Claes Olsson

Yellow Sulphur Sky (2021)

In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to remi ...

The Glass Pearl (2017)

The stifling existence of suburban Norway forces a twelve-year-old boy to spend his afternoons plundering rubbish bins, in search of something specific, something that might actually lead to a reward for him and his family. ...

We Are the Pirates of the Roads (2015)

The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods. Life changes for the Rosvolas when they accidentally kidnap 10-year-old Vilja, a diligent school girl. ...

K7 (2015)

The Battle of Näsilinna 1918 (2012)

Depicting the Finnish Civil War from the White army's point of view. Lieutenant Melin's soldiers mission is to penetrate the heart of the city and overtake the Nasilinna Palace from the Reds. ...

Fedya. Theodor. Tulio (2011)

It's discovered by chance that legendary Finnish film director Teuvo Tulio came from a remote village in Latvia near the Russian border. During his childhood he was known by the Russian nickname, Fedya. The local authorities immediately place a memorial st ...

Colorado Avenue (2007)

In the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as Dollar-Hanna, but in Finland she has to endure the Civil War and live through the prohibition. Hanna's independent spirit will guide her. ...

The New Man (2007)

Sweden 1951. A new society is developing, a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak... ...

Mystery of the Wolf (2006)

Adopted, 12-year-old Salla lives in Lapland. After she rescues some wolf cubs from a poacher, her mission to keep them safe helps her reunite with her mother, who shares her mysterious connection with nature. ...

Shades of Happiness (2005)

Story about human relationships, love and forgiveness. ...

The Ketchup Effect (2004)

A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provocative photos of her. ...

Karl and Marilyn (2003)

Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary people, after which he crosses paths with fame-seeking Marilyn. Ordinary Karl is the force that turns Maril ...

Raid (2003)

Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but learns on his return that his ex-girlfriend Tarja has presumably died in a fire that he soon discovers was a ...

Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003)

In rural Sweden of the early 1950s, little Elina goes to school again after recovering from tuberculosis, the same illness that has killed her father a few years earlier. Elina's family belongs to Finnish-speaking Finns frowned upon by a staunch schoolmist ...

The Handcuff King (2002)

It is winter in the mid-1970s in Tornio, a village near the northern border between Finland and Sweden. Esko is a boy with a lot of problems. He has succeeded in getting on the wrong side of his gang. ...

Pizza Passionata (2001)

The loneliest man in the suburbs opens his door to a stranger and gets caught up in the merry-go-round of love. ...

Kites Over Helsinki (2001)

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, ho ...

In Bed with Santa (1999)

Sara invites her ex-husbands and their new families to celebrate Christmas with her and her husband Janne. Sara has always wanted to have a baby with Janne, and at the dinner table she reveals the news: she's pregnant. The only problem is that Janne had a ...

Xenia of St. Petersburg (1999)

Katariina Lillqvist's puppet animation is a ballad about 18th century St. Petersburg, Catherine the Great's magnificent courtyard and the dim taverns of the suburbs. ...

Rikos & rakkaus (1999)

In a comedy set in Rovaniemi, the parish's housekeeper Kristiina Pahka falls in love with Marsipaani Räikkonen, even though he knows that the man is a petty criminal. Under the leadership of hard-hitting Inspector Rautapää, the city's police force will ...

Amazing Women by the Sea (1998)

In the early 1960s, Bella, her husband Kajus and their young son, Thomas, spend seemingly endless holidays together. Next year the arrival of new neighbors, Rosa and Gabe and their two daughters, start changing their lives. ...

Train Birds (1998)

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, ...

Lunastus (1997)

In a small village in Eastern Finland in 1918, Patrick, who has taken care of the chaplain, teacher and physician, has been filled with loneliness and brutal spirit of work for five years. ...

The Minister of State (1997)

A man uses a case of mistaken identity to gain the confidence of a small village, and in the process exposes universal human traits: honour, greed, honesty, and eventually love. ...

The Country Doctor (1996)

An animation based on a short story by Franz Kafka about a country doctor interrupted by an alarm clock on a quiet home evening. In a bomb-ravaged room are waiting a dying child and a group of black market traders playing cards. ...

Kummeli Stories (1995)

The war between Luxembourg and Finland sets the outline to a set of comedic stories about a rally team, gay couple's fishing trip, two hoodlums' last school days in the spring and a haunted hotel among others. ...

The Maiden and the Soldier (1995)

A strikingly realized puppet tale, based on an old folk ballad of a maiden who sets out to search for her lost fiancé in the turmoils of war. The beloved is found in a stationary hospital where the Grim Reaper is preparing for his gloomy task. It was insp ...

M.A. Numminen Sings Wittgenstein (1994)

Claes Olsson's first film about M.A.Numminen. Numminen sings Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's most famous phrase from his book Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen (What we cannot speak about ...

Kissan kuolema (1994)

In the closed community of a reform school for teenagers, the principal's daughter is found sexually molested. The schoolgirls seem to know more than they are willing to tell. ...

Sanokaa mitä näitte (1993)

The filmmaker interviews her 5 sisters, her brother, and her demented mother about their common past. The siblings have radically different narratives of their shared history, disagreeing on vital questions including which parent was abusive and which prot ...

Fritagen och trollbunden (1993)

Documentary about the role of women in rural northern Swedish society. ...

Akvaariorakkaus (1993)

Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in to live with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to experience orgasm. Trying to cope with the situation, Saara has a ...

The Kiss of a Sparrow (1992)

Dreamy and somewhat awkward 15-year-old Erik experiences the first heartbreak of his life when he falls in love with his fun-loving classmate Betsy. Unexpectedly, Betsy invites him to be her date for the Epiphany dance. Erik's proud entrance to the dance w ...

Wrist Watch (1989)

Short film. ...

Stiller, Garbo & jag (1988)

One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben is the grandson of Mauritz's brother. ...

Elvis kissan jäljillä (1987)

Story about the monetary problems of a movie producer and the pain and joy of film-making ...

Suuri illusioni (1985)

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 failed writer who dreams big thoughts about his artistic future. Based on the book "Suuri Illusioni" by Mika W ...

Hang in There, Boy (1985)

A young man grapples with the weight of societal expectations and personal choices. As his relationships fracture and his identity is tested, he embarks on a poignant journey of self-discovery, confronting what it means to truly belong. ...

Apinan vuosi (1983)

A young student seeks direction in his life to counterbalance the studies through female adventures. ...

Jon (1983)

Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the same company. However, the violence follows Jon in Norway too. ...

Flame Top (1980)

This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult ...

Yellow Sulphur Sky (2021)

In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to remi ...

Where Once We Walked (2011)

The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War. ...

Kites Over Helsinki (2001)

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, ho ...

Elvis kissan jäljillä (1987)

Story about the monetary problems of a movie producer and the pain and joy of film-making ...

Tvingad att leva (1980)

A writer and his girlfriend are attacked by a homicidal madman. ...