Directing
Ville Salminen
Born October 2, 1908 · Maarianhamina, Finland
Died November 28, 1992 · aged 84
Ville Salminen (1908–1992) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, art director and actor who specialised in playing villains.
Known For
Hiipivä vaara · 1944Hiipivä vaara
★ 9.51944
MovieCrime
A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.
Vihreä kulta · 1939Vihreä kulta
★ 4.21939
MovieDramaRomance
After many years away a woman returns to her hometown in Lapland with her husband. There she falls in love with a handsome forester.
Tytön huivi · 1951Tytön huivi
★ 7.01951
MovieRomance
Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy girl Marketa.
Here, Beneath the North Star · 1968Here, Beneath the North Star
★ 6.81968
MovieHistoryDrama
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.
Poikamiesten holhokki · 1938Poikamiesten holhokki
★ 5.41938
MovieComedyRomance
Katariina, an orphaned girl from the north, travels to Helsinki to live with her distant relative Mauri, who has been appointed her guardian. The unpretentious child of nature irritates, amuses, and charms Mauri, who is accustomed to high society, and his bachelor friends.
Mikä yö! · 1945Mikä yö!
★ 8.01945
MovieComedy
Colonel Barring has purchased the Maanala estate, where strange things are happening. She wants to cancel the sale and writes to Major Hector, who is acting as the owner's representative. The major sets off for the estate with the colonel, his wife, his nephew George, and George's fiancée Vappu. The colonel's son Leo also arrives, accompanied by his new love interest, Sirka. The group spends an unforgettable night in the haunted house.
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs · 1984The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
★ 6.71984
MovieDramaCrime
Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.
Synnin puumerkki · 1942Synnin puumerkki
★ 5.51942
MovieDrama
Maria, who lives in Hermann, Helsinki, takes in a baby abandoned on the steps of a bar. Mean neighbors call the foundling, named Stiina, a municipal orphan, which makes the girl ashamed of her background. Malicious gossip, constant poverty, and misfortune strengthen her spirit. Stiina grows up to be a brave and fair woman.















