Sven Relander
Actor · 1897 – 1956 · Helsinki, Finland
Movies23
Movie5.5ComedyPolyteekkarifilmi (Polytekarfilmen) is a Finnish silent documentary film dating from 1924. The subtitle of the documentary is "The story of sport, polytheists and the gods of Olympia". The film aimed to raise travel funds for Finnish athletes traveling to the Paris Olympics.
Polyteekkarifilmi
1924 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaWhen the general manager of the factory, Lumiala returns from his travels, he learns that his wife Anna has hired a young man named Oras as an office assistant. Anna, who feels Oras is the fruit of his youthful sin, is ready to defend the boy despite his family's petitions and Ora's crimes. Ora's girlfriend Pansy also tries to keep him on the right track.
Vaihdokas
1927 · 1 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceDoctor's daughter Leila is getting married to engineer Lauri. Before the wedding, Lauri's ex-girlfriend Asta and poet Esko, who is in love with Leila, mess up the relationship between the happy couple.
Morsian yllättää
1941 · 6 votes
Movie9.5CrimeA man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.
Hiipivä vaara
1944 · 2 votes
Movie4.2DramaRomanceAfter many years away a woman returns to her hometown in Lapland with her husband. There she falls in love with a handsome forester.
Vihreä kulta
1939 · 6 votes
MovieThrillerDramaThe destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North.
Tåg norrut
1952
Movie5.4ComedyRomanceKatariina, an orphaned girl from the north, travels to Helsinki to live with her distant relative Mauri, who has been appointed her guardian. The unpretentious child of nature irritates, amuses, and charms Mauri, who is accustomed to high society, and his bachelor friends.
Poikamiesten holhokki
1938 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceTuulikki Tenho, who lied about her marital status to get a job as a secretary at a timber company, has to pretend that she is married to Yrjö Aaltonen, an architect she has just met. A romance begins to blossom between the couple, but it is revealed that Yrjö is already engaged to Virva Lieki, a dancer returning to Finland from abroad.
Minä ja mieheni morsian
1955 · 2 votes
Movie7.5ComedyBohemian painter Lasse receives a million-dollar inheritance from his aunt who has moved to Australia, on condition that he finds a permanent job, a spouse, and an heir within a week. To top it all off, Lasse must find the will, which unfortunately disappears inside a framed movie star poster belonging to his roommate Jop.
Poikamies-pappa
1941 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryA poet finds a new muse in young woman.
Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu
1940 · 1 votes
Movie5.9DramaRemembering the past, Rea returns to the moment that changed her life. Coming of age, Rea's alcoholic fate is wrapped around two men, composer Tauno Tarras and sea captain Erkki.
Olet mennyt minun vereeni
1956 · 8 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
Movie4.3DramaYoung farmer Paavo's wife dies in childbirth, and their baby soon after. The wife's family claim back the dowry she brought to their marriage, but Paavo has already used most of it for improvements at the farm. Paavo's life starts going downhill as he resorts to drinking.
Miehen tie
1940 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaErkki, a journalist, suffers from epilepsy and agrees to be sterilized in order to marry his fiancée Helena. Unhappy about his infertility, Erkki begins to drink more and more, and eventually Helena returns to Helsinki to continue her studies. There she meets Associate Professor Sysikorpi, who falls hopelessly in love with her.
Hedelmätön puu
1947 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyWholesaler Paavo Markkanen faces a month in prison for drunk driving. Accustomed to an easy life, he avoids prison by switching places with his doppelgänger, the vagrant Knip, but ends up having to do strenuous physical training in his place. Meanwhile, Markkanen's new housekeeper Kaisa Kankkunen spends her days enjoying herself with her male friends.
Varuskunnan "pikku" morsian
1943 · 1 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceA young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end.
Täysosuma
1941 · 4 votes
Movie5.2AdventureThe young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karin. Chased by the Cossacks Martin escapes and joins the old wanderer. On the way Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women.
Kuningas kulkureitten
1953 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryBased on a novel by Aleksis Kivi. Follows the story of seven brothers of Jukola in 19th century Finland.
Seitsemän veljestä
1939 · 2 votes
Movie7.3DramaLasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
…ja Helena soittaa
1951 · 3 votes
Movie4.8CrimeDramaThe destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.
Pikajuna pohjoiseen
1947 · 5 votes
Movie5.9DramaOnce a naïve, love-struck girl now forsaken by her lover, Maija leaves her island home to work as a housemaid in the city, only to be seduced by her employer's son Erkki, then forced to leave the household in order to avoid the scandal of a pregnancy. With few prospects for a decent job, Maija is reduced to working as a bar hostess to make ends meet, ever fending off the advances of disreputable clients, even as she continues to hold out hope for an enduring love that will redeem her from her fate.
Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit
1944 · 11 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaA woman on vacation is mistaken for Greta Garbo.
Falska Greta
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.6ComedyRomanceCoal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
Lännen lokarin veli
1952 · 5 votes