Martti Pennanen

For the Matches

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...

Loma

After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter Olympics he's packed for. It's the early days of package tourism, and he is too shy and clueless to really sort out any of his problems — a suitcase filled with women's clothes, a flirtatious female roommate, and no money to buy food since he was prepared for full room & board in Austria.

Kiljusen herrasväki

The Kiljunen family wins a holiday trip to Helsinki and the city will never be the same again.

Tie

A drama based on the lives of children and parents in a small farming family. Based on Esko Raennon's novel Tie.

Pedon merkki

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

Cha Cha Cha

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

One Man's War

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many hardships.

When the Heavens Fall…

A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.

For the Matches

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...

Loma

After a mixup at the check-in, Aimo Niemi boards a charter plane bound for the sunny island of Rhodes, Greece, instead of the Innsbruck Winter Olympics he's packed for. It's the early days of package tourism, and he is too shy and clueless to really sort out any of his problems — a suitcase filled with women's clothes, a flirtatious female roommate, and no money to buy food since he was prepared for full room & board in Austria.

Kiljusen herrasväki

The Kiljunen family wins a holiday trip to Helsinki and the city will never be the same again.

Tie

A drama based on the lives of children and parents in a small farming family. Based on Esko Raennon's novel Tie.

Pedon merkki

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

Cha Cha Cha

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

One Man's War

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many hardships.

When the Heavens Fall…

A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.

Rölli – hirmuisia kertomuksia

Trollforest is in grave danger, so Rölli the Troll must unite with a Forest Fairy to save their home.

Ansa

Daniel Gorban's wife Elisabet has left home after an argument and has been missing for ten days. Daniel is worried about his wife, but the inspector reassures him that there is no cause for concern yet. Pastor Maxim arrives unexpectedly at Daniel's house and tells him that Daniel's wife is with him. However, Daniel does not recognize the woman with the pastor. The woman claims to be Elisabet and has identification to prove it. Furthermore, during the inspector's questioning, the woman knows even the smallest details of the Gorbanis' marriage. Who is telling the truth? And what really happened between the couple?

Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit

Agent 000 gets involved in high-octane action in this Finnish James Bond parody.

The Year of the Hare

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life

Hänen olivat linnut

Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

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.

Meiltähän tämä käy

Logger Severi Suhonen is transferred from forestry work to indoor work at the company's paper mill. Unable to adapt to city life, Severi clashes with the autocratic manager Wille Wållberg and meets his girlfriend from decades ago, Anna Tuhkanen, whose daughter Leena Tuhkanen is dating the manager's son, Wille Wållberg Junior.

Farewell, Mr. President

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.

Päämaja

The story follows Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim and Quartermaster General Airo at the Finnish Defense Forces headquarters in Mikkeli during the decisive moments of the Continuation War in the summer of 1944. With a major offensive on the Karelian Isthmus imminent, Airo gives the order to attack without consulting the commander-in-chief.

Ihmemies

Olli Ruusunen attended a special training course in the US, where his brain capacity has been developed to the extreme.

Hiekkakuningas

A story about one man's success and another's demise. Algoth Mäki, who moved to southern Finland in search of work, encounters the harsh world of gravel mining, where others succumb, but Hurme, the Sand King, continues his rise up the social ladder.

Luonnonmukainen rakastaja

Kohtaamiset ja erot

Päin perhettä

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

Tarkkis