Aku Peltonen
Actor · 1886 – 1954 · Pälkäne, Finland
Movies24
Movie3.7DramaAfter being harassed at the office by her boss, Eila gets sacked and tries to find a new job. After difficulties, she eventually begins to work as a model to a sculptor.
Erehtyneet sydämet
1944 · 3 votes
Movie7.2ThrillerA group of Finnish activists are waging an underground war against Russian oppression led by young idealistic aristocrat Robert Hedman.
Movie9.0DramaJarvala's daughter Aliina and the miller Jalmari Hurttia are in love with each other. Jarvala's father does not approve of the miller as a son-in-law, because he wants his daughter to marry into wealth. The wealthy widower Elias Horha proposes to Aliina, who eventually agrees to marry the old man.
Keinumorsian
1943 · 1 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceStrong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.
Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä
1946 · 10 votes
Movie6.0DramaHelena, a beautiful school teacher in a countryside hamlet is just going to marry her childhood friend Erkki, but a day before the wedding her first love Jari arrives to the scene.
Soita minulle, Helena!
1948 · 4 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
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
Movie7.0DramaJoonas, a perpetual student living in a small town and working odd jobs, wants to spend May Day in Helsinki with his classmates from 30 years ago. His old friends are successful, but they have grown apart and are unhappy. Joonas helps them rediscover friendship and the joy of living.
Oi, aika vanha, kultainen…!
1942 · 2 votes
Movie9.0Drama18-year-old orphan Sylvi is unable to refuse the marriage proposal made by her guardian, Aksel. The young wife is unhappy with her elderly husband and loves her childhood friend Viktoria instead. Sylvi sinks into despair when Aksel refuses to grant her a divorce.
Sylvi
1944 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaOlavi, a farmer's son, leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.
Movie5.0ComedyAdventureLieutenant General T.J.A. Heikkilä travels to the Republic of Sierranueva together with his military servant Tlaca and Captain Silvio. The trio uncovers political machinations and helps the righteous marquis don Ramiro. Women can't resist the handsome Heikkilä, who takes the heart of even the beautiful Camilla.
Herra ja ylhäisyys
1944 · 4 votes
Movie6.0DramaYrjänä's farm is plagued by infertility and the lady of the house decides to get a child by any means to continue her famous family. She's in conflict with her husband and with the church.
Yrjänän emännän synti
1943 · 2 votes
Movie6.0DramaThe local doctor Aarno works with his nurse wife Asta. After the death of their child, the spouses have distanced themselves from each other. The man is completely immersed in the work, his invention of medicine, and the treatment of the outbreak of an epidemic for which the wife no longer has interest in. She is jealous of her husband's close work relationship with nurse Taina.
Suurin voitto
1944 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyElmeri Vara from the General Stabilization Party, Selma Vuorinen from the Free Enlightenment Party, and Irja Solanen from the Independent Women's Party are competing for seats in parliament. When young Pertti and his classmates start a campaign with caricatures against Vara and Vuorinen, whom they consider unfit, Principal Reino has to decide whether to support the parliamentary candidates or his students, and how he feels about the candidacy of his beloved Irja.
Kunnioittaen
1954 · 1 votes
Movie6.9DramaA young woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her family in hopes of securing their future, but her husband turns out to be an alcoholic brute of a man and she longs for the man she truly loves. In English known as Passionate Power.
Intohimon vallassa
1947 · 9 votes
Movie6.0DramaComedyOlli, a schoolboy from the Suominen family, accidentally causes two accidents, which he does not dare to confess to his father Väinö. He runs away from home in Helsinki and tries to get to the Savijärvi clearing camp with his friend Jaska. The journey, which began joyfully, turns into a nightmare when the boys, who have run into trouble, have to flee from the law and Olli's lively little sister Pipsa.
Suomisen Ollin tempaus
1942 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaAn adaptation of Frans Eemil Sillanpää's novel of the same title. Only a fragment of this film survives.
Nuorena nukkunut
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DramaJalmari, who does odd jobs at the harbor, rescues little Risto from being beaten up by older boys. The child is afraid of his violent foster parents and runs away to kind-hearted Jalmari. His foster mother Miina reports the escape to the Salvation Army, whose lieutenant Sirkka finds the boy in Jalmari's shabby cottage. Risto runs away again when they try to return him to his foster parents.
Nokea ja kultaa
1945 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaArvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.
Maaret – tunturien tyttö
1947 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaA young pastor feels attracted to Martin, a fisherman, and his fiancée Raili. Martin, in turn, is in love with Paula, a shop assistant at a beach store. Jealousy and guilt drive these men, entangled in their relationships, to extreme actions.
Kiusaus
1938 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaLeeni, a country girl, leaves to seek her fortune in Helsinki, but encounters numerous difficulties.
Haaviston Leeni
1948 · 1 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
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA small village provides a scene for intrigues, fights, love, jealousy, accusations, and revenge.
Unelma karjamajalla
1940 · 9 votes
Movie8.0DramaHistoryTaavetti, the young master of Rantasuo, refuses to give up, even though frost destroys his harvest, a crooked logger steals his forest money, and a dishonest bailiff takes away his freedom. The innocent Taavetti is sent to prison, and the indebted Rantasuo farm is put up for auction. The determined swamp clearer fights for his life, his loved ones, and his land.
Rantasuon raatajat
1942 · 1 votes