Olavi Virta

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• Movie8.0

  DocumentaryTV Movie

  Portrait of a national icon: iskelmä or popular schlager legend Olavi Virta (1915–1972), as an old, lost and lonely man. When the film was screened for the first time, people all over Finland went ballistic – they couldn't take the sad sight of their tango's greatest voice, the incarnation of postwar wealth and glory in ruins.

  Olavi Virta

  1972 · 2 votes

• Movie

  MusicDocumentary

  From the big band Ramblers to the chorus girls – everyone is giving their best. Matti Rajula on sax, Asser Fagerström on piano and Eric Tidlund on vibraphone. Singer Olavi Virta steps on stage and performs "mi onni tuo...". Margaretha von Bahr gives a fiery performance.

  Iskelmäparaati

• Movie4.5

  ComedyMusic

  The film follows a dress rehearsal of a charity concert.

  Suuri sävelparaati

  1959 · 2 votes

• Movie5.2

  ComedyRomance

  A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker.

  Rikas tyttö

  1939 · 4 votes

• Movie4.2

  ComedyMusic

  Tar Steam Princess Armada travels along Lake Saimaa to St. Petersburg and back during the years of Russian rule over Finland. The ship's crew gets tired of their sophisticated coffee maker and replaces her with Roma girl Veera, who has escaped from an arranged marriage. On the way back, mysterious passengers appear on the ship.

  Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta

  1950 · 4 votes

• Movie

  Comedy

  A man envies his neighbors' wealth and suspects them of being criminals. The wealth is revealed to have been acquired through gambling, and the envious man begins gambling as well.

  Vuosisadan salapoliisi

  1948

• Movie5.7

  Comedy

  A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to moralistic criticism, even though he is in fact only in love with the tailor's daughter.

  Nuori mylläri

  1958 · 3 votes

• Movie5.1

  Comedy

  Pete and Runt travel to Lapland to hunt the snowman in the hope of a cash reward, and take Justiina along as a bait.

  Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä

  1954 · 14 votes

• Movie9.0

  ComedyRomance

  Factory manager Risto Järviö is under his mother's thumb. When his mother forbids him from dancing with factory girl Seija Vaara, Seija decides to make anonymous phone calls to Risto to annoy his controlling mother. Risto falls in love with the voice on the other end of the line and begins to make major changes in his life.

  Minä soitan sinulle illalla

  1954 · 2 votes

• Movie5.0

  Comedy

  Justina urges Pete and Runt to get a job. As a result they meet an orphan boy named Otto while working as a park nannies. They offer to shelter the boy, but at the same time the father Antti, who has returned from the sea, is looking for his son together with Miss Raikas.

  Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä

  1955 · 12 votes

• Movie4.8

  Comedy

  St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private detective Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää has died or is still alive. The strange events are followed from the perspective of different characters.

  Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?

  1952 · 6 votes

• Movie7.5

  Comedy

  Bohemian painter Lasse receives a million-dollar inheritance from his aunt who has moved to Australia, on condition that he finds a permanent job, a spouse, and an heir within a week. To top it all off, Lasse must find the will, which unfortunately disappears inside a framed movie star poster belonging to his roommate Jop.

  Poikamies-pappa

  1941 · 2 votes

• Movie5.3

  Romance

  St.Petersburg, 1830. An arrogant Finnish baron is playing cards with a Russian officer. Needless to say, the Finn wins and the Russian gets extremely annoyed. The situation is not helped by the fact that the baron has been seeing a girl that the Russian officer has also set his eyes on. They decide to have a duel and after the Finn wins fair and square, he has to escape because the untrustworthy Russians are after him.

  Kulkurin valssi

  1941 · 9 votes

• Movie5.3

  ComedyRomance

  Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young woman, but Lissie is more interested in the valuables she finds in the wealthy professor's apartment.

  Rakas varkaani

  1957 · 3 votes

• Movie3.2

  Comedy

  While Leena is spending time at a health resort in the countryside, her husband Esa, an accountant, finds himself falling for Kirsti, who works at his office. The breakdown of their marriage also stirs up feelings in their adult children, who begin to question their own ideas about relationships.

  Vihaan sinua – rakas

  1951 · 4 votes

• Movie5.7

  Comedy

  Pekka 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

• Movie9.0

  ComedyMusic

  Waste paper collector Mikko dreams of being a wealthy mining engineer who succeeds in all his business ventures. He is also lucky in love when Clas, a factory owner, charming daughter Aune takes a liking to the charming mining engineer.

  Jos oisi valtaa…

  1941 · 1 votes

• Movie3.8

  Drama

  In the late 19th century at Längelmäki two men kill a mailman and rob all the money he carried. Based on actual events.

  Hallin Janne

  1950 · 5 votes

• Movie4.2

  ComedyMusic

  Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, the ensemble is named the Kipparikvartetti.

  Kipparikvartetti

  1952 · 4 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  Overworked industrialist Daniel escapes the hustle and bustle of high society to his old workplace at the Akkakoski log floating site. Working under a pseudonym, he befriends Moterni-Jaska, the oldest member of the loggers' group. His daughter Elisabeth follows in her father's footsteps by signing up as a camp cook and soon finds herself falling for Kari, the foreman.

  Kaksi vanhaa tukkijätkää

  1954 · 2 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  Young 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

• Movie5.5

  ComedyRomance

  The S/S Vellamo heads to Alexandria with Kaarina, the daughter of the ship's owner Hallerman, on board. As Kaarina trades places with the family's housekeeper Marja, first mate Yrjö takes a liking to Marja whom he believes to be miss Hallerman. Meanwhile Kaarina, pretending to be a member of the cleaning staff, starts getting close with lower ranking officer Kalle Aaltonen.

  Kalle Aaltosen morsian

  1948 · 2 votes