Kari Rydman

Paratiisin lapset (1994)

Eeva, the strong-willed and ambitious businesswoman, dreams to build a spa called Paradiso Baltica. ...

Friends, Comrades (1990)

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the confli ...

Pessi and Illusia (1984)

The fairy Illusia and the goblin Pessi meet. Pessi, who has only recently become independent, is a member of the Pessimists' family. They are proud of their practical and sensible attitude to life. Illusia's father, on the other hand, is Mr Illusioni, a fa ...

Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)

Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to marry ...

Villahousupakko (1977)

Timo Antero Kuusisto has been sick at home for a few days, and he must go back to school. His dad forces him to wear woollen panties. ...

Antti Puuhaara (1976)

In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge of his childhood. Two actors, the tragedian and the comedian, who were banished from Tsarist Russia to Karelia, had predicted to the crooked mer ...

Aikapoika ja mono (1976)

A young boy finds a magic talking shoe that can change his voice to that of an adult. ...

Vinski ja Vinsentti (1970)

A Worker's Diary (1967)

Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements. ...

Onnenpeli (1965)

Jussi is a magazine editor who lives in an inherited apartment in Kruununhaka with his sister Eeva, who works as a summer editor, and his flight attendant girlfriend Leena. ...

Kielletty kirja (1965)

An author writes a historical novel about witch persecution and is accused of blasphemy. ...

Kitka - a poem in living water (1963)

Tie pimeään (1962)

Klaus Grahn is a young student frustrated with his life. In an attempt to break free from his unfulfilling life he tries to commit the perfect crime and forges a large check. Quickly he runs out of money and the police identifies him as the criminal, and s ...

Yö vai päivä (1962)

A French cultural research group arrives in Finland. From Helsinki, the group travels to Saimaa to participate in Midsummer rituals, where the summer night celebrations overwhelm the researchers. ...

The Dinosaur (2021)

Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen's eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg's art and ...

Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg (1991)

A portrait of the Finnish filmmaker Rauni Mollberg who made a notable splash on the international festival circuit in 1974 with his feature debut, "The Earth Is A Sinful Song", based on a novel by Timo K. Mukka, one of Finland's most controversial young wr ...

Friends, Comrades (1990)

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the confli ...

Yö vai päivä (1962)

A French cultural research group arrives in Finland. From Helsinki, the group travels to Saimaa to participate in Midsummer rituals, where the summer night celebrations overwhelm the researchers. ...