William Markus

The Tell-Tale Heart (1963)

Finnish television adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". ...

A Barrel of Amontillado (1963)

Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with promises of the rare vintage wine Amontillado. Based on t ...

Lumisten metsien tyttö (1960)

Wintery forest and stubborn 16 year old girl dazzle the teacher from Helsinki. ...

Verta käsissämme (1958)

After returning home from being a prisoner of war Viktor gets a job from his friend Rolf with whom he had served. The men trust each other until Viktor meets Rolf's wife Astrid. ...

Autuas eversti (1958)

Colonel Carolus von Haestman, presumed dead by his family, awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his childhood sweetheart, Amelie. His children and grandchildren, in turn, set out to find the runaway lovers. In the end, the funeral turns into a we ...

Miriam (1957)

After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. Miriam and Hans fall in love. But the Hans mother is jealous and disapprove. ...

Rakas varkaani (1957)

Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young woman, but Lissie is more interested in the valuables she finds in the wealthy professor's apartment. ...

Neiti talonmies (1955)

After her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opp ...

Rakkaus kahleissa (1955)

A lock factory worker Pertti would like to marry his girlfriend Verna, but fears they don't have enough money. His brother Martti is a member of a youth gang that is planning a robbery with three other young men. When the boys have to flee at the time of t ...

Taikayö (1954)

Amanda and her cousin Eliisa run a food stall for the loggers, despite the crooked landowner Remander. Verneri, a street vendor from Karelia, and Olavi, who pretends to be a vagrant, turn the women's heads. When university student Oswald arrives in town, l ...

Scarlet Week (1954)

After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the b ...

The Milkmaid (1953)

Based on a short story by Johannes Linnankoski. ...

Tyttö kuunsillalta (1953)

A widow and a husband tired of a loveless marriage rekindle the attraction they shared in their youth. ...

Matkailijan keitaita (1953)

Varsovan laulu (1953)

A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable. ...

Rakas varkaani (1957)

Lissie is a pickpocket who escapes from the police by pretending to be the wife of the absent-minded Leopold. Leopold falls in love with the young woman, but Lissie is more interested in the valuables she finds in the wealthy professor's apartment. ...

Matkailijan keitaita (1953)

The Log Drivers (1953)

The two sons of the Forsgården estate - Arne and Arthur - both fall for the same woman, the beautiful but poor Lea. She has on the other hand only eyes for Arne. After Arne during a fight thinks he has killed a log driver and flees, Lea finds herself in a ...

On lautalla pienoinen kahvila (1952)

Journalist Sanni visits the countryside to write about the timber industry. Looking for a room she is immediately thrust into the merry community of loggers, always up for a song, but one of them, Hurma-Jussi, is a little too persistent. Luckily, she is "s ...

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa (1952)

Three Finnish girls travel to Stockholm to look for work. But soon they notice that the big city is not such a great place as they thought. Most of the foreign men who they meet there are crooks and liars. ...

All this - and Iceland too (1951)

1914. The monarchs of Sweden, Denmark and Norway meet to demonstrate unity. In the crowd is a beautiful noble woman from Finland. She is eagerly courted by the monarch's aides. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Hornankoski (1949)

The brothers of Yli-Koskela farm fall for the same woman. Then Aarne believes he has killed a man. Artturi sees the case and saves the man from drowning to the rapids. He takes advantage of the situation and tells the woman, Lea, that his brother is a murd ...

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, ...

Maaret – tunturien tyttö (1947)

Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, brok ...

Dynamiittityttö (1944)

A smart set girl wants more excitement in her life and ends being mixed up in criminal activities. ...