Sointu Kouvo
Actor · 1916 – 1991 · Helsinki, Finland
Movies18
Movie5.5ComedyPharmacy student Aina Zinck and doctor Yrjö Kallio are a young couple who are drawn into patterns of jealousy in their small Finnish town.
Miehen kylkiluu
1937 · 2 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceBased on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. A story of a milkmaid that falls in love with a student on holiday
Movie5.3ComedyCrimeSarmo explores the mystery associated with the murder of a landowner and the tangle of crimes, threats, and conspiracies created by a letter he left behind. At the same time Sarmo helps the consuls of imaginary small states of South America in a difficult situation, and charms their daughters.
Kuollut mies kummittelee
1952 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryA poet finds a new muse in young woman.
Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu
1940 · 1 votes
Movie7.7DramaFamilyA stepfather forces Liisa, an orphan girl, to leave her small town and go to Helsinki alone to sell brooms. With the help of a friendly vagrant named Maailman-Petteri and a homeless dog named Musti, Liisa prevents a burglary, and a kind police officer named Rinne and his wife help all the homeless people start a new life.
Pieni luutatyttö
1958 · 3 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
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
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
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
Movie4.3ComedyRomanceAfter her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opposition of Principal Kuusi, she decides to take the matriculation examination and, in order to improve her writing skills, responds to a correspondence advertisement placed by the mysterious Master Ahtojää.
Neiti talonmies
1955 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyMusicFarce which deals with the position of men and women, with the concept of marriage... It's a story about two men both called Vihtori in the vortex of love, gender and "estate".
Kaksi Vihtoria
1939 · 2 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
Movie5.0DramaIn his will, Assessor Walter Timelius acknowledges that he is the father of his former housekeeper Iida's child. The assessor's sister Agda does not accept her brother's illegitimate daughter Marja Kauria into the family. The jealous aunt is shocked when cousins Hans Timelius and Marja, who are studying together, fall in love with each other.
Neljä naista
1942 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyProfessor Derek Wytycky and his son Hans, who are immersed in the study of Indian poetry, wake up one day to find that the mother of the family is nowhere to be seen. When their housekeeper Gloria also leaves, having had enough of the absent-minded men, father and son hire private detective Mademoiselle Catherine Anaconda to investigate Mrs. Wytycky's disappearance.
Äidittömät
1958 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaRomanceAmanda and her cousin Eliisa run a food stall for the loggers, despite the crooked landowner Remander. Verneri, a street vendor from Karelia, and Olavi, who pretends to be a vagrant, turn the women's heads. When university student Oswald arrives in town, long-buried secrets begin to surface.
Taikayö
1954 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaPastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.
1918
1957 · 3 votes
Movie3.8DramaAfter returning home from being a prisoner of war Viktor gets a job from his friend Rolf with whom he had served. The men trust each other until Viktor meets Rolf’s wife Astrid.
Verta käsissämme
1958 · 4 votes
Movie6.5ComedyMasa, a drifter, meets Pikku-Aleksi, whose wife Jenny has just left him penniless on the side of the road. In their search for food, the friends end up at an army barracks, where Masa is mistaken for Major Pikkarainen, who has come for an inspection.
Majuri maantieltä
1954 · 2 votes