Jack Witikka

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

A boat trip in the Helsinki archipelago: images of water, light and people on the cruise. The same people are met in the city in different situations: at work, with their family, in conversations with a circle of friends, meditating and figuring out their duties. Work and aspirations are important and encouraging to them. They all seem to have something personal to say about their time, their views and their imaginations.

This simple, unsophisticated tale by Finnish director and writer Jack Witikka is geared toward the younger set, whatever their age. It is a standard melodrama with a touch of fantasy, centered on events in a courtyard in a small village. A little orphan boy (Tuukka Tanner) is the focus of attnetion, as well as his stepmother (Elsa Turakainen) whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person -- and hint at magical powers.

Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.

Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children.

Office clerk Eero Koskinen prefers to spend his nights drinking and reminiscing the war with his friends, instead of taking care of his wife and two children. A two-week drinking spree gets him fired, and a new job is not easy to find because of his reputation. He goes to a rehab centre in the countryside for a couple of weeks, but with no permanent result. Meanwhile, his wife has to get a job and is employed by her old sweetheart, now a recently divorced successful businessman.

In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.

A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.

A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.

The only full-length Finnish ballet film, a fable about a goblin and a fairy that become fast friends.

A tragedy told by an American visiting Lapland about Aila, daughter of a reindeer herder, who falls in love with Reino, a reindeer thief.

A tragedy told by an American visiting Lapland about Aila, daughter of a reindeer herder, who falls in love with Reino, a reindeer thief.