Dog Nail Clipper 2004

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...

Pekko ja unissakävelijä 1997

Pipsa has fallen prey to a shady scientist Kalevi. Pekko tries to save her.

Pekko ja muukalainen 1996

A Black man arriving in Tyräaho causes consternation among the villagers. Meeri Aavasuo wants an adopted child and to promote the cause, she tries to get Pekko as her husband, whose heart still beats for Pipsa. Beauty salon owner Kaisa Kuovi's and her policeman Reino's baby goes missing.

Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti 1992

Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finland into a kingdom.

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla 1990

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus 1988

Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.

Koomikko 1983

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations of bird sounds. Alienated look at the frustrations of show business, as presented by a cast of popular Finnish TV comedians with their absurd dialogue and eccentric inside jokes.

Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa 1982

Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods.

For the Matches 1980

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...

Mitäs me sankarit 1980

Piilopirtti 1978

Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month.

Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy 1978

Uuno Turhapuro, a useless bum who has married money, creates havoc around his father-in-law's presidential campaign. He dresses up as his long-lost, wealthy brother from America, but things go awry when the real brother appears. At some point Uuno takes up a job at a hardware store, only to warm up a classic TV sketch perfected years earlier by the film's writer-producer Spede Pasanen. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki

Viu-hah hah-taja 1974

Meiltähän tämä käy 1973

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta 1971

Inspector Palmu's Error 1960

A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä 1960

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

The Harvest Month 1956

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 novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.

Villi Pohjola 1955

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