Lasse Pöysti

La Vénitienne (2010)

Thomas (2009)

Thomas, a former doctor, a widower, lives alone in a basement apartment in Helsinki. His routine becomes even more limited when his misanthropic brother dies, reducing Thomas' human contact to practically nil. As with many seniors, he's basically invisible ...

Lapin kullan kimallus (1999)

In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The friends find gold at the first excavation site, which Kittilä's crown prince Konrad Planting and Edvard ...

White Marble (1998)

Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just before the festivities Ossi suddenly disappears and goes on tour to 'make an inventory of his life'. He che ...

The Tears of Saint Peter (1995)

Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote her product she pro ...

White Lies (1995)

Palle Hagman is a charming dreamer with great and dazzling powers of persuasion. His dream is to become a big star in the entertainment world. When he gets the chance to put on a variety show, he believes that the road to success is wide open. But Palle is ...

Pieniä valheita (1994)

The relationship between a priest's wife and the renovator crackles with passion. While the rectory terrace is being restored, there is a triangular drama at the fore: a priest, a priest's wife and a renovator. ...

Rosenbaum - Det sista vittnet (1993)

At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything indicates that the chairman of the board is guilty. ...

Rosenbaum - Målbrott (1993)

One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym teacher is guilty. ...

Rosenbaum - Bländverk (1993)

At a porn club in Stockholm, a brutal murder is committed - and one of the striptease dancers takes the blame. ...

Macklean (1993)

Sweden in the 1780s. At the court the nobility lords and ladies dance, love, intrigue and compete for the King's favor. To this Stockholm arrives Rutger Macklean, nobleman and an officer. With a notion of an extensive re-organisation of the agricultural la ...

Mestari (1992)

Eero Tyrni, a reporter for Iltapäivä newspaper, is in Austria doing a story on ski jumper Teemu Kimpilä. Kimpilä's jumps fail and he disappears from the scene. Left behind are his third wife Sari, his sponsors, the Ski Association, and the Finnish peop ...

A Dream of the Mediterranean (1991)

A documentary about Göran Schildt and his relationship with the Mediterranean. ...

Kukunor (1989)

Based on Lauri Viita's fairy tale. In Kukunor, two trolls, Kukunor and Kalahari, read books and travel the world in their dreams. ...

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus (1988)

Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children. ...

Maailman paras (1986)

Näkemiin, hyvästi (1986)

When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives. ...

A Matter of Life and Death (1986)

"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity hospital in Sweden. She meets a doctor, who she has been in love for 15 years. ...

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (1986)

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom. ...

The Blessed Ones (1986)

Middle-aged schoolteacher Viveka and her husband Sune enter a marriage marked by devotion and increasing strain. As Viveka's jealousy and religious anxiety intensify into paranoid delusions, Sune becomes progressively entangled in her condition, transformi ...

The Clan: Tale of the Frogs (1984)

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with ...

The School of Wives (1983)

This television adaptation presents Molière's comedy The School of Wives, centering on Arnolphe, an older bachelor who plans to marry his young ward, Agnès, believing her innocence will ensure his control. His scheme is disrupted when Agnès falls in lov ...

The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in ...

Barna från Blåsjöfjället (1980)

A mother is taken to a hospital and the town council wants to split up her children and put them in foster homes, but the children have a diffrent plan. They set out on a epic journey down thru Sweden, from Lappland down to Stockholm in search of their fat ...

Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti (1979)

Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants h ...

The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that. ...

Pyhä perhe (1976)

Paavo Mäkinen's alcoholism is hard on the whole family. His wife Terttu falls into depression and is hospitalized. Their children Marja, Tapsa, and Sanna each show symptoms in their own way: leaving home, drinking, skipping school. Will Paavo manage to st ...

Punahilkka (1968)

Tells the story of young Anja, a teenage girl living in an approved school (otherwise known as a reform school), and the problems she faces in the outside world after running away. ...

Swedish Wedding Night (1964)

A wealthy butcher, fond of liquor and women is about to marry a much younger woman. The woman's father has locked himself in the attic and refuses to come to the wedding. ...

The City (1962)

A man has buried himself in women, in religious ecstasy , in vanity and in his belief in so-called artistic activity. His tension and frustration has only increased. And now he gives it all up. Awaits the bailiff. His personal bankruptcy is signed. ...

Justus järjestää kaiken (1960)

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella. ...

Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen (1959)

Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The peaceful rural life is interrupted when small farmer Pullin's hay barn is destroyed in a fire and Anita and Aarne, the ...

Sotapojan heilat (1958)

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals. ...

Asessorin naishuolet (1958)

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one. ...

Syntipukki (1957)

"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he knows. ...

Vääpelin kauhu (1957)

A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service. ...

Over Land and Sea (1956)

Villi Pohjola (1955)

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor. ...

Hunting for Miss Europe (1955)

Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded during the Miss Europe competitions held in Finland. The story follows the career and relationship developmen ...

Sankarialokas (1955)

Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955. ...

Näkemiin Helena (1955)

A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family. ...

Putkinotko (1954)

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling busines ...

Laivaston monnit maissa (1954)

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy. ...

Kovanaama (1954)

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. ...

Miljonäärimonni (1953)

A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army. ...

2 hauskaa vekkulia (1953)

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price. ...

Kaikkien naisten monni (1952)

The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attemp ...

Vihaan sinua – rakas (1951)

While Leena is spending time at a health resort in the countryside, her husband Esa, an accountant, finds himself falling for Kirsti, who works at his office. The breakdown of their marriage also stirs up feelings in their adult children, who begin to ques ...

Tukkijoella (1951)

A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pi ...

Rion yö (1951)

Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang. ...

Kenraalin morsian (1951)

In a military camp, the arrival of a group of women causes admiration and confusion. In particular, Sofia, the captain's mother-in-law, turns the lives of the general and soldier Hurska upside down. ...

Radio tekee murron (1951)

Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. ...

Vain laulajapoikia (1951)

The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer Kaarina and doctor Kalle are offered the chance for romance, despite some misunderstandings. ...

Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin (1950)

In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ram that has escaped from Piiroinen's farm and win the heart of Annastiina, the farmer's daughter, who is al ...

Isäpappa ja keltanokka (1950)

A widower takes care of his three children who are trying to find him a new wife. ...

Professori Masa (1949)

A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn upside down. ...

Sinut minä tahdon (1949)

Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is prepared to do anything to win his affection. At her friend's suggestion, Katri leaves the city to make ...

Katupeilin takana (1949)

1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. However, ...

Ruma Elsa (1949)

The boyish, temperamental chemistry student Elsa Kassel disapproves of her mother and sisters running after men, but when she hears that she's referred to as "ugly Elsa", she takes on a transformation. The new, charming Elsa tests her attractiveness on men ...

Hormoonit valloillaan (1948)

Väinö Kehkonen, the head of a Helsinki-based construction company, takes his wife and the Ärmälä couple to Dr. Puosu for a rejuvenating hormone injection, which causes them to behave like children. The director, previously known for his lack of drive, ...

Kilroy sen teki (1948)

Ulla Järvinen gets a telegram about the death of her aunt and that she has inherited a manor, but the aunt is very much alive. ...

Suomisen Olli yllättää (1945)

Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations with his family is in turmoil. He also finds the sweet life in restaurants more exhilarating than being in ...

Suomisen Olli rakastuu (1944)

Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans. ...

Suomisen taiteilijat (1943)

Pipsa catches the theater bug. The schoolgirl becomes obsessed with acting, which causes suffering for the whole family. Pipsa's brother Olli arranges performances for his sister and collects money for a poor war widow. ...

Suomisen Ollin tempaus (1942)

Olli, a schoolboy from the Suominen family, accidentally causes two accidents, which he does not dare to confess to his father Väinö. He runs away from home in Helsinki and tries to get to the Savijärvi clearing camp with his friend Jaska. The journey, ...

Onnellinen ministeri (1941)

An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hou ...

Täysosuma (1941)

A young heiress settles into a holiday hotel in search of a suitable husband. There are enough groom candidates, some gentlemen, and some cheaters. All that is certain is that the misfortunes will not end. ...

Suomisen perhe (1941)

The film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the family. ...

Justus järjestää kaiken (1960)

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella. ...

Asessorin naishuolet (1958)

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one. ...

Vääpelin kauhu (1957)

A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service. ...

Näkemiin Helena (1955)

A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family. ...

Kummituskievari (1954)

Log driver brothers and crooks compete in trying to find loot of an old bank robbery in a supposedly haunted inn. ...

2 hauskaa vekkulia (1953)

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price. ...

Salakuljettajan laulu (1952)

Customs officer Tapio goes undercover to reveal a smuggling ring, which operates within an entrainment troupe. While doing his detective work, he also gets to know the beautiful dancer Leila. ...

Kaikkien naisten monni (1952)

The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attemp ...

…ja Helena soittaa (1951)

Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri ( ...

Tukkijoella (1951)

A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pi ...