The Match Factory Girl
1990
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Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at t...
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Acting
Elina Salo
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Elina Salo (born March 9, 1936 in Sipoo, Finland; died November 4, 2025) was a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).
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Filmography
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Le Havre
2011
star 7.0
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, an elderly shoeshiner with an ailing wife crosses paths with a young Afr...
Drifting Clouds
1996
star 7.6
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds...
The Man Without a Past
2002
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Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering onl...
Mumintrollet
1969
star 7.5
Moomintroll was a Swedish television series about the Moomins 1969 directed by Vivica Bandler and Ulla Berglund...
The Snow Queen
1986
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A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on t...
Juha
1999
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A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her...
Hamlet Goes Business
1987
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When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming...
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994
star 6.8
Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
Älä nuolase…
1962
star 6.3
Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already makin...
Iloinen Linnanmäki
1960
star 4.0
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celeb...
Vandrande skugga
1984
Inspector Palmu's Error
1960
star 7.0
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenan...
A Stranger Came by Train
1974
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An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in...
Petos
1988
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The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led b...
Sotapojan heilat
1958
star 4.5
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
The Farewell
1982
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Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repressed by her...
A Worker's Diary
1967
star 5.8
Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriag...
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979
star 8.0
Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but w...
Herra sotaministeri
1957
star 7.0
Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He...
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
1961
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A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought...
Poet and Muse
1978
star 5.6
Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary...
Linna
1986
star 5.0
Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the woebegone J...
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
1959
star 6.5
Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta...
Gamen
1973
Aa self-indulgent TV theater dramatization of Sigmund Freud's thesis on Leonardo da Vinci.
Justus järjestää kaiken
1960
star 8.0
Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.
Tie pimeään
1962
star 6.4
Klaus Grahn is a young student frustrated with his life. In an attempt to break free from his unfulfilling life...
Kultainen vasikka
1961
star 7.5
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Kulkurin masurkka
1958
star 3.8
A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will...
Tähtisumua
1961
star 4.5
Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is ke...
Minkkiturkki
1961
star 4.0
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
Rintamalotta
1956
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Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companio...
Vaaksa vaaraa
1965
star 3.5
A technician working in the telephony company receives a mysterious packet.
Pedon merkki
1981
star 4.5
Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
Scandal in the Girls' School
1960
star 7.0
The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In add...
Tyttö tuli taloon
1956
star 7.5
Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cou...