Salli Karuna
Actor · 1902 – 1987 · Rauma, Finland
Movies24
Movie5.5DramaMaria, who lives in Hermann, Helsinki, takes in a baby abandoned on the steps of a bar. Mean neighbors call the foundling, named Stiina, a municipal orphan, which makes the girl ashamed of her background. Malicious gossip, constant poverty, and misfortune strengthen her spirit. Stiina grows up to be a brave and fair woman.
Synnin puumerkki
1942 · 2 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceMaster Tuula Vihervo teaches languages at a women's college, where American-Finnish Charles Thompson Jr arrives to do an inspection on behalf of his father's college donor. The arrival of a guest and Tuula's infatuation causes a stir inside the college and in a restaurant in Helsinki, where Tuula starts performing as the singer Irina Meller.
Amor hoi!
1950 · 3 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceTeacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to study administrative sciences, but nasty fellow students make the girl leave the university and apply to become a nurse.
Neiti Tuittupää
1943 · 4 votes
Movie10.0DramaThe proud widow of Sillankorva falls in love with her young neighbor, Jaakko Hallan, whom she offers to take in as her son. However, much to the bitter disappointment of the mistress of the house, the man falls in love with her daughter Johanna.
Sillankorvan emäntä
1953 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaFamilyBaron von Sumers, owner of the Tottisalmen estate, sends his mischievous grandson Klaus to learn manners at the vicarage in the neighboring parish. Yrjö, the vicarage's farmhand, has an accident because of Klaus and ends up in Tottisalmen for medical treatment. When Yrjö's resemblance to the baron's missing son is noticed, events from the past begin to unfold.
Tottisalmen perillinen
1940 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyRomanceA story about Meeri who is going through a divorce. She is hiding the relationship with a boxer. After seeing an advertisement in a magazine, she then hires a cavalier from an ad agency to escort her home from an upper-class party.
Vuokrasulhanen
1945 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDirector Tobias Strömberg reluctantly leaves for refresher training, which shoemaker Hesekiel Naukkarinen arrives at full of enthusiasm. Sergeant Naukkarinen from Savo and Sergeant Major Joki-Paavola from Ostrobothnia compete for the favor of Colonel Emma, the colonel's cook. The colonel's daughter Helvi charms not only Lieutenant Raimo Tappara but also the family man Strömberg.
Kersantilleko Emma nauroi?
1940 · 1 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
Movie6.0ComedySergeant Kalle Ryhmy, Second Lieutenant Ville Romppainen, and Mörökölli the cat travel from the front lines to Helsinki for a vacation. The trio, traveling by train, rescue the mysterious beauty Dora and Argentine war reporter Santa Rosa from a snowdrift, who lead them on the trail of an international spy ring hunting for military secrets.
Ryhmy ja Romppainen
1941 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaErkki, a journalist, suffers from epilepsy and agrees to be sterilized in order to marry his fiancée Helena. Unhappy about his infertility, Erkki begins to drink more and more, and eventually Helena returns to Helsinki to continue her studies. There she meets Associate Professor Sysikorpi, who falls hopelessly in love with her.
Hedelmätön puu
1947 · 2 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceA mysterious traveler encounters Dr. Mirjami and Inga on the road. They lure the young man to a boarding house, where their husbands already live, along with the poet Annikki, the boarding house landlady Mrs. Soisalo, and her lover Einar. All four women feel attracted to the traveler, who begins to receive anonymous love letters.
Suopursu kukkii
1947 · 3 votes
Movie8.7ComedyRomanceA romantic story about a rich girl, who is not used to household work, charms many men while working in the "Haukka" manor. The reason for this undercover work is a bet. Despite being a bad cook she soon becomes attracted to engineer Karma.
Kyökin puolella
1940 · 3 votes
Movie4.0ComedyRomanceIrmeli, a fashion designer enjoying herself in Hanko, is urgently needed at her workplace. Ritva sets off to fetch her sister, but ends up by chance as a maid at Director Markka's villa, where Irmeli soon finds herself too. Director Markka and his nephew Reima are charmed by the clever sisters.
Markan tähden
1938 · 3 votes
Movie4.0DramaHistorySet in 19th century country side and a small town. Leni and later her daughter Hanni living in Pimeänpirtti croft are seduced by Otto von Holten, the Patron of Kankaanpää Estate.
Pimeänpirtin hävitys
1947 · 3 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
Movie7.0DramaTuula, Mirri and Aino are roommates at a nurse college. At her hospital internship, Aino works with Dr. Eero who has had an affair with Viivi, the director of the nurses' dormitory. At the same time, Tuula is starting to get closer to Mirri's fiancé Ragnar who has begun to doubt Mirri's love and loyalty.
Synnin jäljet
1946 · 2 votes
Movie6.2ComedyThe everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the young judge Heiki to the extinguishing work, but due to the confusion, extinguishing the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Hilmanpäivät
1954 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.
Kesäillan valssi
1951 · 1 votes
Movie6.7DramaComedyA handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.
Gabriel, tule takaisin
1951 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaA story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.
Movie6.0DramaA couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the children who have arrived there and their fates.
Kolmiapila
1953 · 4 votes
Movie5.0ComedyThe tarragon regiment moving to the small town charms the women of the locality. Only trade counsellor Ottilia Mähönen considers them brutal barbarians and is horrified when her daughter Irja gives her room to cavalry master Osmo Kyrö who needs accommodation.
Punahousut
1939 · 3 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
Movie5.7RomanceHistoryBaron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's daughter, and promises to help save their home. Baroness Olivia Metter falls for the young student and helps him with the rescue plan.
Kulkurin tyttö
1952 · 3 votes