Safka Pekkonen

Hassisen Kone stadionilla (2023)

Hassisen Kone 40 Years After (2023)

Documentary film about Hassisen Kone. A band that, despite its short age, is still remembered as one of the most iconic Finnish rock bands of all time. The film tells not only about the band's 40th anniversary concert and the preparations for it, but also ...

Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013)

Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988. ...

Juha (1999)

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel. ...

Shadows in Paradise (1986)

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between the ...

The Saimaa Gesture (1981)

A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate ...

Back to the USSR (1992)

Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him. ...