Ossi Skurnik

In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the Russian oil industry on the natives and the lands they inhabit.

The controversial Jouko Turkka, actor, writer, teacher and stage director. With his mostly devoted students at the Theatre Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Where he was appointed professor of stage production 1981-1984.

It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.

Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.

A middle aged widower Sanna has emigrated to Sweden after her husband's death . She lives in Linköping with her two children and works in the local library. During one of the lectures held for the immigrants in the library, she meets doctor Peter Mackus and starts exchange letters. Quite soon they fall in love.

Two Finnish toy manufacturers Jim King (Spede Pasanen) and Krakström (Juhani Kumpulainen) compete for toys. King's business is far too successful and he is trying to tax fraud with the help of his chamberlain (Vesa-Matti Loiri). Both toy manufacturers hire gangster chief Niitti (Risto Aaltonen) to handle their twilight jobs, but not everything goes according to plan.

Klaus Grahn is a young student frustrated with his life. In an attempt to break free from his unfulfilling life he tries to commit the perfect crime and forges a large check. Quickly he runs out of money and the police identifies him as the criminal, and so he boards a train to Tampere where he robs a taxi and shoots the driver. He returns to Helsinki and manages to avoid the police, but his friends and family try to persuade him into giving himself up. Klaus is angered by this, and he flees, plagued by paranoid thoughts until he decides to confront his friends for the last time - this time with a gun.

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Альма Скроф - жадная злая старуха. Её муж застрелился в припадке белой горячки. У него была дочь Кирсти, оставшаяся от первого брака. Госпожа Скроф воспитывала Кирсти очень строго, ребёнок был лишён всех радостей детства. И вот миллионерша Скроф погибла. Она отравилась газом при весьма подозрительных обстоятельствах. Расследование поручено комиссару Палму. Подозрение падает на нескольких персонажей, в том числе и на юную Кирсти.

Comedic musical film in which Iskelmä OY's manager has to deal with rising stars and old seniors.

The story of the first elections in Finland

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.

Antti Kiikka has a one night thing with a local girl. Antti goes away and marries a girl from another village. Later that local girl delivers a baby, but she never tells who is the father. 20 years later daughter of Antti Kiikka fells in love with a guy without knowing that they quite likely are a brother and a sister.

Antti Kiikka has a one night thing with a local girl. Antti goes away and marries a girl from another village. Later that local girl delivers a baby, but she never tells who is the father. 20 years later daughter of Antti Kiikka fells in love with a guy without knowing that they quite likely are a brother and a sister.

A short documentary where Helsinki in the springtime is displayed in her poetic ugliness.

An unconscious teenage girl is found on the street with a pistol in her hand. The girl remains silent until a friendly doctor gets her to open up about her life and the reasons she has found herself in her current situation.

An unconscious teenage girl is found on the street with a pistol in her hand. The girl remains silent until a friendly doctor gets her to open up about her life and the reasons she has found herself in her current situation.

An unconscious teenage girl is found on the street with a pistol in her hand. The girl remains silent until a friendly doctor gets her to open up about her life and the reasons she has found herself in her current situation.