Matti Kassila

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Ruma Elsa
6.7

Ruma Elsa

Feb 04, 1949

Ruma Elsa
1949 73 min 3 vues
The boyish, temperamental chemistry student Elsa Kassel disapproves of her mother and sisters running after men, but when she hears that she's referred to as "ugly Elsa", she takes on a transformation. The new, charming Elsa tests her attractiveness on men and causes confusion all the way to her mother's new groom, Professor Harjula.
Comedy
Radio tekee murron
6.7

Radio tekee murron

Apr 06, 1951

Radio tekee murron
1951 91 min 10 vues
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Comedy
Sininen viikko
5.917

Sininen viikko

Feb 28, 1954

Sininen viikko
1954 79 min 12 vues
After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the beach. A hot romance flares up between the worker and the more upper-class married lady, lasting through the light-filled nights of the whole summer week until the woman's much older husband returns to the island the next weekend.
Drama
Isän vanha ja uusi
3

Isän vanha ja uusi

Jun 24, 1955

Isän vanha ja uusi
1955 94 min 1 vues
An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.
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
Le temps des moissons
6.65

Le temps des moissons

Oct 05, 1956

Le temps des moissons
1956 94 min 10 vues
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 novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
Drama
Tunteiden Temppelit
6.3

Tunteiden Temppelit

Sep 24, 2015

Tunteiden Temppelit
2015 87 min 3 vues
Documentary about Finnish film theaters - about their past, disappearance and future. And at the same time universal story how cinema is undeniably connected with life.
Documentary
Täällä Pohjantähden alla
6.9

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

Sep 13, 1968

Täällä Pohjantähden alla
1968 186 min 14 vues
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
Ruusu ja kulkuri
1

Ruusu ja kulkuri

Nov 05, 1948

Ruusu ja kulkuri
1948 91 min 1 vues
The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an international singing star, Aappo never forgets his first love Katri, who faithfully waits in Liminga for his return.
Drama
Hilmanpäivät
5.75

Hilmanpäivät

Oct 08, 1954

Hilmanpäivät
1954 77 min 4 vues
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Comedy
Sininen viikko
5.917

Sininen viikko

Feb 28, 1954

Sininen viikko
1954 79 min 12 vues
After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the beach. A hot romance flares up between the worker and the more upper-class married lady, lasting through the light-filled nights of the whole summer week until the woman's much older husband returns to the island the next weekend.
Drama
Isän vanha ja uusi
3

Isän vanha ja uusi

Jun 24, 1955

Isän vanha ja uusi
1955 94 min 1 vues
An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.
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
Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
6

Aaltoska orkaniseeraa

Jul 15, 1949

Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
1949 77 min 2 vues
Two children get involved in the adventure as the bustling caretaker Mrs. Aaltoska and crime reporter "Hawkeye" Lipponen start chasing the mysterious criminal league.
Comedy
Varsovan laulu
6

Varsovan laulu

Feb 27, 1953

Varsovan laulu
1953 90 min 1 vues
A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Drama
Komisario Palmun erehdys
7.152

Komisario Palmun erehdys

Sep 09, 1960

Komisario Palmun erehdys
1960 109 min 33 vues
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Comedy
Niskavuori
6.4

Niskavuori

Dec 21, 1984

Niskavuori
1984 120 min 5 vues
Ilona, a young elementary school teacher, arrives in Hämäläiskylä . He and Aarne, the host of Niskavuori, who is frustrated with his marriage, fall in love. The relationship becomes a public secret. Aarne's wife Martta, who owns half of Niskavuori, wants to hold on to her husband until the last. For Liskisa, the matriarch of Niskavuori, the most important thing is the reputation and honor of the family.
Drama
Radio tekee murron
6.7

Radio tekee murron

Apr 06, 1951

Radio tekee murron
1951 91 min 10 vues
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Comedy
Lakeuksien lukko
5

Lakeuksien lukko

Jan 26, 1951

Lakeuksien lukko
1951 80 min 2 vues
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to defy the project to drain Lohikoski's lands. During the summer, Harri , a student, and Kantola's daughter Annika fall in love, which is not accepted by either of their fathers or Annika's ex-fiancé Tuomas.
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
Le temps des moissons
6.65

Le temps des moissons

Oct 05, 1956

Le temps des moissons
1956 94 min 10 vues
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 novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
Drama
Sininen viikko
5.917

Sininen viikko

Feb 28, 1954

Sininen viikko
1954 79 min 12 vues
After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the beach. A hot romance flares up between the worker and the more upper-class married lady, lasting through the light-filled nights of the whole summer week until the woman's much older husband returns to the island the next weekend.
Drama
Jäähyväiset presidentille
5.9

Jäähyväiset presidentille

Jan 16, 1987

Jäähyväiset presidentille
1987 87 min 7 vues
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 change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Action
Tulipunainen kyyhkynen
5.9

Tulipunainen kyyhkynen

Mar 10, 1961

Tulipunainen kyyhkynen
1961 86 min 12 vues
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
Drama
Radio tekee murron
6.7

Radio tekee murron

Apr 06, 1951

Radio tekee murron
1951 91 min 10 vues
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Comedy
Kaikki pelissä
5.8

Kaikki pelissä

Apr 15, 1994

Kaikki pelissä
1994 96 min 8 vues
A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals an old murder. Not everyone is happy about the new twist.
Crime
Jäähyväiset presidentille
5.9

Jäähyväiset presidentille

Jan 16, 1987

Jäähyväiset presidentille
1987 87 min 7 vues
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 change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Action
Niskavuori
6.4

Niskavuori

Dec 21, 1984

Niskavuori
1984 120 min 5 vues
Ilona, a young elementary school teacher, arrives in Hämäläiskylä . He and Aarne, the host of Niskavuori, who is frustrated with his marriage, fall in love. The relationship becomes a public secret. Aarne's wife Martta, who owns half of Niskavuori, wants to hold on to her husband until the last. For Liskisa, the matriarch of Niskavuori, the most important thing is the reputation and honor of the family.
Drama
Lasisydän
6

Lasisydän

Oct 16, 1959

Lasisydän
1959 97 min 2 vues
A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.
Comedy
Hilmanpäivät
5.75

Hilmanpäivät

Oct 08, 1954

Hilmanpäivät
1954 77 min 4 vues
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Comedy
Syntipukki
4

Syntipukki

Aug 30, 1957

Syntipukki
1957 95 min 2 vues
"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.
Comedy
Sissit
6.8

Sissit

Feb 21, 1963

Sissit
1963 106 min 5 vues
Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.
War
Le temps des moissons
6.65

Le temps des moissons

Oct 05, 1956

Le temps des moissons
1956 94 min 10 vues
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 novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
Drama
Lasisydän
6

Lasisydän

Oct 16, 1959

Lasisydän
1959 97 min 2 vues
A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.
Comedy
Lasisydän
6

Lasisydän

Oct 16, 1959

Lasisydän
1959 97 min 2 vues
A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.
Comedy
Täällä Pohjantähden alla
6.9

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

Sep 13, 1968

Täällä Pohjantähden alla
1968 186 min 14 vues
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
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
Tulipunainen kyyhkynen
5.9

Tulipunainen kyyhkynen

Mar 10, 1961

Tulipunainen kyyhkynen
1961 86 min 12 vues
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
Drama
Sissit
6.8

Sissit

Feb 21, 1963

Sissit
1963 106 min 5 vues
Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.
War
Haluan rakastaa Peter
4.5

Haluan rakastaa Peter

Oct 13, 1972

Haluan rakastaa Peter
1972 94 min 4 vues
A middle aged widower Sanna has emigrated to Sweden after her husband's death . She lives in Linköping with her two children and works in the local library. During one of the lectures held for the immigrants in the library, she meets doctor Peter Mackus and starts exchange letters. Quite soon they fall in love.
Drama
Varsovan laulu
6

Varsovan laulu

Feb 27, 1953

Varsovan laulu
1953 90 min 1 vues
A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
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
Yö on pitkä
7

Yö on pitkä

Oct 31, 1952

Yö on pitkä
1952 115 min 1 vues
Åke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. He wants to get rich no matter what. After holidays with his girl Rita, he comes back to Helsinki completely broke and meets up with his buddy Jussi in a bar. For months they embezzle money from the bank, but eventually do realize they have to cover the missing amount by orchestrating and committing a robbery which will then rouse the interest of the police. A hide and seek follows as they try to make their way abroad.
Drama
Haluan rakastaa Peter
4.5

Haluan rakastaa Peter

Oct 13, 1972

Haluan rakastaa Peter
1972 94 min 4 vues
A middle aged widower Sanna has emigrated to Sweden after her husband's death . She lives in Linköping with her two children and works in the local library. During one of the lectures held for the immigrants in the library, she meets doctor Peter Mackus and starts exchange letters. Quite soon they fall in love.
Drama
Syntipukki
4

Syntipukki

Aug 30, 1957

Syntipukki
1957 95 min 2 vues
"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.
Comedy
Isän vanha ja uusi
3

Isän vanha ja uusi

Jun 24, 1955

Isän vanha ja uusi
1955 94 min 1 vues
An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.
Comedy
Täällä Pohjantähden alla
6.9

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

Sep 13, 1968

Täällä Pohjantähden alla
1968 186 min 14 vues
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
Lakeuksien lukko
5

Lakeuksien lukko

Jan 26, 1951

Lakeuksien lukko
1951 80 min 2 vues
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to defy the project to drain Lohikoski's lands. During the summer, Harri , a student, and Kantola's daughter Annika fall in love, which is not accepted by either of their fathers or Annika's ex-fiancé Tuomas.
Drama
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
5.3

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus

Dec 16, 1988

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
1988 96 min 3 vues
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.
Drama
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
5.3

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus

Dec 16, 1988

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
1988 96 min 3 vues
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.
Drama
Kaikki pelissä
5.8

Kaikki pelissä

Apr 15, 1994

Kaikki pelissä
1994 96 min 8 vues
A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals an old murder. Not everyone is happy about the new twist.
Crime
Professori Masa
6

Professori Masa

Dec 23, 1949

Professori Masa
1949 82 min 1 vues
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down.
Comedy
Komisario Palmun erehdys
7.152

Komisario Palmun erehdys

Sep 09, 1960

Komisario Palmun erehdys
1960 109 min 33 vues
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Comedy