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IHMISELON IHANUUS JA KURJUUS (1988)

Jon W. — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:01:03 +0000

Based on the novel by FE Sillanpää and directed by Matti Kassila, the film is about an aging writer, Martti Hongisto, who makes his last trip to visit his childhood sweetheart. The writer’s ultimate goal is to go over the missed opportunities with his former lover and what life could have been like if they had not broken up.

Director: Matti Kassila.
Writers: Matti Kassila, F.E. Sillanpää (novel).
Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Tuula Nyman, Antti Litja, Johanna Kerttula, Nina Sallinen, Jarmo Perälä, Antti Vierikko, Jasper Pääkkönen, Nina Jääskeläinen, Mikko Rasila, Konsta Mäkelä, Leena Rapola, Olli Johansson, Raili Tiensuu, Esko Roine, Riitta Elstelä, Tarja Keinänen, Maija-Liisa Márton, Mats Långbacka, Minna Turunen, Pia Hattara, Olavi Ahonen, Heikki Kujanpää, Jaakko Saariluoma, Mikko Haapanen, Henriikka Salo, Annaleena Sipilä, Maarit Peltomaa, Kaija Kiiski, Christina Laurent, Matti Poika Kassila, Samuli Edelmann, Katariina Kaitue, Christina Indrenius-Zalewski, Valtter Kaukaranta, Jeppe Tuomainen, Martti Nyberg, Seppo Kulmala, Boris Haakana, Reima Kuusinen, Keijo Komppa, Stiina Laakso.
Cinematographer: Kari Sohlberg.
Composer: Jukka Linkola.

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MP4 | 1.72 GB | 692×526 | 25 FPS | 2500 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
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MATTI KASSILA INTERVIEW:
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HAMLET LIIKEMAAILMASSA (1987)

Jon W. — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:19:18 +0000

A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that decides to move into the rubber duck market. But Hamlet is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding his father’s death…

Director: Aki Kaurismäki. AKA Hamlet Goes Business
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki, William Shakespeare (play “Hamlet”) (uncredited).
Stars: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Kari Väänänen, Puntti Valtonen, Mari Rantasila, Turo Pajala, Aake Kalliala, Pentti Auer, Matti Pellonpää, Vesa Mäkelä, Maija Leino, Pertti Sveholm, Vesa Vierikko, Miitta Sorvali, Erkki Astala, Melrose, Jouko Mäki, Pentti Hirvikangas, Reino Laitinen, Anton Ortamo, Ralf Nordgren, Helmeri Pellonpää, Jarmo Anio, Jalu, Hallu.
Cinematographer: Timo Salminen.

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MKV | 7.95 GB | 1918×1036 | 23.976 FPS | 12,100 kb/s | AC3 640 kb/s
Language: Finnish | Subtitles: English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish (soft)

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RIP Elina Salo (1936-2025)

LUMIKUNINGATAR (1986)

Jon W. — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:39:40 +0000

Based on the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, this adaptation is fairly faithful to the original. Portraying the sinister tones of old fairy tales in a dream-like or theatrical style, this surreal film focuses mainly on the young girl Kerttu’s journey to rescue her brother Kai from the evil Snow Queen. Kerttu travels through beautiful and hostile lands, meeting various strange and threatening characters on the way – befriended and helped by some, waylaid and trapped by others. In the classic style of such tales her journey is episodic, punctuated with scenes of events unfolding at the Snow Queen’s palace.

Director: Päivi Hartzell. AKA The Snow Queen.
Writers: Hans Christian Andersen (story), Päivi Hartzell (dialogue), Jukka Kemppinen (dialogue), Juha Siltanen (dialogue).
Stars: Satu Silvo, Outi Vainionkulma, Sebastian Kaatrasalo, Tuula Nyman, Esko Hukkanen, Pirjo Bergström, Juulia Ukkonen, Paavo Westerberg, Saara Pakkasvirta, Ismo Alanko, Markku Huhtamo, Antti Litja, Esko Varonen, Marja Pyykkö, Elina Hurme, Elina Salo, Annu Marttila.
Cinematographer: Henrik Paersch.
Composer: Jukka Linkola.

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HOUKUTUSLINTU (1946)

Jon W. — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 02:43:13 +0000

Marja is a prostitute who has to run away, when her pimp Jussi robs and kills one of her costumers. She finds a hiding place in a mansion on the country side. Marja falls in love with the master of the mansion, but Jussi finds out Marjas whereabouts and comes to meet her.

Director Ronald af Hällström’s first film for Fenno-Filmi is a powerful melodrama set in the world of crime and prostitution, much in the vein of Teuvo Tulio’s 1944 film The Way You Wanted Me (where af Hällström worked as an assistant director), but more grounded in reality and showing a more sophisticated use of the influences of early film noir and French poetic realism. A box office success in France in the early 1950s (where it was titled L’Entôleuse), The Callbird has since then been overshadowed by Tulio’s 1940s melodramas and af Hällström’s later films like The Witch. As a more pure-bred example of Finnish noir than Tulio’s strange mixtures of melodrama, film noir and thriller, af Hällström’s most important contribution to this genre is a film ripe for rediscovery.

Director: Roland af Hällström. AKA The Callbird.
Writer: Roland af Hällström (as Viljo Hela).
Stars: Laila Jokimo, Eino Kaipainen, Eero Leväluoma, Maire Hyvönen, Joel Asikainen, Irja Rannikko, Kalle Viherpuu, Kerttu Salmi.
Cinematographer: Esko Töyri.
Composer: Tapio Ilomäki.

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RÄPSY & DOLLY ELI PARIISI ODOTTAA (1990)

Jon W. — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:28:52 +0000

Räpsy & Dolly is a tragicomic love story of a petty criminal and a former cabaret dancer. Detective Karisto releases Auno “Räpsy” Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.

Director: Matti Ijäs. AKA Dolly and Her Lover.
Writers: Matti Ijäs, Arto Melleri (screenplay & story).
Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Raija Paalanen, Kari Väänänen, Pertti Sveholm, Risto Salmi, Sulevi Peltola, Veikko Tiitinen, Eeva Litmanen, Taisto Aho, Tauno Lehtihalmes, Matti Halonen, Pentti Louko, Erkki Hyvönen, Yrjö Nieminen, Toivo Vilkkula, Juha-Veli Äkräs, Olli Pellikka, Irmeli Junnilainen, The Big Bad Girls, Paul Budsko, Daniel Katz, Raimo O. Niemi, Martti Kaukanen, Göran Schauman, Mikko Reitala, Pauli Vuorisalo, Ahmed Riza, Jarl Andersin, Hannu Viholainen, Jari Ålander, Make Lievonen, Aino Jurvanen, Rauha Wolska, Tauno Salmi, Kikka Rytkönen, Lauri Tornivuori, Erkki Lehtiranta, Kalevi Heinämaa.
Cinematographers: Tahvo Hirvonen, Juha-Veli Äkräs.
Composers: Henrik Otto Donner, Tuomari Nurmio.

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Many thanks to S L for sending me a copy of this film. English subtitles by deisto @KG

LAULU TULIPUNAISESTA KUKASTA (1938)

Jon W. — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:09:46 +0000

Teuvo Tulio’s oldest surviving film follows a spoilt and arrogant young man, the son of a landowner, playing fast and loose with the affections of a number of young women. In fact, he’s so busy seducing the women of the region that it’s a wonder any actual farming gets done at all. But eventually he finds himself forced to face up to his social and sexual responsibilities.

Director: Teuvo Tulio. AKA The Song of the Scarlet Flower.
Writers: Johannes Linnankoski (novel), Yrjö Kivimies, Regina Linnanheimo (uncredited), Teuvo Tulio (uncredited).
Stars: Kaarlo Oksanen, Rakel Linnanheimo, Mirjami Kuosmanen, Nora Mäkinen, Birgit Nuotio, Maire Ranius, Sylvi Palo, Aku Peltonen, Veikko Linna, Lauri Korpela, Ida Kallio, Onni Veijonen, Elli Ylimaa, Paavo Kuoppala.

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POLYNIMURIKAUPPIAAT (1993)

Jon W. — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:07:41 +0000

A tragicomic documentary in which the film crew walks door to door with three vacuum cleaner salesmen. The dream of success meets the recession of Finland in the 1990s.

Director: John Webster. AKA Suckers / Vacuum-Cleaner Salesmen
Writer: John Webster.
Stars: Kimmo Sädeaho, Sami Ahtola, Kristiina Marin, John Webster, Heimo Kastinen, Jari Huovinen, Mirko.

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THE BIG FREEZE (1993)

Jon W. — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:03:35 +0000

Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Everything that can go wrong for these plumbers goes wrong.

Director: Eric Sykes.
Writers: Susan Morrall, Eric Sykes.
Stars: Bob Hoskins, Eric Sykes, Eila Roine, Donald Pleasence, Raija Laakso, Sonja Lumme, John Mills, Spike Milligan, Sylvi Salonen, Hellin Auvinen-Salmi, Helinä Viitanen, Erkki Thil, Gabriel Laszlo, Hannes Anttila, Gunnar Strommer, Lasse Tiilkainen, Ransu Alhoniemi.