2 vues
Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.
Adventure
Onni pyörii
3

Onni pyörii

Apr 05, 1942

Onni pyörii
1942 103 min 1 vues
Story about about a young man who was raised in an orphanage. Kauko goes to Helsinki to work as a store help. The living the big city is not so easy as Kauko expects and not so grand.
Drama
Kuriton sukupolvi
6.5

Kuriton sukupolvi

Mar 29, 1957

Kuriton sukupolvi
1957 94 min 4 vues
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Comedy
Kulkurin valssi
5

Kulkurin valssi

Jan 19, 1941

Kulkurin valssi
1941 105 min 8 vues
St.Petersburg, 1830. An arrogant Finnish baron is playing cards with a Russian officer. Needless to say, the Finn wins and the Russian gets extremely annoyed. The situation is not helped by the fact that the baron has been seeing a girl that the Russian officer has also set his eyes on. They decide to have a duel and after the Finn wins fair and square, he has to escape because the untrustworthy Russians are after him.
Romance
Huhtikuu tulee
5

Huhtikuu tulee

Apr 30, 1953

Huhtikuu tulee
1953 80 min 1 vues
Frustrated housewife Elisabet Avovirta has a spring romance with a younger man, journalist Jaakko Huhtikuu. Love sprinkles in the rays of the spring sun and eventually bubbles over the edges.
Comedy
Jäinen saari
4

Jäinen saari

Dec 31, 1964

Jäinen saari
1964 94 min 1 vues
An art history student with lung disease arrives to do research on a secluded and alcoholic artist. The student is interested in why the artist's production consists of cruel subjects and how he manages to tell about real life through these. When they spend time together, they get to know each other and a love affair develops between them.
Drama
Jäinen saari
4

Jäinen saari

Dec 31, 1964

Jäinen saari
1964 94 min 1 vues
An art history student with lung disease arrives to do research on a secluded and alcoholic artist. The student is interested in why the artist's production consists of cruel subjects and how he manages to tell about real life through these. When they spend time together, they get to know each other and a love affair develops between them.
Drama
Ingen morgondag
1

Ingen morgondag

Oct 16, 1957

Ingen morgondag
1957 105 min 1 vues
It is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive shooting between Finnish and Soviet troops takes place. The Soviet occupation is strong, and on the Finnish side it is ordered to withdraw. But Captain Viktor Aaltonen does not listen to the order but wants to shorten a wounded companion's suffering. Aaltonen is taken to the Soviet prison camp, Vorkuta, where he will spend a decade.
War
Jokin ihmisessä
6.333

Jokin ihmisessä

Apr 06, 1956

Jokin ihmisessä
1956 75 min 3 vues
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.
Drama
Kaasua, komisario Palmu!
7.56

Kaasua, komisario Palmu!

Sep 15, 1961

Kaasua, komisario Palmu!
1961 99 min 25 vues
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?
Comedy
Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
5.429

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

Sep 12, 1969

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
1969 100 min 14 vues
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.
Comedy
Vieras mies
1

Vieras mies

Nov 08, 1957

Vieras mies
1957 105 min 1 vues
A couple who have moved from the city manage a collapsing farm. The man Alfred is an alcoholic, therefore the responsible to solve the situation is his wife Katriina. Help is provided by the former owner Hermann.
Drama
Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä
5.5

Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä

Dec 17, 1982

Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä
1982 92 min 4 vues
The King Without a Heart is a fairytale about of a happy king who has a young daughter and a lovely wife. After the sudden death of his wife, the king becomes so sad that he wants his heart taken out of his chest. The kingdom is turned into an effective society based on reason, and there is no longer place for emotions. When she grows up, the princess tries to make her father see the importance of play and emotions.
Fantasy
Kuriton sukupolvi
5

Kuriton sukupolvi

Nov 28, 1937

Kuriton sukupolvi
1937 110 min 1 vues
Immersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his children's upbringing. He falls in love with his son Pelle's girlfriend Marja and becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of his family. The offended father sets out to discipline his ill-behaved children.
Comedy
Kuriton sukupolvi
5

Kuriton sukupolvi

Nov 28, 1937

Kuriton sukupolvi
1937 110 min 1 vues
Immersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his children's upbringing. He falls in love with his son Pelle's girlfriend Marja and becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of his family. The offended father sets out to discipline his ill-behaved children.
Comedy
Helmikuun manifesti
5

Helmikuun manifesti

Feb 19, 1939

Helmikuun manifesti
1939 99 min 3 vues
February Manifesto was Yrjö Norta's and Toivo Särkkä's Finnish movie from 1939. It is a Finnish historical drama about developing independency based on book of the writer Mika Waltari. Movie Starring Tauno Palo and Regina Linnanheimo. For it's anti-soviet thematics it was banned in Finland from 1944 to 1987.
Drama
Komisario Palmu
1

Komisario Palmu

Jan 01, 1970

Komisario Palmu
1970 137 min 1 vues
Inspector Palmu gets to solve a new case, when a wealthy real estate millionaire connected to Germany is murdered in Kaivopuisto, middle of post-war Helsinki. The murder is only beginning for the events that will shake the city even more violently than Soviet bombers during the war.
Drama
Komisario Palmu
1

Komisario Palmu

Jan 01, 1970

Komisario Palmu
1970 137 min 1 vues
Inspector Palmu gets to solve a new case, when a wealthy real estate millionaire connected to Germany is murdered in Kaivopuisto, middle of post-war Helsinki. The murder is only beginning for the events that will shake the city even more violently than Soviet bombers during the war.
Drama