Elvi Saarnio Movies

Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent...

This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868....

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

A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.

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...

In the late 19th century at Längelmäki two men kill a mailman and rob all the money he carried. Based on actual events.

The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and...

A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.

A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the children who have arrived there and their fates.

A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.

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....

A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.

A story about Marja Maronen, a 30-year-old office worker who is self-centered and pursues love and wealth. After her father's death, Marja is plunged...

A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to...

Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the...

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

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...

In this story, which focuses on the events of a single evening, Kaarlo Kaarila, a dedicated chief physician, discovers that his wife Irja is having...

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people....