Gösta Salminen Movies

The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through...

Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of...

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a...

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

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.

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...

Story of first love affair during summer school holidays, in a pastoral setting.

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.

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...

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...

Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his...

Comedic musical film in which Iskelmä OY's manager has to deal with rising stars and old seniors.

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...

A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army.

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