Olavi Ahonen

I Hired Two Contract Cleaners (1997)

A ragtag team of cleaners tackles absurdly dangerous jobs - explosions, devastating water damage, and "impossible" stains - while dreaming of escaping poverty and enjoying holidays in the sun. ...

Tuomas Murasen rikos (1994)

Kaikki pelissä (1994)

A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that ...

Viimeiset siemenperunat (1993)

Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti (1992)

Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finland into a kingdom. ...

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla (1990)

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood. ...

Petos (1988)

The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist. ...

Farewell, Mr. President (1987)

Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president. ...

Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle (1986)

Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this. ...

Koomikko (1983)

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his i ...

Ulvova mylläri (1982)

The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hos ...

Pölhölä (1981)

Masochists are in for a treat when Spede Productions' most vulgar folk farce hits the screen. Created by no fewer than three first-time directors, the film tells the story of the village of Pölhölä, "where people are even more foolish than in Hölmölä ...

Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi (1981)

Uuno's nose is proved to be so good, that he can smell behind the display window what goods are on the other side. With this fabulous smell talent Uuno is chosen to Police's police-dog school as a student among the other dogs. Meanwhile Director Tuura, Uun ...

Kauhea murhamies Lalli (1981)

TV play about the legend of Lalli. ...

Tup akka lakko (1980)

'Tup-Akka-Lakko' is a sequel to 'Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit' in which doctor Jyrä invented a test-tube-adult who looked exactly like Mutikainen, a mathematician. When the test-tube-adult's body emerged, his voice moved into Mutikainen's body becaus ...

For the Matches (1980)

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected... ...

Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit (1979)

Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger. He is then cloned into a test-tube adult named Richard Ilyevitch Jyrä by his creator Dr. Jyrä. ...

Ruskan jälkeen (1979)

It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities. ...

Piilopirtti (1978)

Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month. ...

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin (1978)

A small Finnish town bank manager gets caught in the midst of local politics, with dire effects on his family and himself. ...

Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy (1978)

Uuno's father-in-law is running for president and to avoid embarrassment pressures Uuno to finally get a job, which he does at a hardware store. Meanwhile, a political rival sends a bionic female agent to seduce Uuno in hopes of creating a scandal, and Uun ...

Viimeinen savotta (1977)

Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after running away from the despotic master. He soon becomes familiar with hookers, card hustlers and alcohol. ...

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi (1977)

The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli. ...

Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon (1977)

Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and in two weeks becomes the most pursued bachelor in town, charming all the women. He also starts as a waiter i ...

Tales of Transvestia (1975)

Racy monster movie parody. ...

Meiltähän tämä käy (1973)

Logger Severi Suhonen is transferred from forestry work to indoor work at the company's paper mill. Unable to adapt to city life, Severi clashes with the autocratic manager Wille Wållberg and meets his girlfriend from decades ago, Anna Tuhkanen, whose dau ...

Hirttämättömät (1971)

Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They start to travel to another town for the reward, through the desert without water ...

Kahdeksas veljes (1971)

Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business. ...

Akseli and Elina (1970)

A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people. ...

Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika (1970)

Speedy Gonzales arrives in a small village in New York to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Moses, with the help of the lively Rita. In the village, they are met by Hämeen Hitain, Manolito, Bat Mastersson, and Clyde, among others, with whom ...

Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)

Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us ...

Noin 7 veljestä (1968)

The greedy lord of the manor, von Wurstburg, lives lavishly on his estate, heavily taxing the local peasants, when the official heir to the estate, the noble Sir William, arrives. At the same time, the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood, who helps the poor, sets ...

Rottasota (1968)

A story about the rise of awareness among the youth against the pollution and eco-system disaster. The conflict between the youth and ruling establishment is also taken under the inspection. The daughter of the prime minister and her relation to the son of ...

Äl' yli päästä perhanaa (1968)

In the farce, the producer has invited people to his place to plan a film celebrating the centenary of independence. They get drunk and come up with three possible films, which they also act in themselves. The topics chosen, in the spirit of Finnish nation ...

Oppenheimerin tapaus (1967)

A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer. ...

Pinsiön parooni (1962)

The municipal council of Pinsiö tries to get Taavetti, the 'baron of Pinsiö', to move into a retirement home. However, the baron refuses and flees to Tampere to stay with his nephew Heikki and his wife Liisa. Heikki and his family dream of building their ...

Virtaset ja Lahtiset (1959)

Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children. ...

The Harvest Month (1956)

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline a ...

The Unknown Soldier (1955)

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun. ...

Niskavuoren Aarne (1954)

Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in ...