Directing

William Markus

Born January 12, 1917 · Liverpool, England, UK

Died October 10, 1989 · aged 72

William Markus, born Karl William Marcus, was a Finnish-British film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Liverpool to a Finnish father and an English mother, he held dual citizenship in Finland and the United Kingdom. Markus began his acting career in 1944 and later transitioned into directing. He directed 13 films between 1953 and 1965, with notable works including Miriam (1957)…

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The Milkmaid

The Milkmaid · 1953

MovieDramaRomance

Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday

Rakkaus kahleissa

Rakkaus kahleissa · 1955

Rakkaus kahleissa

MovieDramaCrime

A lock factory worker Pertti would like to marry his girlfriend Verna, but fears they don't have enough money. His brother Martti is a member of a youth gang that is planning a robbery with three other young men. When the boys have to flee at the time of the robbery, Pertti who secretly shadowed them sees an opportunity to solve his money problem.

Miriam

After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. Miriam and Hans fall in love. But the Hans mother is jealous and disapprove.

Lumisten metsien tyttö

Lumisten metsien tyttö · 1960

Lumisten metsien tyttö

Wintery forest and stubborn 16 year old girl dazzle the teacher from Helsinki.

Hornankoski

Hornankoski · 1949

The brothers of Yli-Koskela farm fall for the same woman. Then Aarne believes he has killed a man. Artturi sees the case and saves the man from drowning to the rapids. He takes advantage of the situation and tells the woman, Lea, that his brother is a murderer.

Vain laulajapoikia

Vain laulajapoikia · 1951

Vain laulajapoikia

MovieComedyRomance

The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer Kaarina and doctor Kalle are offered the chance for romance, despite some misunderstandings.

Tyttö kuunsillalta

Tyttö kuunsillalta · 1953

Tyttö kuunsillalta

MovieDramaRomance

A widow and a husband tired of a loveless marriage rekindle the attraction they shared in their youth.

Maaret – tunturien tyttö

Maaret – tunturien tyttö · 1947

Maaret – tunturien tyttö

Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.

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The Milkmaid

The Milkmaid · 1953

MovieDramaRomance

Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday

Assistant Director

Rakkaus kahleissa

Rakkaus kahleissa · 1955

Rakkaus kahleissa

MovieDramaCrime

A lock factory worker Pertti would like to marry his girlfriend Verna, but fears they don't have enough money. His brother Martti is a member of a youth gang that is planning a robbery with three other young men. When the boys have to flee at the time of the robbery, Pertti who secretly shadowed them sees an opportunity to solve his money problem.

Director

Miriam

After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. Miriam and Hans fall in love. But the Hans mother is jealous and disapprove.

Screenplay

Lumisten metsien tyttö

Lumisten metsien tyttö · 1960

Lumisten metsien tyttö

Wintery forest and stubborn 16 year old girl dazzle the teacher from Helsinki.

Director

Hornankoski

Hornankoski · 1949

The brothers of Yli-Koskela farm fall for the same woman. Then Aarne believes he has killed a man. Artturi sees the case and saves the man from drowning to the rapids. He takes advantage of the situation and tells the woman, Lea, that his brother is a murderer.

Aarne Yli-Koskela

Vain laulajapoikia

Vain laulajapoikia · 1951

Vain laulajapoikia

MovieComedyRomance

The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer Kaarina and doctor Kalle are offered the chance for romance, despite some misunderstandings.

Dr. Kaarlo Lehmus

Tyttö kuunsillalta

Tyttö kuunsillalta · 1953

Tyttö kuunsillalta

MovieDramaRomance

A widow and a husband tired of a loveless marriage rekindle the attraction they shared in their youth.

Assistant Director

Maaret – tunturien tyttö

Maaret – tunturien tyttö · 1947

Maaret – tunturien tyttö

Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.

Rolf Brenner

On lautalla pienoinen kahvila

On lautalla pienoinen kahvila · 1952

On lautalla pienoinen kahvila

MovieComedyMusic

Journalist Sanni visits the countryside to write about the timber industry. Looking for a room she is immediately thrust into the merry community of loggers, always up for a song, but one of them, Hurma-Jussi, is a little too persistent. Luckily, she is “saved” by the handsome lumberjack Eräs.

Vuoristo 'Eräs'

All this - and Iceland too

All this - and Iceland too · 1951

All this - and Iceland too

1914. The monarchs of Sweden, Denmark and Norway meet to demonstrate unity. In the crowd is a beautiful noble woman from Finland. She is eagerly courted by the monarch's aides.

Rakas varkaani

Rakas varkaani · 1957

MovieComedyRomance

Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young woman, but Lissie is more interested in the valuables she finds in the wealthy professor's apartment.

Director

Verta käsissämme

Verta käsissämme · 1958

Verta käsissämme

After returning home from being a prisoner of war Viktor gets a job from his friend Rolf with whom he had served. The men trust each other until Viktor meets Rolf’s wife Astrid.

Director

Neiti talonmies

Neiti talonmies · 1955

Neiti talonmies

MovieComedyRomance

After her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opposition of Principal Kuusi, she decides to take the matriculation examination and, in order to improve her writing skills, responds to a correspondence advertisement placed by the mysterious Master Ahtojää.

Screenplay

Taikayö

Taikayö · 1954

MovieDramaRomance

Amanda and her cousin Eliisa run a food stall for the loggers, despite the crooked landowner Remander. Verneri, a street vendor from Karelia, and Olavi, who pretends to be a vagrant, turn the women's heads. When university student Oswald arrives in town, long-buried secrets begin to surface.

Director

Kenraalin morsian

Kenraalin morsian · 1951

Kenraalin morsian

In a military camp, the arrival of a group of women causes admiration and confusion. In particular, Sofia, the captain's mother-in-law, turns the lives of the general and soldier Hurska upside down.

Olavi Naula

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa · 1952

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa

Three Finnish girls travel to Stockholm to look for work. But soon they notice that the big city is not such a great place as they thought. Most of the foreign men who they meet there are crooks and liars.

Sven

Hormoonit valloillaan

Hormoonit valloillaan · 1948

Hormoonit valloillaan

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Väinö Kehkonen, the head of a Helsinki-based construction company, takes his wife and the Ärmälä couple to Dr. Puosu for a rejuvenating hormone injection, which causes them to behave like children. The director, previously known for his lack of drive, gains energy and enthusiasm from the injection, both in his business and personal life.

konttoripäällikkö Kivi

Scarlet Week

Scarlet Week · 1954

MovieDramaRomance

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.

Assistant Director

The Log Drivers

The Log Drivers · 1953

The Log Drivers

MovieDramaRomance

The two sons of the Forsgården estate - Arne and Arthur - both fall for the same woman, the beautiful but poor Lea. She has on the other hand only eyes for Arne. After Arne during a fight thinks he has killed a log driver and flees, Lea finds herself in a difficult situation and is forced to marry Arthur.

Arne

Autuas eversti

Autuas eversti · 1958

Colonel Carolus von Haestman, presumed dead by his family, awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his childhood sweetheart, Amelie. His children and grandchildren, in turn, set out to find the runaway lovers. In the end, the funeral turns into a wedding and honeymoon.

Screenplay

Varsovan laulu

Varsovan laulu · 1953

MovieDramaCrime

A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.

Assistant Director

Dynamiittityttö

Dynamiittityttö · 1944

Dynamiittityttö

A smart set girl wants more excitement in her life and ends being mixed up in criminal activities.

Esko Vuoristo