Elvi Saarnio Movies

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...

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

Three Finnish girls travel to Stockholm to look for work. But soon they notice that the big city is not such a great place as they thought. Most of...

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

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

The priest's daughter, Vappu Kankare first irritates and then admires the ambitious habitant, Jalmar "Jali" Kinnunen. After the studies, Vappu and...

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.

The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride...

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...

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.

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

The film revolves around Vihtori's clandestine involvement with an attractive and rather worldly young woman named Ritva, who is planning to marry...

Lonely ghost Mister Who goes around scaring orphan kids in this Finnish children's musical.