Sakari Toiviainen's 100 Finnish Films
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- DirectorTeuvo PuroStarsAntti IlvosJussi SnellmanErtta Virtamo
- DirectorTeuvo PuroJussi SnellmanStarsHelmi LindelöfHemmo KallioMeri RoiniAnna-Liisa of Kortesuo is engaged to Johannes of Kivimaa, but she is burdened by a heavy past. On the day of the announcement, Anna-Liisa confesses her crime in the presence of the party guests.
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsAxel SlangusHeidi BlåfieldKirsti SuonioRural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding.
- DirectorJalmari LahdensuoStarsSimo KaarioOiva SoiniKaisa LeppänenStory of the rebellion of the peasants against the authorities.
- DirectorErkki KaruStarsAxel SlangusWaldemar WohlströmOlga Leino
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsTeuvo TulioMeri HackzellHanna TainiManjardo, a young Gypsy leader headed by Tulio, has spent a lively and joyful life with his young women, Glafira and very keen Akris. He will soon be married to the daughter of the master of another tribe, Esmeralda. From this, her mistresses are no more enthusiastic than Esmeralda and Manjardoka, so the parties of this future couple have never even met each other.
- DirectorKalle KaarnaStarsIris KnapeTauno PaloKaarlo KytöKuisma falls in love with the house maid Helinä, whom the house's slave Isma has kept for himself as a wife. Helinä finds Kuisma attractive but their love will never be accepted by Isma. A passion play that ends bad.
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsHannes NärhiIrma SeikkulaWalle SaikkoEastern Finland in 18th century. Farmer Juha has raised an orphan girl Marja and married her. Karelian trader Shemeikka visits the farm and starts to make advances to young and beautiful Marja, tempting her to run away with him.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsIrma SeikkulaTauno PaloTopo LeisteläPoor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common sense, and starts taking evening classes. Keeping her studies secret from her employer for years, she eventually graduates from the university and becomes candidate in the parliamentary election, stressing women's and working people's rights. Romance with Judge Soratie finally ensues.
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsOlga TainioTauno PaloIrja ElsteläThe first Finnish talking picture (with English subtitles) to be released in the United States is a story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living. Tauno Palo marries Irja Lautia because his mother, Olga Tainio, tells him that his duty as the eldest son is to marry a wealthy girl. However, attractive schoolteacher Sirkka Sari arrives in the village and causes complications when Palo falls in love with her.
- DirectorRisto OrkoStarsTuulikki PaananenRitva AroTuli ArjoThe German 27th Royal Jaeger Battalion is returning from the front to Libau. Jaeger corporal Martti Kari (Kullervo Kalske) falls in love with the Livonian dancer Sabina (Tuulikki Paananen) on a train journey, who has also caught the eye of Baron Rolf Lichtenstein (Erkki Uotila). Spies' plots and war cast shadows over the relationship between a beautiful dancer and a handsome jaeger.
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsTuulikki PaananenIlmari MäntySanteri KariloA thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses the divided loyalties of the Finnish bourgeoisie, torn between preserving their privileged economic position and taking a risky stand for an independent Finland.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsKaarlo OksanenRakel LinnanheimoMirjami KuosmanenAbout Olavi, a farmer's son who leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsAnnie MörkSointu KouvoEino Jurkka
- DirectorYrjö NortaStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloAku KorhonenTaxi driver Tanu Paalu and tourist guide Ansa Koskeli fall in love. Both are unemployed, but the success of a song by Tanu and Ansa leads to them being hired. Their love becomes contentious when a tune in the song causes a disagreement.
- DirectorHugo HytönenNyrki TapiovaaraStarsGunnar HiilloskorpiMirjami KuosmanenHugo HytönenYoung farmer Paavo's wife dies in childbirth, and their baby soon follows. The wife's family claims back the dowry she brought to their marriage, but Paavo has already used most of it for farm improvements. Paavo resorts to drinking and his life heads downhill.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloRegina LinnanheimoHunted by the authorities after shooting a Russian prince in a duel in St. Petersburg, a Finnish baron flees to his homeland and disguises as a drifter to avoid getting caught.
- DirectorHannu LeminenStarsHelena KaraTauno PaloAku KorhonenThe uncredited adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novel (1922), made five years before Max Ophüls' more widely recognized "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948).
- DirectorValentin VaalaStarsTauno MajuriTapio NurkkaAnnie MörkA young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her. She eventually does good, and charms the employer at the same time.
- DirectorIlmari UnhoStarsEmma VäänänenJoel RinneEine Laine
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsMarie-Louise FockTure AraKunto KarapääA girl who moves to the city after her fiancé lacks the courage to face his father ,who is against their relationship. In the city the girls winds up being abused by men, giving birth to a child and supporting herself on prostitution.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsRegina LinnanheimoEino KatajavuoriToini VartiainenA love triangle of two sisters, both passionately desiring the same man.
- DirectorIlmari UnhoStarsRauli TuomiMatti KiviAnni AittoThe life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.