Veikko Itkonen
Director · 1919 – 1990 · Kauniainen, Finland
Veikko Itkonen (1919–1990) was a Finnish film director and producer.
Movies17
- MovieDocumentary
A touching documentary directed by Holger Harrivirta (1915-86) about Finnish children, about 70,000 of whom were sent to Sweden during the war years. The film's train of war children arrives from the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944, travels via Kuopio and Haparanda to Stockholm. In Haparanda, there is a sauna and a medical examination, as well as a check of the surrender papers. Another batch of Karelian war children travels via Helsinki and Vaasa to Umeå in the summer of 1944.
Movie6.0DocumentaryA short film about Lapland
MovieDocumentaryComedyThe history of money in Finland with a "candid camera" segment of people reacting to a banknote glued to the street.
MovieDocumentaryAn accurate description of the Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers from 1941 to 1943. Recruited in spring 1941, trained in Germany and all the way to the Caucasus. Narrated by a young TK man, front radio commentator Veikko Itkonen (1919-1990).
- MovieDocumentary
A beautifully filmed documentary film by Erik Blomberg about the Jämijärvi glider and motor flight training during the war year of 1942. Matti and Pekka are on both glider and motor flight courses. The end of the film is dramatic and charged, and it is not staged. How does a cloud flight training landing succeed in poor visibility when the field is lost? "At least that boy is still alive, the brave one is eating a rocket..."
Nuoret kotkat
1942
Movie8.0DocumentaryThe war documentary Rivilotta (1943), directed by Turo Karto, was filmed in the winter of 1941-42. The film, produced by the Finnish Defence Forces, presents the goals of the Lotta Svärd organization and the different aspects of the Lotta Svärd's work.
Rivilotta
1943 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDirector Emil Rantamo goes with his family to the country for the summer. The family's son Fritsu gets engaged to Tipuli Niemi. Sausage maker Niemi thinks his daughter is engaged to the manager Rantamo himself.
Voi veljet, mikä päivä!
1961 · 1 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
- MovieDocumentary
Documentary film about spring in Finland.
Movie8.0ComedyThrillerTimo plays a jealous husband who shoots his wife's lover on stage. The theater director urges the shy young man to gain experience with women and guns before the premiere. Both become familiar when Timo gets caught up in the schemes of his fellow actress Aili and a Russian spy ring.
Synnitön lankeemus
1943 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Boat trip from Savonlinna to Kuopio.
Movie5.0ComedyRomancePoor orphan coffee delivery girl loves a poor painter who can't sell his artworks. Painter likes delivery girl, but has stuck in a friend zone. Delivery girl tries to help the painter to get forward in his career, but meanwhile a rich woman becomes too interested towards the painter.
Tähtisilmä
1955 · 3 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryDocumentary film about Africa.
Matka mustien maanosaan
1952 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Smallholder collaboration and courses.
- MovieDocumentary
Confectionery production at the Huhtamäki Group's Hellas factory in Turku.
Movie7.0ComedyYoung inventor Janne is lonely. He falls in love with beautiful girls, but his feelings are not reciprocated. Heartbreak and failure rob Janne of his will to live.
Nuoria ihmisiä
1943 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaMusicAt the request of author Zacharias, Fredrik begins composing an opera, inspired by a summer walk in Backas, Espoo. He falls in love with Ebba, who sings like a nightingale about a young mermaid on the shore of the lake. Fredrik's infatuation causes a scandal in Helsinki society circles, as he is married.
Ballaadi
1944 · 1 votes