Movies: Pentti Irjala

  • 1951
    Lakeuksien lukko

    Lakeuksien lukko (1951)

    Lakeuksien lukko

    51951HD

    Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to defy the project to drain Lohikoski's lands. Durin...

    Lakeuksien lukko
  • 1957
    Risti ja liekki

    Risti ja liekki (1957)

    Risti ja liekki

    41957HD

    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
  • 1961
    Pikku Pietarin piha

    Pikku Pietarin piha (1961)

    Pikku Pietarin piha

    6.81961HD

    A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person – and hint at magical powers....

    Pikku Pietarin piha
  • 1953
    Senni ja Savon sulttaani

    Senni ja Savon sulttaani (1953)

    Senni ja Savon sulttaani

    31953HD

    University student Jaakko and master's degree holder Aarne arrive in a rural village, where they become involved in organizing a charity event and the relationship problems of farmhand Kaapro and maid Senni....

    Senni ja Savon sulttaani
  • 1962
    Vaarallista vapautta

    Vaarallista vapautta (1962)

    Vaarallista vapautta

    71962HD

    Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all...

    Vaarallista vapautta
  • 1962
    Älä nuolase…

    Älä nuolase… (1962)

    Älä nuolase…

    5.71962HD

    Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the prize is actually worthless. Posing as American oil millionaires, the men get caught up in a web of ...

    Älä nuolase…
  • 1960
    Justus järjestää kaiken

    Justus järjestää kaiken (1960)

    Justus järjestää kaiken

    01960HD

    Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella....

    Justus järjestää kaiken
  • 1955
    Onni etsii asuntoa

    Onni etsii asuntoa (1955)

    Onni etsii asuntoa

    01955HD

    Due to the post-war housing shortage, Pirkko, who has nowhere to sleep, is given accommodation at the full-service guesthouse run by landlady Töttermanska. There she meets the other residents: student Eskoo, foreman Heikki, antique dealer Theodor, an...

    Onni etsii asuntoa
  • 1954
    Hei, rillumarei!

    Hei, rillumarei! (1954)

    Hei, rillumarei!

    71954HD

    Traveler Severi travels to Helsinki to enjoy some culture, where he meets Sinikka and Simo, who run a buying and selling business. At a customs auction, he buys a painting that businessman Kehveli and his assistants also have their eyes on....

    Hei, rillumarei!
  • 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
  • 1953
    Lentävä kalakukko

    Lentävä kalakukko (1953)

    Lentävä kalakukko

    61953HD

    After a robbery, a gang of bandits led by Kulaus-Ramperi flees Helsinki on the Kuopio express train "Lentävä kalakukko" and tries to hide in the crowded train filled with music and singing. The cheerful conductor Saastamoinen protects the motley crew...

    Lentävä kalakukko
  • 1954
    Kovanaama

    Kovanaama (1954)

    Kovanaama

    5.31954HD

    Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life....

    Kovanaama
  • 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
  • 1959
    Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen

    Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen (1959)

    Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen

    51959HD

    Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The peaceful rural life is interrupted when small farmer Pullin's hay barn is destroyed in a fire and Anita and Aarne...

    Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
  • 1955
    The Doll Merchant

    The Doll Merchant (1955)

    The Doll Merchant

    5.51955HD

    A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state....

    The Doll Merchant
  • 1958
    Äidittömät

    Äidittömät (1958)

    Äidittömät

    01958HD

    Professor Derek Wytycky and his son Hans, who are immersed in the study of Indian poetry, wake up one day to find that the mother of the family is nowhere to be seen. When their housekeeper Gloria also leaves, having had enough of the absent-minded m...

    Äidittömät
  • 1952
    Kuollut mies kummittelee

    Kuollut mies kummittelee (1952)

    Kuollut mies kummittelee

    41952HD

    Sarmo explores the mystery associated with the murder of a landowner and the tangle of crimes, threats, and conspiracies created by a letter he left behind. At the same time Sarmo helps the consuls of imaginary small states of South America in a diff...

    Kuollut mies kummittelee
  • 1949
    Aaltoska orkaniseeraa

    Aaltoska orkaniseeraa (1949)

    Aaltoska orkaniseeraa

    61949HD

    Two children get involved in the adventure as the bustling caretaker Mrs. Aaltoska and crime reporter "Hawkeye" Lipponen start chasing the mysterious criminal league....

    Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
  • 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
  • 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