Rivilotta

The Road of War

The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to the Soviet invasion; the battle for Karelia; the bombing of Helsinki and other Finnish cities; as well as the activities of the foreign press corps in Finland and the heroic efforts of Finnish women and the Red Cross in their treatment of the wounded.

Avioliittoyhtiö

Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beautiful face behind glasses and her curls under a scarf.

Antreas ja syntinen Jolanda

Blind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic person. Kind high school girl Martta loves Antreas, while office worker Jolanda is the fulfillment of his dreams. The blind and poor man's feelings are not reciprocated, but when he inherits millions, even the flighty Jolanda seeks Antreas' company.

Onnenpotku

Set during the recession of the early 1930s, Reino, an engineer who has been laid off from a shipyard, is not considered suitable as a son-in-law for a factory owner. Reino, who has lost his beloved Maire, finds happiness when he befriends Hillin-Jussi, an unemployed rogue.

Onnellinen ministeri

An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".

Jumalan myrsky

Kilian Melker, heir to a trading house, becomes head of a large enterprise on which the entire future of the financially troubled company depends. He falls in love with Hanna, the daughter of the Niskala family, but marries the wealthy Elisa Karhelin to save his family's fortune.

Tottisalmen perillinen

Baron von Sumers, owner of the Tottisalmen estate, sends his mischievous grandson Klaus to learn manners at the vicarage in the neighboring parish. Yrjö, the vicarage's farmhand, has an accident because of Klaus and ends up in Tottisalmen for medical treatment. When Yrjö's resemblance to the baron's missing son is noticed, events from the past begin to unfold.

Aktivistit

In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.

Wake Up, Helsinki!

Impressionistic short documentary of a Helsinki morning at the end of 1930s with a poetic narration.

Rikas tyttö

A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker.

Kaikenlaisia vieraita

Young heiress' spendthrift nephew turns her manor into a boarding house for the summer. Suddenly the heiress returns...

Täysosuma

A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end.

Markan tähden

Irmeli, a fashion designer enjoying herself in Hanko, is urgently needed at her workplace. Ritva sets off to fetch her sister, but ends up by chance as a maid at Director Markka's villa, where Irmeli soon finds herself too. Director Markka and his nephew Reima are charmed by the clever sisters.

Vihtori ja Klaara

The film revolves around Vihtori's clandestine involvement with an attractive and rather worldly young woman named Ritva, who is planning to marry boxing champion and garage owner Klasu Tullari, son of Vihtori's friend Tomi, and their interactions with daughter Vappu and her fiancé, Peter von Schaslick, a mechanic in Klasu's garage, under the nose of the threatening and suspicious Klaara, with lazy son Nisse acting as a rather sardonic Greek chorus. Teuvo Tulio's only comedy.

Iskelmäparaati

From the big band Ramblers to the chorus girls – everyone is giving their best. Matti Rajula on sax, Asser Fagerström on piano and Eric Tidlund on vibraphone. Singer Olavi Virta steps on stage and performs "mi onni tuo...". Margaretha von Bahr gives a fiery performance.