Pentti Irjala Movies

The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the...

A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He...

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

Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends...

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.

Director Emil Rantamo goes with his family to the country for the summer. The family's son Fritsu gets engaged to Tipuli Niemi. Sausage maker Niemi...

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

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,...

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...

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a...

An architect, who has recently married a new, younger wife, tries to re-connect with his ex-wife, who is being courted by another man.