Maire Hyvönen
Actor · 1919 – 2003 · Helsinki, Finland
Movies22
Movie6.1DramaHeta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assisted by their loyal maid Siipirikko.
Niskavuoren Heta
1952 · 10 votes
Movie7.5ComedyImmersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his children's upbringing. He falls in love with his son Pelle's girlfriend Marja and becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of his family. The offended father sets out to discipline his ill-behaved children.
Kuriton sukupolvi
1937 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaTimo learns about his grandfather Santeri's background in the workers' sports movement. Inspired by this, he begins to encourage his alcoholic father to practice his own sport, javelin throwing.
Veteraanin voitto
1955 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyPekka is given the task of renting a summer place, but real estate agent Aadolf Muikku tricks him into buying a villa.
Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla
1953 · 10 votes
Movie5.3ComedyJustiina gives lessons to friends who are avoiding work and sends them to work. Pekka and Pätkä end up in a woodworking factory, where their job is to nail together the legs of a Christmas tree. The men think they will get rich this way, but through misadventures they end up in many different jobs and being chased by a crowd of admiring women.
Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa
1955 · 10 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceBased on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceAn architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.
Isän vanha ja uusi
1955 · 2 votes
Movie5.3ComedyRomanceLissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young woman, but Lissie is more interested in the valuables she finds in the wealthy professor's apartment.
Rakas varkaani
1957 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaLeeni, a country girl, leaves to seek her fortune in Helsinki, but encounters numerous difficulties.
Haaviston Leeni
1948 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaJuha lives together with younger woman Marja. Juha loves her, but Marja seems to belong to somewhere else. Things get complicated when casanova Shemeikka arrives from strange lands and takes Marja away with him.
Juha
1956 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaPastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.
1918
1957 · 3 votes
Movie6.2ComedyThe everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Hilmanpäivät
1954 · 5 votes
Movie9.0DramaYoung Anna marries Tuomas, an old widower. Tuomas reluctantly sells his forest to the boss of Ruukki and is forced to take in a group of loggers, among whom the handsome womanizer Humu begins to seduce the young mistress of the house.
Kahden ladun poikki
1958 · 1 votes
Movie7.8DramaCrimeA cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Varsovan laulu
1953 · 4 votes
Movie6.7DramaComedyA handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.
Gabriel, tule takaisin
1951 · 3 votes
Movie4.2ComedyMusicComposer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, the ensemble is named the Kipparikvartetti.
Kipparikvartetti
1952 · 4 votes
Movie5.0DramaMarja 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.
Houkutuslintu
1946 · 7 votes
- Movie6.0DramaRomance
Laikan Otto falls in love with a fair-haired beauty at the market, who later turns out to be Elina, daughter of the wealthy Orttenmaa family. The girl falls in love with Otto, but does not want to marry someone poorer than herself. The hurt man returns to his home village, where the sweet Anna Kervilä awaits him.
Kyläraittien kuningas
1945 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceAnna-Lisa, the daughter of the Sandkulla estate, hires a man she believes to be a vagrant, Mr. Hirninen, as an extra guest for her engagement party. In reality, he is the son of Jussi, the sawmill owner, who falls in love with Anna-Lisa at the party. However, misunderstandings and the manor's financial problems make it difficult for the couple to be together.
Neljästoista vieras
1948 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaMusicThe story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an international singing star, Aappo never forgets his first love Katri, who faithfully waits in Liminga for his return.
Ruusu ja kulkuri
1948 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaLecturer Aarre is dating Emmi, a saleswoman at a fabric store. The small-town social circles do not approve of relationships that cross class boundaries, and neither do Emmi's mother and her brother Erkki, who works at the factory.
Syyllisiäkö?
1938 · 2 votes
Movie4.7ComedyRomanceAlfred Haaravirta's worries begin, when his longtime housekeeper dies. So Alfred sends a letter to his old friend Matilda and asks her to be his new housekeeper. But Matilda misunderstands the letter to be a proposal of marriage.
Asessorin naishuolet
1937 · 3 votes