Movies: Pentti Viljanen

  • 1953
    Se alkoi sateessa

    Se alkoi sateessa (1953)

    Se alkoi sateessa

    01953HD

    Vuokko takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a fishing hut and meets a mysterious man whom she suspects is the smuggler Rompan Eetu. Instead of reporting him, Vuokko decides to follow him to Helsinki to the smugglers' hideout on the condition that he ...

    Se alkoi sateessa
  • 1967
    Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla

    Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla (1967)

    Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla

    01967HD

    Finnish telefilm adaptation of Gorky’s famous play, The Lower Depths, by director Mikko Niskanen....

    Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla
  • 1954
    Minäkö isä!

    Minäkö isä! (1954)

    Minäkö isä!

    31954HD

    A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not reveal their previous meetings to their suspicious spouses....

    Minäkö isä!
  • 1953
    Maailman kaunein tyttö

    Maailman kaunein tyttö (1953)

    Maailman kaunein tyttö

    31953HD

    Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire....

    Maailman kaunein tyttö
  • 1936
    Taistelu Heikkilän talosta

    Taistelu Heikkilän talosta (1936)

    Taistelu Heikkilän talosta

    01936HD

    Anni, the daughter of the Heikkilä family, is forced by her father to give up her plans to marry her beloved farmhand, Matti Väliportti. Anni's life becomes a struggle when her father's choice of husband for her, Toivo Erkkilä, turns out to be a viol...

    Taistelu Heikkilän talosta
  • 1943
    Tuomari Martta

    Tuomari Martta (1943)

    Tuomari Martta

    41943HD

    Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle, the mother's place is at home with the child and not at work. Only her mother-in-law Ilona encourages Martta to advance in her career....

    Tuomari Martta
  • 1957
    Vääpelin kauhu

    Vääpelin kauhu (1957)

    Vääpelin kauhu

    3.81957HD

    A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service....

    Vääpelin kauhu
  • 1960
    Kaks' tavallista Lahtista

    Kaks' tavallista Lahtista (1960)

    Kaks' tavallista Lahtista

    31960HD

    The musical comedy tells the story of two friends about Usko and Toivo, both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen....

    Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
  • 1961
    Toivelauluja

    Toivelauluja (1961)

    Toivelauluja

    31961HD

    A film centered around a popular Finnish song book. Young lovers Pirkko and Pekka break off their engagement at the end of an evening spent at a dance restaurant. At home, Pirkko finds a songbook in her room, whose songs turn into musical scenes. The...

    Toivelauluja
  • 1938
    Markan tähden

    Markan tähden (1938)

    Markan tähden

    2.51938HD

    Irmeli, 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 ne...

    Markan tähden
  • 1952
    Yhden yön hinta

    Yhden yön hinta (1952)

    Yhden yön hinta

    61952HD

    The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift....

    Yhden yön hinta
  • 1955
    Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

    Ryysyrannan Jooseppi (1955)

    Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

    5.31955HD

    Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland....

    Ryysyrannan Jooseppi
  • 1952
    On lautalla pienoinen kahvila

    On lautalla pienoinen kahvila (1952)

    On lautalla pienoinen kahvila

    3.61952HD

    Journalist Sanni visits the countryside to write about the timber industry. Looking for a room she is immediately thrust into the merry community of loggers, always up for a song, but one of them, Hurma-Jussi, is a little too persistent. Luckily, she...

    On lautalla pienoinen kahvila
  • 1953
    Varsovan laulu

    Varsovan laulu (1953)

    Varsovan laulu

    61953HD

    A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable....

    Varsovan laulu
  • 1948
    Sankari kuin sankari

    Sankari kuin sankari (1948)

    Sankari kuin sankari

    01948HD

    Bakery entrepreneur August Kassinen is worried about his musician son, who is going on a tour with his singer girlfriend. Kassinen's business affairs do not go smoothly, and through misunderstandings related to black market transactions, he gets into...

    Sankari kuin sankari
  • 1942
    Avioliittoyhtiö

    Avioliittoyhtiö (1942)

    Avioliittoyhtiö

    71942HD

    Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beauti...

    Avioliittoyhtiö
  • 1944
    Hiipivä vaara

    Hiipivä vaara (1944)

    Hiipivä vaara

    91944HD

    A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty ...

    Hiipivä vaara
  • 1952
    Kaikkien naisten monni

    Kaikkien naisten monni (1952)

    Kaikkien naisten monni

    61952HD

    The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, a...

    Kaikkien naisten monni
  • 1937
    Miehen kylkiluu

    Miehen kylkiluu (1937)

    Miehen kylkiluu

    11937HD

    Pharmacy student Aina Zinck and doctor Yrjö Kallio are a young couple who are drawn into patterns of jealousy in their small Finnish town....

    Miehen kylkiluu
  • 1956
    Silja – nuorena nukkunut

    Silja – nuorena nukkunut (1956)

    Silja – nuorena nukkunut

    5.81956HD

    In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meet...

    Silja – nuorena nukkunut