Pertti Weckström

Amerikalı gazeteci John Reed'in gerçek yaşam öyküsünden uyarlanan film, Birinci Dünya Savaşı'nı kendine arka plan olarak seçiyor. Louise Bryant yeni tanıştığı John için kocasından ayrılır. John ile tanıştıktan sonra feminist hareketlerde de yer alan Louis, daha sonra John ile birlikte Amerika'daki iş gücünü korumak adına önemli protestolara katılırlar. Ekim Devrimi sırasında Rusya'ya giderek buradaki komünist hareketlerden etkilenen sevgililer, Amerika'ya döndüklerinde benzer bir devrim gerçekleştirmeyi kafalarına koyarlar * O dönem yaşamış, devrime ve komünist hareketlere tanıklık etmiş kişilerle yapılan röportajlardan yararlanılan film, Warren Beatty'e en iyi yönetmen ödülünü de kazandırmıştı * ilk dakikadan itibaren soluk almadan izlediğim, diyaloglarıyla, hikayesiyle, olay örgüsüyle ve ihtiyarlarıyla izlenmesi gereken, ince görebilen, işlenmemiş değerli taşın değerli olduğunu anlayabilen gözler için değerlenen bir film

Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.

The Finnish army retreats during the war summer of 1944. Corporal Lauri Ojala is left on the wrong side of the Vuoksi River. He decides to break ranks with the army and goes home. Two months later, Ojala is forced to dig his own grave.

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

The unlucky layabout Isarkar Keturi brings a criminal gang to heel with the help of his assistant Mikael. He frees Irma, the daughter of mining magnate Tömstet, from captivity and a forced marriage to Kurt. Irma achieves her dream of becoming a pop star, with Isaskar's help.

A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.

A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.

Grandmother 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.

Story of first love affair during summer school holidays, in a pastoral setting.

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.

Life changes for Eeva, working in a hosiery factory as she was chosen as a model. Soon she gets involved in a police operation while working as a courier for her boyfriend.

Eeva serves two noblemen, who have treated their servant badly. She writes to her childhood friend Aapel and proposes marriage. The man does not believe the proposal, but leaves to fetch Eeva. Upon seeing the man's modest living conditions, Eeva regrets her decision, becomes ill-tempered, and refuses the engagement. At the same time, the cheerful gentlemen arrive to fetch Eeva, who dances with joy upon returning to her former life.

Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.

Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks deeper into poverty, gets into trouble with police and tax officials, all while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a real story.