Elvi Saarnio Movies

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

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...

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

Mauritz Grafvenhjelm, alias Moppe, an impoverished nobleman, and his friend Ville enjoy a carefree life as vagabonds in summery Porvoo until Moppe...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

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