Movies: Pentti Irjala

  • 1971
    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin (1971)

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

    41971HD

    A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in....

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
  • 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
  • 1958
    Asessorin naishuolet

    Asessorin naishuolet (1958)

    Asessorin naishuolet

    61958HD

    After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one....

    Asessorin naishuolet
  • 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
  • 1967
    Pähkähullu Suomi

    Pähkähullu Suomi (1967)

    Pähkähullu Suomi

    5.51967HD

    A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the film’s whole premise is about presenting Finland in hilarious fashion to foreigners and perhaps also makin...

    Pähkähullu Suomi
  • 1961
    Mullin mallin

    Mullin mallin (1961)

    Mullin mallin

    21961HD

    An 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...

    Mullin mallin
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1955
    Viettelysten tie

    Viettelysten tie (1955)

    Viettelysten tie

    41955HD

    Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the ship, they get into the wrong track and come across prostitution and drug crime....

    Viettelysten tie
  • 1956
    Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

    Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin (1956)

    Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

    4.31956HD

    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....

    Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
  • 1953
    Alaston malli karkuteillä

    Alaston malli karkuteillä (1953)

    Alaston malli karkuteillä

    31953HD

    A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee....

    Alaston malli karkuteillä
  • 1960
    Iloinen Linnanmäki

    Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960)

    Iloinen Linnanmäki

    2.51960HD

    Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s....

    Iloinen Linnanmäki
  • 1962
    Varjostettua valoa

    Varjostettua valoa (1962)

    Varjostettua valoa

    01962HD

    Surgeon Niilo Leino finds out that his former fellow student suffering from fears and insecurity is hired as his colleague. Leino tries to give him opportunities to show his ability but it occurs he hasn't escaped from his fears....

    Varjostettua valoa
  • 1958
    Murheenkryynin poika

    Murheenkryynin poika (1958)

    Murheenkryynin poika

    01958HD

    Heikki Aaltonen enlists in military service, leaving behind his father Hemminki, mother Mimmi, and beloved Helvi on the family farm. At the same time, another Heikki Aaltonen enlists, who is completely different in character from the future small far...

    Murheenkryynin poika
  • 1955
    Sankarialokas

    Sankarialokas (1955)

    Sankarialokas

    4.61955HD

    Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955....

    Sankarialokas
  • 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
  • 1959
    Punainen viiva

    Punainen viiva (1959)

    Punainen viiva

    5.81959HD

    The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his family in Kainuu in the early 20th century. While shopping in the village, Topi hears about the upcoming parliamentary elections. His wife Riikka decides...

    Punainen viiva
  • 1958
    Mies tältä tähdeltä

    Mies tältä tähdeltä (1958)

    Mies tältä tähdeltä

    6.21958HD

    Office clerk Eero Koskinen prefers to spend his nights drinking and reminiscing the war with his friends, instead of taking care of his wife and two children. A two-week drinking spree gets him fired, and a new job is not easy to find because of his ...

    Mies tältä tähdeltä
  • 1957
    Rakas varkaani

    Rakas varkaani (1957)

    Rakas varkaani

    41957HD

    Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young woman, but Lissie is more interested in the valuables she finds in the wealthy professor's apartment....

    Rakas varkaani