Sakari Jurkka
1923 - 2012Evakko
Ville Salminen
Santeri Karilo, Linda Lampinen
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 Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
Evakko
Silja - nuorena nukkunut
Jack Witikka
Heidi Krohn, Jussi Jurkka
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 number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
Yöjuttu: Merkitty
Ismo Sajakorpi
Eero Melasniemi, Satu Silvo
Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit suicide, and resurrects at the city morgue after being pronounced dead. After the incident, she wanders out direction-less, being pursued by the doctor who treated her and also a strange, tall man.
Marked
Olemme kaikki syyllisiä
Aarne Tarkas
Veijo Pasanen, Aino-Maija Tikkanen
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 starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
Olemme kaikki syyllisiä
Tirlittan
Maunu Kurkvaara
Tarja Airaksinen, Heikki Savolainen
Young Tirlittan gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking for a new home, she meets a friendly policeman, a woman with goat, and a ringmaster with whom Tirlittan ends up performing in a circus.
Tirlittan
Rintamalotta
Aarne Tarkas
Leena Häkinen, Elina Salo
Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.
Rintamalotta
Kovanaama
Aarne Tarkas
Lasse Pöysti, Pentti Viljanen
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 news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.
Kovanaama
Pää pystyyn Helena
Esko Töyri
Jussi Jurkka, Heidi Krohn
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 childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.
Pää pystyyn Helena
