Leni Katajakoski
Actor · 1935 – 2020 · Tampere, Finland
Movies24
Movie5.4ComedyTV MovieDuring the spring harvest, a strange man arrives in the village on the shores of Lake Pielinen, carrying a rifle and a backpack. He is a skilled worker, a ruthless talker, and a ladies' man. By the time the autumn snow falls, the village has changed. No one can quite figure out the man. He calls himself Simpauttaja. Based on Heikki Turunen's award-winning debut novel, the film is a tragicomic portrayal of rural change.
Simpauttaja
1975 · 7 votes
Movie4.5ComedyMusicAn idle work crew is ordered to go and heat up an abandoned house before it is demolished. A road sign pointing in the wrong direction leads them astray, and the men end up at an empty hotel, where they begin a program of evening entertainment led by Severi Suhonen.
Mullin mallin
1961 · 2 votes
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
Movie4.5MusicPirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.
Tähtisumua
1961 · 2 votes
Movie5.5DramaFollows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after running away from the despotic master. He soon becomes familiar with hookers, card hustlers and alcohol.
Viimeinen savotta
1977 · 11 votes
Movie5.6ComedyDramaA story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...
Putkinotko
1954 · 5 votes
Movie4.6ComedyA Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.
Vääpelin kauhu
1957 · 5 votes
Movie9.0ComedyEemeli, a lazy farm boy, is sent out into the world by his parents due to poor potato harvest forecasts. On his way to the logging camp, he meets Tommi, a man from Helsinki who sells razors and is headed to the same destination. At the logging camp, the loggers and Eemeli perform several musical numbers and flee from Isabella, the cook, who is hungry for men.
Oho, sanoi Eemeli
1960 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaRomanceKaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.
Patarouva
1959 · 1 votes
Movie4.3ComedyMusicThe musical comedy tells the story of two friends about Usko and Toivo, both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.
Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
1960 · 6 votes
Movie4.8ComedyAn uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.
Opettajatar seikkailee
1960 · 6 votes
Movie4.5ComedyA military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
Sotapojan heilat
1958 · 2 votes
Movie4.0ComedyA story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
Minkkiturkki
1961 · 4 votes
Movie4.6DramaRomanceA story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
Niskavuoren naiset
1958 · 7 votes
Movie7.3ComedyDramaYoung advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
Movie6.2DramaTV MovieHeavily built young woman Kaisu comes to work in a small grocery store in the countryside, run by a bossy old lady and her tiny and quiet grown-up son Erni. Faced with a common enemy, the unlikely young couple find support in each other, despite their physical differences.
Movie4.3ComedySailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.
Laivaston monnit maissa
1954 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyMauritz Grafvenhjelm, alias Moppe, an impoverished nobleman, and his friend Ville enjoy a carefree life as vagabonds in summery Porvoo until Moppe finds a large sum of money and receives a reward for it. After celebrating thoroughly at the Belvedere restaurant, he wakes up in the morning in a cell with no memory of what happened and learns that he has become engaged to the restaurant owner, Miss Svea Jonson.
Muuan sulhasmies
1956
Movie3.8DramaHistoryIn December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.
Movie9.0ComedyA radio reporter from Helsinki arrives in the village of Kankkula just before Midsummer to conduct interviews. The old sheriff demands that his nephew Lauri, who serves as the village policeman, continue the generations-old tradition of arresting the old master of Tippavaara, whom the sheriff believes to be brewing moonshine. However, Lauri is in love with the old man's niece Leena, and the couple's plans to get engaged conflict with Lauri's duties.
Kankkulan kaivolla
1960 · 2 votes
Movie6.3ComedyThe life of First Lieutenant Heikki Lilja, who is dating Colonel Taipale's daughter Tiina, is turned upside down when his company is ordered to search for the dangerous escaped convict Kahle-Kustaa. Things are complicated by Lilja's friend, the artist Paaso, and Paaso's admirer Merja Metsä, Lilja's strict superior Colonel Taipale, and Police Chief Mäkinen.
Johan nyt on markkinat!
1966 · 3 votes
Movie6.3ComedyCrimePolice chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.
Taas tyttö kadoksissa!
1957 · 3 votes
Movie8.0ComedyColonel Carolus von Haestman, presumed dead by his family, awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his childhood sweetheart, Amelie. His children and grandchildren, in turn, set out to find the runaway lovers. In the end, the funeral turns into a wedding and honeymoon.
Autuas eversti
1958 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyEngineer Kallio, who is searching for uranium, arrives at the summer hotel owned by Director Lehtelä, accompanied by his assistants Joltinen and Pummi and painter Väinö. The manager's daughter Anni, his wife Mammi, and hotel employee Sirkka try to figure out the guests' secret identities.
Yks' tavallinen Virtanen
1959 · 2 votes