Emmi Jurkka
Actor · 1899 – 1990 · Helsinki, Finland
Emmi Jurkka (1899–1990) was a Finnish stage, film and television actress. Her children Sakari, Vappu and Jussi Jurkka were all actors, as were her brothers Arvi and Valter Tuomi, her nephew Rauli Tuomi, her niece Liisa Tuomi and her husband Eino Jurkka.
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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
Movie8.0ComedyMauri Huhkinen, a busy man in Tukkilahden, has taken on so many municipal positions of trust that he has three meetings in one evening and no time for his family. Everything changes when the residents of Tukkilahden hear about Mauri and his fellow trustees' rowdy night out at a restaurant in Helsinki.
Eulalia-täti
1940 · 1 votes
- MovieComedy
A comedy play, the plot of which is about a father who is a local doctor going on a sick leave and his son becoming a fake doctor in his father's place.
Pelle Petteri
1940
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
Movie5.6ComedyA man who has little compassion for his friend's and wife's toothache, soon learns how bad it can be when he gets one of his own.
Movie4.0ComedySock manufacturer August Lampaanpää finds himself in financial difficulties due to the upkeep of his girlfriend Kyllikki Mattler, appeasing his wife, and opposing his daughter Vappu's plans to marry car mechanic Manne Hietikko.
Kun isä tahtoo…
1935 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe hotel owned by widow Ida Hentola is full of artists who can't pay their bills. The energetic manager isn't too happy about her daughter Mirjami and painter Akseli Niemelä getting all lovey-dovey. Misunderstandings caused by a lottery ticket mess up the hotel.
Maskotti
1943 · 1 votes
Movie4.3DramaYoung farmer Paavo's wife dies in childbirth, and their baby soon after. The wife's family claim back the dowry she brought to their marriage, but Paavo has already used most of it for improvements at the farm. Paavo's life starts going downhill as he resorts to drinking.
Miehen tie
1940 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaGrandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.
Pää pystyyn Helena
1957 · 3 votes
Movie4.0ComedyTwo competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.
Iloinen Linnanmäki
1960 · 4 votes
Movie4.5DramaComedyBased on short stories by early 20th century feminist writer Maria Jotuni, the film is a series of lively dialogue scenes between men and women, young and old, living in a small Finnish town. Most episodes evolve into humorous battles between the sexes. The film's central character is a young maid played by Maija Karhi.
Kun on tunteet
1954 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyLife on a farm in Kitkankoski is disrupted when construction of a hydroelectric power plant begins in the area. Determined Emma, who has returned from America, and stubborn local farmer Jeremias Junnila clash when Junnila refuses to produce milk for the construction site. At the same time, a romance blossoms between Junnila's daughter Hillevi and Eero, who works at the construction site, but Eero is not the only worker who seeks Hillevi's love.
Oi, muistatkos…
1954 · 2 votes
Movie8.1DramaComedyLiisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history, everyone does not accept the relationship. In addition, Liisa has her own doubts, and a secret that does not endure the daylight.
Puck
1942 · 4 votes
Movie10.0DramaComedyThe film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the family.
Suomisen perhe
1941 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaSenator Fredrik, who advocates a policy of appeasement, expels his nephew Robert, an activist and lover of Justiina, from his home. Decades later, the lovers meet again when Robert returns to claim his inheritance.
Eteenpäin – elämään
1939 · 1 votes
Movie5.0ComedyA traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not reveal their previous meetings to their suspicious spouses.
Minäkö isä!
1954 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyIn this comedy set in Helsinki in 1940, laid-off office girls Sirkku, Irkku, and Mirkku forget their everyday worries in the company of cheerful musicians Vallen, Jalle, and Nalle.
Ketunhäntä kainalossa
1940 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaCrimeÅke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. He wants to get rich no matter what. After holidays with his girl Rita, he comes back to Helsinki completely broke and meets up with his buddy Jussi in a bar. For months they embezzle money from the bank, but eventually do realize they have to cover the missing amount by orchestrating and committing a robbery which will then rouse the interest of the police. A hide and seek follows as they try to make their way abroad.
Yö on pitkä
1952 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DramaAdventureIn the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becomes Roope the Pirate, the most famous pirate in the Baltic Sea, whose legendary life includes scheming and partying, sword fights and women's adventures.
Rosvo Roope
1949 · 4 votes
Movie10.0ComedyMartti Vaara, secondary school graduate gets monetary help from his rich uncle under the pretense to get married and have kids. When the uncle unexpectedly arrives to look at the little one, Martti persuades his friends to get involved on the hoax.
Se parhaiten nauraa, joka viimeksi nauraa
1921 · 1 votes
Movie6.6DramaRomanceIn the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
1956 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DramaYoung Vesterinen gets to fulfill his musical dreams with the support of his friend Mirja. His passion for playing the accordion takes Vili from Viipuri to Helsinki, where his friendship with pianist Jaakko helps him advance his career.
Säkkijärven polkka
1955 · 1 votes
Movie7.3DramaLasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
…ja Helena soittaa
1951 · 3 votes
Movie4.5ComedyRomanceUlla Järvinen gets a telegram about the death of her aunt and that she has inherited a manor, but the aunt is very much alive.
Kilroy sen teki
1948 · 4 votes