Pentti Viljanen
Also Known As: Pena Viljanen
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: July 30, 1915
Age: 109 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 06, 1975
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Rintamalotta
Overview: Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Hedelmätön puu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-03-21
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Tyttö ja hattu
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-08-04
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Markan tähden
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1938-10-02
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Kohtalo johtaa meitä
Overview: Sirkka feels she's doing the right thing when she kills her cruel stepfather. But there is a witness to the murder, the musician Eino. However, he helps Sirkka get rid of the dead body. Suspected by the police for the murder Sirkka flees abroad.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-05-20
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Lumikki ja 7 jätkää
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-09-18
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Tähtisilmä
Overview: Poor orphan coffee delivery girl loves a poor painter who can't sell his artworks. Painter likes delivery girl, but has stuck in a friend zone. Delivery girl tries to help the painter to get forward in his career, but meanwhile a rich woman becomes too interested towards the painter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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Maailman kaunein tyttö
Overview: Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-01-23
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Synnitön lankeemus
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Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-11-21
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Minäkö isä!
Overview: A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not reveal their previous meetings to their suspicious spouses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-04-30
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Kun on tunteet
Overview: Based on short stories by early 20th century feminist writer Maria Jotuni, the film is a series of lively dialogue scenes between men and women, young and old, living in a small Finnish town. Most episodes evolve into humorous battles between the sexes. The film's central character is a young maid played by Maija Karhi.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-08-13
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Villi Pohjola
Overview: A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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Kuisma ja Helinä
Overview: In the 1880s, an unruly group of Cossacks stays in Sankola's house in Hämälä. Soon the group's leader Kuisma sets his sights on the house's adopted daughter Helina . Isma, the owner of the farm, has also fallen in love with Helina.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-11-15
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En ole kreivitär
Overview: Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess and a false one cause misunderstandings. The film won Jussi Awards for filming and staging.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-11-24
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Hän tuli ikkunasta
Overview: Tom Mack falls in love with fashion designer Leila Linna. Romance develops, with a little diamond smuggling to keep things interesting.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-04-30
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Tuomari Martta
Overview: Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle, the mother's place is at home with the child and not at work. Only her mother-in-law Ilona encourages Martta to advance in her career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-03-20
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Miehen kylkiluu
Overview: Pharmacy student Aina Zinck and doctor Yrjö Kallio are a young couple who are drawn into patterns of jealousy in their small Finnish town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1937-11-14
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Kalle Aaltosen morsian
Overview: The S/S Vellamo heads to Alexandria with Kaarina, the daughter of the ship's owner Hallerman, on board. As Kaarina trades places with the family's housekeeper Marja, first mate Yrjö takes a liking to Marja whom he believes to be miss Hallerman. Meanwhile Kaarina, pretending to be a member of the cleaning staff, starts getting close with lower ranking officer Kalle Aaltonen.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-10-08
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Taistelu Heikkilän talosta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1936-11-01
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Kaikkien naisten monni
Overview: The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attempts are made to teach him in different ways - the women of the locality are also interested in teaching. Soon Nieminen will be the competing with sergeant major Vasikainen for the affections of the colonel's cook Vieno.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-07-04
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Hiipivä vaara
Overview: A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1944-11-05
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Silja – nuorena nukkunut
Overview: 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 meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-04-26
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Rantasuon raatajat
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-12-25
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Oi, aika vanha, kultainen…!
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-02-22
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Avioliittoyhtiö
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1942-08-09
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Tyttö astuu elämään
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1943-02-28
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Ristikon varjossa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1945-01-20
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Mitäs me taiteilijat
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-03-28
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On lautalla pienoinen kahvila
Overview: Journalist Sanni visits the countryside to write about the timber industry. Looking for a room she is immediately thrust into the merry community of loggers, always up for a song, but one of them, Hurma-Jussi, is a little too persistent. Luckily, she is “saved” by the handsome lumberjack Eräs.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-05-30
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Vihdoinkin hääyö…
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
Overview: Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends about Usko (Tommi Rinne) and Toivo (Leif Wager), both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-05-13
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Villin Pohjolan kulta
Overview: A western set in the "Wild North".
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Yks' tavallinen Virtanen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-08-14
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Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina
Overview: Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard children, a painting is created that wins first prize at a contemporary art exhibition. In the meantime, the men, along with their assistant Miss Kaihokielo, have been charged with art theft. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, the Puupääs use the art prize money to convert the house's bomb shelter into a children's clubroom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1959-09-18
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Oho, sanoi Eemeli
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-01-21
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Toivelauluja
Overview: A film centered around a popular Finnish song book
Genres: Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1961-03-23
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Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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Opettajatar seikkailee
Overview: An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-10-28
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Kirkastuva sävel
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-11-08
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Tytön huivi
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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Muhoksen Mimmi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-10-24
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Yhden yön hinta
Overview: The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-02-22
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Se alkoi sateessa
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-08-28
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Pieni luutatyttö
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-10-17
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Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-12-16
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Varsovan laulu
Overview: A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Kovanaama
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-01-29
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Helunan häämatka
Overview: A story about the passengers of the inland waterway Heinävesi. Salli, the daughter of the captain, dreams of an acting career and joins a performance by a theater company traveling on a ship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-09-16
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Alaston malli karkuteillä
Overview: A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-12-25
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Laivaston monnit maissa
Overview: Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-07-16
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Putkinotko
Overview: A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-09-10
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Laivan kannella
Overview: Young sailor Arvi falls in love with a dance girl Kerttu in a Spanish tavern, who says that she is half-Finnish and wants to go find her real father.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-11-26
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Kulkurin masurkka
Overview: A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-01-24
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Sankari kuin sankari
Overview: Bakery entrepreneur August Kassinen is worried about his musician son, who is going on a tour with his singer girlfriend. Kassinen's business affairs do not go smoothly, and through misunderstandings related to black market transactions, he gets into trouble with the police.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-03-19
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Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla
Overview: Finnish telefilm adaptation of Gorky’s famous play, The Lower Depths, by director Mikko Niskanen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-14
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Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä
Overview: Pekka Puupää and Pätkä, who return to Helsinki from an unsuccessful variety show tour, are forced into refresher training, where they are trained as frogmen. During the diving exercises, the friends encounter the mermaid Helmi, whom they help into the bathtub at home, to Justiina's shock. The friends, who have become civilians, eventually end up on a plane bound for Suez, being cornered by UN soldiers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-12-20
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Niskavuoren naiset
Overview: A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1958-09-19
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Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä
Overview: Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1960-03-11
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Lännen lokarin veli
Overview: Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-04-25
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Kummituskievari
Overview: Log driver brothers and crooks compete in trying to find loot of an old bank robbery in a supposedly haunted inn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1954-03-19
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Omena putoaa…
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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Maaret – tunturien tyttö
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1947-11-27
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Viikon tyttö
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1946-08-16
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Komppanian neropatit
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1952-07-18
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Pontevat pommaripojat
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1948-12-23
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2 hauskaa vekkulia
Overview: Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-04-30
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Sankarialokas
Overview: Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-07-28
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Herra sotaministeri
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-08-09
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Lain mukaan
Overview: Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-03-23
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Ryysyrannan Jooseppi
Overview: Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1955-04-08
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Miljonäärimonni
Overview: A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1953-07-03
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Tyttö tuli taloon
Overview: Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1956-02-03
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Vääpelin kauhu
Overview: A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1957-07-19
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