Olli Varja Movies

  • 2009
    Backwood Philosopher

    Backwood Philosopher

    Backwood Philosopher

    5.82009HD

    Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a...

    Backwood Philosopher
  • 1993
    Ripa Hits the Skids

    Ripa Hits the Skids

    Ripa Hits the Skids

    5.81993HD

    A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects...

    Ripa Hits the Skids
  • 2006
    Harvest

    Harvest

    Harvest

    02006HD

    For the longest time, Anja Huovinen has been putting up with her husband’s (Juuso Hirvikangas) drinking and slackness. But she has reached the...

    Harvest
  • 2009
    Jeanne d'Arc

    Jeanne d'Arc

    Jeanne d'Arc

    02009HD

    A young woman recovering from a suicide attempt arrives in a war-torn city and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. Jeanne befriends the author...

    Jeanne d'Arc
  • 1994
    Total Balalaika Show

    Total Balalaika Show

    Total Balalaika Show

    6.21994HD

    A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a...

    Total Balalaika Show
  • 2002
    Dogs Have No Hell

    Dogs Have No Hell

    Dogs Have No Hell

    62002HD

    A typically idiosyncratic mini-mystery about a middle-aged man who gets out of prison, sells his shares in a company and announces that he’s...

    Dogs Have No Hell
  • 2013
    Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla

    Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla

    Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla

    4.82013HD

    Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988.

    Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
  • 1987
    Älä itke Iines

    Älä itke Iines

    Älä itke Iines

    3.81987HD

    Älä itke Iines is an absurd comedy about an eccentric community that lives on the roofs and attic of an apartment building, struggling to...

    Älä itke Iines
  • 1989
    Cha Cha Cha

    Cha Cha Cha

    Cha Cha Cha

    71989HD

    A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an...

    Cha Cha Cha
  • 1997
    The Collector

    The Collector

    The Collector

    5.71997HD

    Eevi's life isn't going the way she would want it to, so she runs away, leaving destruction in her wake. No one will ever say no to her again.

    The Collector
  • 1992
    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    5.51992HD

    Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström...

    The Prodigal Son
  • 2000
    A Stone Left Unturned

    A Stone Left Unturned

    A Stone Left Unturned

    7.72000HD

    The relationship between a father and his son is an infinite story with very few words. Silence is golden when it comes to expressing emotions.

    A Stone Left Unturned
  • 2001
    The Classic

    The Classic

    The Classic

    6.92001HD

    A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

    The Classic
  • 2002
    The Life of Aleksis Kivi

    The Life of Aleksis Kivi

    The Life of Aleksis Kivi

    6.72002HD

    Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, "Seven Brothers/Seitsemän...

    The Life of Aleksis Kivi
  • 1997
    Ensi tiistaina Brahmsia

    Ensi tiistaina Brahmsia

    Ensi tiistaina Brahmsia

    01997HD

    Ensi tiistaina Brahmsia
  • 1988
    From Russia with Rock

    From Russia with Rock

    From Russia with Rock

    81988HD

    A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's regime: the film follows underground bands' rise...

    From Russia with Rock
  • 2007
    The Foundry

    The Foundry

    The Foundry

    7.42007HD

    Workers of a foundry eat their lunch and watch Lumiére brothers film Leaving the Factory (1895).

    The Foundry
  • 2007
    Family Meeting

    Family Meeting

    Family Meeting

    02007HD

    Revolves around the 20-year celebration of the Wentus Blues Band and their jubilee concert at the Aleksanteri Theater in Helsinki.

    Family Meeting
  • 2026
    13 kylmää laulua

    13 kylmää laulua

    13 kylmää laulua

    02026HD

    Unfortunately topical socio-political songs from Tuomari Nurmio's catalog spanning over 40 years. The themed concert "Songs of War and Dictatorship"...

    13 kylmää laulua
  • 1985
    Suuri illusioni

    Suuri illusioni

    Suuri illusioni

    3.21985HD

    Caritas is a mysterious young woman who is the center of a group of decadent young Finnish artists in the 1920s. The real protagonist, Hart, is a...

    Suuri illusioni