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Runoilija ja muusa
4.5

Runoilija ja muusa

Oct 13, 1978
Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends include equally central figures of the Finnish cultural scene in the early 1900s, such as painters Halonen and Gallén-Kallela, and composer Sibelius.
Drama
Kuuma kissa?
5.4

Kuuma kissa?

Feb 16, 1968
This love story finds a lonely teacher resisting the advances of an interested co-worker. She is fearful of affection and relationships due to a previous romance that did not work out. The small-town school marm tries to help a male student who has been suspended for drunkenness. She tutors the young man, and soon the two engage in a tender and passionate love affair in which both people reach out and touch each other physically and emotionally.
Drama
Taksikuski
1

Taksikuski

Nov 01, 1969
An existential road movie based on a novel of a key Finnish modernist writer.
TV Movie
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
Kustaa III
6

Kustaa III

Jan 01, 1970
A Finnish television play based on August Strindberg’s original.
History