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

Lain mukaan

Lain mukaan 1956

5.00

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.

1956

Sotapojan heilat

Sotapojan heilat 1958

1

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

1958

Trust

Trust 1976

3.50

Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P.E. Svinhufvud (Vilho Siivola), Senator Carl Enckell (Yrjö Tähtelä) and State Secretary Gustaf Idman (Yrjö Paulo) arrive in St. Petersburg to meet V.I. Lenin (Kirill Lavrov) to gain recognition for the country's independence.

1976

Syntipukki

Syntipukki 1957

3.00

"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

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu 1969

5.50

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

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

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

Laivan kannella

Laivan kannella 1954

1

Young sailor Arvi falls in love with a dance girl Kerttu in a Spanish tavern, who says that she is half-Finnish and wants to go find her real father.

1954

Kovanaama

Kovanaama 1954

4.00

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.

1954

Vääpelin kauhu

Vääpelin kauhu 1957

3.00

A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.

1957

Sankarialokas

Sankarialokas 1955

4.20

Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.

1955

…ja Helena soittaa

…ja Helena soittaa 1951

7.00

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

Salakuljettajan laulu

Salakuljettajan laulu 1952

5.50

Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila.

1952

Justus järjestää kaiken

Justus järjestää kaiken 1960

1

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.

1960

Putkinotko

Putkinotko 1954

5.00

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

Young Love

Young Love 1955

5.20

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

1955

Rintamalotta

Rintamalotta 1956

6.00

Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.

1956

Commando Assault

Commando Assault 1963

6.80

Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.

1963

Asessorin naishuolet

Asessorin naishuolet 1958

1

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.

1958