Released Date:
2004-09-08
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
48 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (24 Reviews)
Director:
Mika LehtinenGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2007-11-30
Languages:
Swedish, German, Finnish, Russian
Countries:
Finland, Russia
Runtime:
114 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (756 Reviews)
Director:
Lauri TèrhènenAleksi Bardy (screenplay)
Jèrn Donner (idea)
Lauri Tèrhènen (screenplay)
"Raja 1918", also known as "The Border", is a Finnish war drama film directed by Lauri Tèrhènen set in the immediate aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It is spring of 1918. A young scientist and officer, captain von Munck (Martin Bahne), is sent to the village of Rajajoki to close the border between the newly independent Finland and Russia under Bolshevik revolution.
Released Date:
2007-02-23
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
97 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1615 Reviews)
Director:
Aleksi SalmenperèGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2008-01-11
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
108 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1846 Reviews)
Director:
Dome KarukoskiGenres:
DramaDome Karukoski (collaborating writer)
Leena Lander (novel)
Marko Leino (screenplay)
Juhani, 14 years old and tormented by a childhood trauma, has changed several foster parents from the age of eight. He is taken to an island, where there is a boys' home, run by a strict superintendent, Olavi Harjula. Besides the seven boys that dwell there, there is the superintendent, his wife, his two daughters and a woman for menial help. Juhani is gradually accepted by his peers and strikes a friendship with the eldest daughter. When Harjula is advised that funding will stop for his school due to his harsh methods, he decides to start a silkworm project for self-funding. All the boys agree to stay and help him, apart from Juhani, who expects to go back to his family that wants him back.
Released Date:
2009-09-04
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland, Germany
Runtime:
123 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (477 Reviews)
Director:
Zaida BergrothGenres:
DramaAntti Raivio (play)
Jan Forsstrèm (screenplay)
Zaida Bergroth (screenplay)
Antti Raivio (screenplay)
In 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-Indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighborhood girls. In the background is the warm but explosive and unstable mother, and the charming but unreliable father. The family has moved to a new house, the future looks bright. Everything starts to fall apart when Rupert finds a hidden letter. There are terrible fights and hushed whispers, then mom is taken somewhere to rest for a while. Later on there is confusing talk about a new mom. The brothers make a blood oath: One can't lie or die or one has to pay the other a million or more for the rest of his life. Rupert tries to hold the family together. But finally things get too complicated, and real tragedy waits in the wings of the fantasy plays. In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present. If he doesn't find absolution, the family tragedy will be repeated and the curse will live on. Dad is coming home and the blood oath is about to be broken.
Released Date:
2010-12-03
Languages:
Finnish, English
Countries:
Finland, Norway, France, Sweden
Runtime:
84 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (18173 Reviews)
Director:
Jalmari HelanderJalmari Helander
Jalmari Helander (based on the original idea by)
Juuso Helander (based on the original idea by)
Petri Jokiranta (dramaturge)
Sami Parkkinen (dramaturge)
On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader...
Released Date:
2013-02-01
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland, Norway
IMDB Ratings:
(279 Reviews)
Director:
Matti IjèsMatti Ijès
Auli Mantila
Jani-Petteri Passi
Heikki Vuento
Released Date:
2015-09-04
Languages:
Finnish, German
Countries:
Finland, Lithuania
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (92 Reviews)
Director:
Antti JokinenAntti Jokinen (screenplay)
Katja Kettu (screenplay)
Katja Kettu (novel)
Released Date:
2014-11-07
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
75 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (42 Reviews)
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