Joel Asikainen
Actor · 1912 – 1968 · Viipuri, Finland
Movies24
Movie5.7DramaLiisa, the daughter of fisherman Simeon, is having a romance with Peter, a city dweller who has arrived on the island. Liisa feels she is being punished for her forbidden feelings when her fiancé Antti's sister Maija falls ill with diphtheria and Antti is lost at sea in a storm.
Saariston tyttö
1953 · 3 votes
Movie4.0DramaThe old man at the Eirtola house warns the new maid Eriikka about the fate of Jenny, the summer girl. Jouko, a university student from Eirtola, arrives home for the summer and begins to court the pretty maid. At the cattle shed, Eriikka finds a box, the contents of which she examines together with Pastor Tuomo Ahomaa. The tragic fate of Jenny, the summer girl, is revealed.
Suviyön salaisuus
1945 · 4 votes
Movie8.0DramaLauri and Anna are released from prison. They run into trouble when they cannot find work because of their past. Lauri obtains false identity papers, which enable him to get a job at a factory. A dangerous criminal named Asseri begins blackmailing Lauri, who is using the alias "Pentti Tahvana." Lauri's true identity is revealed in connection with the murder of Kaalep, the factory's night watchman.
Ristikon varjossa
1945 · 2 votes
Movie5.3CrimeThrillerTanja Bulkova arrives in Finland under the name Toini Salonen and, with the help of spy chief Rosenberg, becomes the secretary of engineer Rautavuori and discovers the drawings of a secret invention.
Salainen ase
1943 · 7 votes
Movie4.8DramaHistoryIn the early 1800s, Finnish governor's daughter first detests but soon falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander I who has just taken Finland over from Sweden's rule.
Tanssi yli hautojen
1950 · 4 votes
Movie5.7DramaHistoryA fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland.
Mä oksalla ylimmällä
1954 · 3 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomance1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. However, Vapu's father, business advisor Ossian Biörcke, is not as accepting when his daughter's actions begin to be revealed.
Katupeilin takana
1949 · 6 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceBased on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday
Movie4.0ComedyIn the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ram that has escaped from Piiroinen's farm and win the heart of Annastiina, the farmer's daughter, who is also sought after by other suitors.
Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
1950 · 3 votes
Movie4.8ComedySt. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private detective Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää has died or is still alive. The strange events are followed from the perspective of different characters.
Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
1952 · 6 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
Movie5.3ComedyMusicMusical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.
2 hauskaa vekkulia
1953 · 3 votes
Movie10.0ComedyMusicBakery entrepreneur August Kassinen is worried about his musician son, who is going on a tour with his singer girlfriend. Kassinen's business affairs do not go smoothly, and through misunderstandings related to black market transactions, he gets into trouble with the police.
Sankari kuin sankari
1948 · 1 votes
Movie4.8FantasyFamilyPrincess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince.
Prinsessa Ruusunen
1949 · 6 votes
Movie10.0ComedyThe engagement announcement of Irmeli, an orphan girl who grew up in the barracks, and Olavi, a musician serving in the military, upsets the girl's guardians and the director of the military home, who begin plotting to prevent what they consider an unsuitable union.
Kasarmin tytär
1954 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaA story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
Movie7.5ComedyAdventurePekka Lipponen is trying to trace hidden diamonds before a group of bandits finds them. He enlists his friend Kalle-Kustaa Korkki to help him.
Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut
1949 · 2 votes
Movie7.5DramaHistoryThe life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
"Minä elän"
1946 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyRomanceA film about two rival student groups making their own Olympics. The student chairman Pena recruits to a boxing match the insect researcher and bookworm Matti Kiviaho, mainly to embarrass him before his girlfriend Laila. During the summer young people preparing for the games practice both for sports and romance.
Sisulla ja sydämellä
1947 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyLife on a farm in Kitkankoski is disrupted when construction of a hydroelectric power plant begins in the area. Determined Emma, who has returned from America, and stubborn local farmer Jeremias Junnila clash when Junnila refuses to produce milk for the construction site. At the same time, a romance blossoms between Junnila's daughter Hillevi and Eero, who works at the construction site, but Eero is not the only worker who seeks Hillevi's love.
Oi, muistatkos…
1954 · 2 votes
Movie6.8ComedyThrillerEager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Radio tekee murron
1951 · 14 votes
Movie4.0ComedyUniversity student Jaakko and master's degree holder Aarne arrive in a rural village, where they become involved in organizing a charity event and the relationship problems of farmhand Kaapro and maid Senni.
Senni ja Savon sulttaani
1953 · 4 votes
Movie6.3DramaCrimeThe streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
Yhden yön hinta
1952 · 3 votes
Movie4.5ComedyMusicJournalist Sanni visits the countryside to write about the timber industry. Looking for a room she is immediately thrust into the merry community of loggers, always up for a song, but one of them, Hurma-Jussi, is a little too persistent. Luckily, she is “saved” by the handsome lumberjack Eräs.
On lautalla pienoinen kahvila
1952 · 4 votes