Fritz-Hugo Backman

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Täällä Pohjantähden alla
6.9
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.
History
Opri
1

Opri

Dec 25, 1954
Drama
Rovastin häämatkat
2

Rovastin häämatkat

Sep 14, 1931
Jaakkola, a priest with a bad memory, gets a prescription for a spa day from Dr. Viljo. Ruustinna plans to bring her daughter Elina and the local doctor together. Jaakkola finds the mail he forgot in his pocket, including an important wedding invitation. Rovasti and Ruustinna plan to stop at the wedding on the way to the spa, but things get complicated and there are enough misunderstandings in the knots of love.
Comedy
VMV 6
4.25

VMV 6

Feb 16, 1936
Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.
Adventure
Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit
6
Once a naïve, love-struck girl now forsaken by her lover, Maija leaves her island home to work as a housemaid in the city, only to be seduced by her employer's son Erkki, then forced to leave the household in order to avoid the scandal of a pregnancy. With few prospects for a decent job, Maija is reduced to working as a bar hostess to make ends meet, ever fending off the advances of disreputable clients, even as she continues to hold out hope for an enduring love that will redeem her from her fate.
Drama
Lain mukaan
5.5

Lain mukaan

Mar 23, 1956
Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.
Drama
Leena
4

Leena

Dec 31, 1954
Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen together and press thinks they are engaged.
Comedy
Akseli ja Elina
6.4

Akseli ja Elina

Dec 04, 1970
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
Drama