Movies: Pentti Irjala

  • 1952
    Muhoksen Mimmi

    Muhoksen Mimmi (1952)

    Muhoksen Mimmi

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    The story of poor brake man Jaakko and beautiful train conductor Mimmi, who is also admired by welder Heikki, rapper Ranssu, bricklayer Martsu, and engineer Immu. The story also involves Jenny and Aleksi, a Roma couple who run a construction site can...

    Muhoksen Mimmi
  • 1957
    Risti ja liekki

    Risti ja liekki (1957)

    Risti ja liekki

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    Set in early 16th century Finland, a knight Olavi Gideoninpoika meets Mirjam Raakelintytär and falls in love. Mirjami hides in a monastery disguised as a choir boy, but is revealed by a monk Rasmus, who also desires her, and is put on trial....

    Risti ja liekki
  • 1954
    Niskavuoren Aarne

    Niskavuoren Aarne (1954)

    Niskavuoren Aarne

    5.81954HD

    Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the hou...

    Niskavuoren Aarne
  • 1963
    Turkasen tenava!

    Turkasen tenava! (1963)

    Turkasen tenava!

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    Architect Matti picks up Ritva and her young son while on a business trip. When the car runs out of gas, the travelers are forced to spend the night at a guesthouse, pretending to be a married couple. During the night, Ritva runs away, leaving the ch...

    Turkasen tenava!
  • 1961
    Tyttö ja hattu

    Tyttö ja hattu (1961)

    Tyttö ja hattu

    6.21961HD

    Mirja finds her grandmother's old hat in the attic and sets off singing along the road with it on her head. On her journey, she meets composer couple Theodor and Thea Tekonen and gets a ride from hat maker Kosonen and his son Ilmari, who falls in lov...

    Tyttö ja hattu
  • 1951
    Radio tekee murron

    Radio tekee murron (1951)

    Radio tekee murron

    6.71951HD

    Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coinc...

    Radio tekee murron
  • 1957
    Herra sotaministeri

    Herra sotaministeri (1957)

    Herra sotaministeri

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    Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to ...

    Herra sotaministeri
  • 1961
    Tähtisumua

    Tähtisumua (1961)

    Tähtisumua

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    Pirkko 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...

    Tähtisumua
  • 1958
    Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

    Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958)

    Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

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    Pekka Puupää and Pätkä involuntarily end up in Suez as peacekeepers. After saving the Caliph's daughter Suleiman from kidnappers on two occasions, the Caliph magically reunites the friends with Justiina....

    Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
  • 1961
    Oksat pois…

    Oksat pois… (1961)

    Oksat pois…

    51961HD

    Kalle leaves with his wife for their honeymoon in Airisto, but instead of a rental car, he mistakenly takes the getaway car stolen by robbers for a diamond heist....

    Oksat pois…
  • 1950
    Tapahtui kaukana

    Tapahtui kaukana (1950)

    Tapahtui kaukana

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    Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter dislikes. On a lonely skiing-trip across the vast wilderness, the young lady ends up in a shack inhabited by two research engineers and a funny old Lapl...

    Tapahtui kaukana
  • 1954
    Opri

    Opri (1954)

    Opri

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    Opri is an evacuee from Karelia and is forced to move into a nursing home when his cottage is demolished. He immediately begins to take care of other elderly residents and nursing home staff, as well as their romantic concerns, as soon as he steps in...

    Opri
  • 1955
    Kiinni on ja pysyy

    Kiinni on ja pysyy (1955)

    Kiinni on ja pysyy

    51955HD

    Pekka and Pätkä work as inventors. Pätkä accidentally takes a photograph of bank robbers, who begin to track down the photographer. Soma Koivu, the former secretary of the property manager Kiivas, and police officer Antero Kangas help Pekka and Pätkä...

    Kiinni on ja pysyy
  • 1957
    Kuriton sukupolvi

    Kuriton sukupolvi (1957)

    Kuriton sukupolvi

    6.51957HD

    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 ...

    Kuriton sukupolvi
  • 1958
    Sven Tuuva the Hero

    Sven Tuuva the Hero (1958)

    Sven Tuuva the Hero

    5.31958HD

    For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its her...

    Sven Tuuva the Hero
  • 1962
    Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu

    Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu (1962)

    Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu

    6.61962HD

    A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes problems for the police....

    Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu
  • 1952
    Niskavuoren Heta

    Niskavuoren Heta (1952)

    Niskavuoren Heta

    6.11952HD

    Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assi...

    Niskavuoren Heta
  • 1952
    Kipparikvartetti

    Kipparikvartetti (1952)

    Kipparikvartetti

    3.31952HD

    Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, the ensemble is named the Kipparikvartetti....

    Kipparikvartetti
  • 1955
    Villi Pohjola

    Villi Pohjola (1955)

    Villi Pohjola

    6.71955HD

    A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor....

    Villi Pohjola
  • 1956
    Muuan sulhasmies

    Muuan sulhasmies (1956)

    Muuan sulhasmies

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    Mauritz 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 ...

    Muuan sulhasmies