Axel Slangus

중세 스웨덴의 민요에서 영감을 얻어 제작된 이 영화는 잔인한 씬으로 시작해 아름다운 영상으로 끝을 맺는다. 아침이 채 오기도 전에 음탕한 여인 잉게리(군넬 린드블롬 분)는 질투와 복수어린 기도를 하며 노르웨이의 신 오딘을 깨우는 아침의식을 행한다. 한편 다른 방에서는 지주인 토레(막스 폰 시도우 분)와 그의 부인 마레타(비르이타 벨리 분)이 소작농부와 하인들과 식탁에 예수의 고난을 기억하는 상징적인 회개행위를 한다. 그들의 소중한 딸 카린(비르이타 페터손 분)이 마을 댄스파티에서 늦게까지 시간을 보내느라 아침 식탁에 앉지 못하자 마레타는 몸이 아프다며 핑계를 댄다. 토레는 마레타에게 카린을 시켜 성모마리아를 위해 촛불을 켜러 교회로 갔다 오라고 하며, 하나 뿐인 자식을 너무 버릇없이 키운다며 나무란다. 카린은 마지못해 일어나 촛불을 가져다 놓으려 교회로 간다. 그러나 교회에 가던 길에 카린은 양치기 남자들에게 강간당한 뒤 살해되고 만다. 그 남자들은 카린의 아버지 토레(막스 폰 시도우 분)의 집에서 쉴 곳을 찾고, 아버지는 잔인하게 살인마를 죽인다. 신앙심 깊은 토레는 딸을 죽음에 이르게 한 신의 능력에 의심을 품고 자신이 직접 처절한 복수를 한 것이다. 복수가 이루어진 후 카린이 누워있던 땅에서 처녀의 샘이 솟는다. 이 자연현상을 하늘의 계시로 받아들인 토레는 카린이 죽은 곳에 교회를 세우기로 한다.

Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored by this he travels to Stockholm to try to get his poems published. On the train he meets a rich, sophisticated art patron who encourages him and grinds his literary and philosophical formation.

Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.

Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple whose love affair is fraught with Hardy-esque complications and an unhappily married wife of the landowner.

Silent military propaganda film by Erkki Karu, later followed by the musical revue film Meidän poikamme merellä ("Our Boys at Sea", 1933) and Meidän poikamme ilmassa – me maassa ("Our Boys in the Air – and We on Land", 1934), both of them also directed by Karu. The film comes with a orchestral accompaniment arranged by Raine Ampuja in 2005, based on the original score by Lauri Näre and Emil Kauppi, which in turn was based on traditional Finnish military tunes.

“Tukkijoella” (Log River – 1928). Films of this genre gave the Finnish cinema and the viewing public one of its most popular characters – the lumberjack (tukkijatka, tukkipoika, tukkilainen) who at his most heroic hour becomes the log-roller or the shooter of rapids (koskenlaskija). The significance of this character in Finnish film is comparable to that of the Cowboy on American cinema. He is the pioneer, the wanderer, the adventurer. He negotiates the frontier, he is an embodiment of the conflict between wilderness and civilization.

“Tukkijoella” (Log River – 1928). Films of this genre gave the Finnish cinema and the viewing public one of its most popular characters – the lumberjack (tukkijatka, tukkipoika, tukkilainen) who at his most heroic hour becomes the log-roller or the shooter of rapids (koskenlaskija). The significance of this character in Finnish film is comparable to that of the Cowboy on American cinema. He is the pioneer, the wanderer, the adventurer. He negotiates the frontier, he is an embodiment of the conflict between wilderness and civilization.

Based on the poems by finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the movie centers on the Finnish War between Russia and Sweden in 1808.

A man stays with a fisherman and his adult daughter in coastal Finland, develops feelings for the daughter and begins to uncover a terrible secret haunting the family.

Fisherman Eerik Storm (Wilho Ilmari) is in danger of losing his home and agrees to get money to be piloted by smugglers (Axel Slangus, Uuno Aarto, Sven Relander, Armas Fredman, Berndt Lindahl). When the customs officers (Yrjö Somersalmi, Kosti Hypén, A. Virtanen) surprise the smugglers, a chase and a firefight ensue, in which the customs officers are confronted with water. By trading his life, Erik saves the customs officers. The film ends with an engagement party for Eerik and the pilot's eldest daughter Kirsti (Irja Lindström).

Rural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding. From a comedy by Alexis Kivi.

The Drakenhjelm family has lived in the Rautakylä manor for over 150 years. The current master of the house, elderly baron Magnus (Adolf Lindfors), has been living for a long time in an unregistered relationship with his housekeeper Lisette (Naimi Kari), with whom he also has a son, Sebastian (Axel Slangus). After the baron falls gravely ill Lisette starts getting worried about losing everything, so with Sebastian on her side she demands the baron to write a letter to the pastor and ask him to come over to perform a wedding ceremony. Right after Sebastian has left to fetch the pastor, a threesome seeking shelter from the storm comes to the manor and wreaks havoc on the marriage plans.