Ale Porkka
Actor · 1892 – 1969 · Viipuri, Finland
Movies12
Movie5.7ComedyA 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
Movie5.7DramaLiisa, the daughter of fisherman Simeon, is having a romance with Peter, a city dweller who has arrived on the island. Liisa feels she is being punished for her forbidden feelings when her fiancé Antti's sister Maija falls ill with diphtheria and Antti is lost at sea in a storm.
Saariston tyttö
1953 · 3 votes
Movie4.6DramaRomanceA story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
Niskavuoren naiset
1958 · 7 votes
Movie6.2DramaA story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Movie8.0DramaHistoryA biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful couplet singer - the "king of couplets".
Orpopojan valssi
1949 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaHelsinki judge Wilhelm Thorén arrives to investigate the financial mess at Niementaustan Manor. The estate of the declining Carenius noble family is on the verge of bankruptcy and should be put up for sale.
Jossain on railo
1949 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaArvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.
Maaret – tunturien tyttö
1947 · 1 votes
Movie3.8DramaIn 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
Movie7.5DramaHistoryThe life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
"Minä elän"
1946 · 2 votes
Movie4.3DramaRomanceEerikki Lind, a young university student working as a sailor, falls in love with the beautiful Kirsti on the canal. The budding Midsummer romance between the young people is overshadowed by jealousy and the tragic love story of Kirsti's parents.
Kanavan laidalla
1949 · 4 votes
Movie3.7ComedyA comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.
Alaston malli karkuteillä
1953 · 6 votes
Movie5.5ComedyThrillerTwo Finnish naval captains face spies in Gothenburg harbor during the second world war.
Kolmastoista koputus
1945 · 2 votes