Cast: Toivo Mäkelä

Direction Roland af Hällström

Cast Mirja Mane · Toivo Mäkelä · Hillevi Lagerstam · Sakari Jurkka

Synopsis The Witch (1952) follows an archaeological expedition that uncovers the remains of a young woman, presumed to be a witch, buried in a bog centuries ago. Mysteriously, a naked woman materializes and causes chaos among the village men, leading everyone...

Direction Matti Kassila

Cast Joel Rinne · Matti Ranin · Leo Jokela · Elina Salo

Synopsis Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961) is inspired by a concise narrative penned by the renowned Finnish writer, Mika Waltari. This monochrome suspense film, captured on location in Helsinki, Finland, remains a notable and enduring achievement in the brief and often overlooked...

Direction Matti Kassila

Cast Holger Salin · Liisa Nevalainen · Petri Tanner · Jukka Eklund

Synopsis The Red Line (1959) unfolds in the year 1906, focusing on a destitute farmer residing in the remote forests of Finland, which was then under Russian rule. The farmer's primary concern is providing for his wife and their four children....

Direction Ville Salminen

Cast Eemeli · Vesa Enne · Hannu Halonen · Paavo Hukkinen

Direction Aarne Tarkas

Cast Risto Mäkelä · Rauha Rentola · Rose-Marie Precht · Åke Lindman

Synopsis The Stolen Life (1962) follows the story of a cantankerous and irritable accountant who devises a daring plan to pilfer a $25-million payroll from his company. To execute his scheme, he stages his own demise and, in a cruel twist,...

Direction Matti Kassila

Cast Gunvor Sandkvist · Matti Oravisto · Toivo Mäkelä · Paavo Hukkinen

Direction Matti Kassila

Cast Toivo Mäkelä · Emma Väänänen · Rauni Luoma · Aino-Maija Tikkanen

Direction Jack Witikka

Cast Martti Katajisto · Hillevi Lagerstam · Heikki Savolainen · Leena Kaprio

Synopsis The Doll Merchant (1955) follows the journey of an innocent doll salesman who finds himself in a perilous situation when he is wrongly identified as a dangerous anarchist by the repressive regime of a totalitarian state.