Elli Ylimaa
Actor · 1900 – 1982 · Turku, Finland
Elli Ylimaa (1900–1982) was a Finnish film actress and older sister of actresses Regina Linnanheimo and Rakel Linnanheimo.
Movies24
Movie6.2HorrorFantasyAn archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceTeacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to study administrative sciences, but nasty fellow students make the girl leave the university and apply to become a nurse.
Neiti Tuittupää
1943 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyRomanceLiisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women when the eligible bachelor, doctor Eino Korpinen, takes a liking to her.
Varaventtiili
1942 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyRomanceA story about Meeri who is going through a divorce. She is hiding the relationship with a boxer. After seeing an advertisement in a magazine, she then hires a cavalier from an ad agency to escort her home from an upper-class party.
Vuokrasulhanen
1945 · 1 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
Movie5.5DramaRomanceStrong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.
Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä
1946 · 10 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceUnexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.
Maailman kaunein tyttö
1953 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaBlind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic person. Kind high school girl Martta loves Antreas, while office worker Jolanda is the fulfillment of his dreams. The blind and poor man's feelings are not reciprocated, but when he inherits millions, even the flighty Jolanda seeks Antreas' company.
Antreas ja syntinen Jolanda
1941 · 2 votes
Movie5.3ComedyMusicMusical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.
2 hauskaa vekkulia
1953 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaOlavi, a farmer's son, leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.
Movie9.0DramaAnni, the daughter of the Heikkilä family, is forced by her father to give up her plans to marry her beloved farmhand, Matti Väliportti. Anni's life becomes a struggle when her father's choice of husband for her, Toivo Erkkilä, turns out to be a violent alcoholic.
Taistelu Heikkilän talosta
1936 · 1 votes
Movie6.7ComedyThe military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attempts are made to teach him in different ways - the women of the locality are also interested in teaching. Soon Nieminen will be the competing with sergeant major Vasikainen for the affections of the colonel's cook Vieno.
Kaikkien naisten monni
1952 · 3 votes
Movie5.4DramaRomanceAarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher Ilona arrives in the village and causes complications when Aarne falls in love with her.
Movie8.0ComedyMauritz Grafvenhjelm, alias Moppe, an impoverished nobleman, and his friend Ville enjoy a carefree life as vagabonds in summery Porvoo until Moppe finds a large sum of money and receives a reward for it. After celebrating thoroughly at the Belvedere restaurant, he wakes up in the morning in a cell with no memory of what happened and learns that he has become engaged to the restaurant owner, Miss Svea Jonson.
Muuan sulhasmies
1956
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
Movie5.7DramaHistoryIn 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.
Aktivistit
1939 · 3 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceA young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her. She eventually does good, and charms the employer at the same time.
Tositarkoituksella
1943 · 3 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
Movie5.4ComedyRomanceEsko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when she finds about the bet, she agrees to marry him in order to get her revenge.
Vaimoke
1936 · 10 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
Movie5.3DramaEeva Isokari flees her home from the jealousy of her husband, judge Lauri. The next day, a body is found on the railway tracks. Lauri thinks his wife is dead. The woman, who has lost her memory, has ended up in a prison run by her husband. Known in english as A Woman of Crime.
Rikollinen nainen
1952 · 9 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryTornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna. The happiness of Hanna, who has fallen in love with Antti of Rehti Koskenalusta, is threatened by the evil and dangerous Korpikoski.
Koskenlaskijan morsian
1937 · 2 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
Movie3.4DramaThree Finnish girls travel to Stockholm to look for work. But soon they notice that the big city is not such a great place as they thought. Most of the foreign men who they meet there are crooks and liars.
Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa
1952 · 5 votes