Fritz-Hugo Backman
Actor · 1907 – 1993 · Berlin, Germany
Movies12
Movie6.8HistoryDramaTäällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.
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Movie5.0DramaDocumentaryA documentary or rather a bulletin style movie about Finnish Air Forces in the 1930s.
Meidän poikamme ilmassa – me maassa
1934 · 3 votes
Movie6.6DramaA former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
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
Movie6.7DramaMaria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.
Lain mukaan
1956 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
Conscientious middle-class clerk, Mr. Lahtinen tries to find the melody of his life.
Herra Lahtinen lähtee lipettiin
1939 · 1 votes
Movie5.2AdventureCrimeThe Finnish coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law.
VMV 6
1936 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyJaakkola, a priest with a bad memory, gets a prescription for a spa day from Dr. Viljo. Ruustinna plans to bring her daughter Elina and the local doctor together. Jaakkola finds the mail he forgot in his pocket, including an important wedding invitation. Rovasti and Ruustinna plan to stop at the wedding on the way to the spa, but things get complicated and there are enough misunderstandings in the knots of love.
Rovastin häämatkat
1931 · 2 votes
Movie5.5ComedyUnemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen together and press thinks they are engaged.
Leena
1954 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyKalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to a court martial, and he resigns from his ministerial post to start a new life with his neighbor Leena.
Herra sotaministeri
1957 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaComedyOpri is an evacuee from Karelia and is forced to move into a nursing home when his cottage is demolished. He immediately begins to take care of other elderly residents and nursing home staff, as well as their romantic concerns, as soon as he steps into his new home.
Opri
1954 · 1 votes