Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Movies

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Martti Suosalo

When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Risto Tuorila

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Katja Küttner

The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tiina Weckström

Ella’s friend Pate has hard time learning multiplication tables. With a little help from his friends, he decides to be a rockstar so he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Freja Teijonsalo

In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Vesa Vierikko

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jessica Grabowsky

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Sulevi Peltola

Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kari Väänänen

Baby Girl, 30, a poet with a bachelor's degree in arts, is anguished because of her relationship with Pirkka, a relatively smart, young man. Baby...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Heidi Herala

Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Krista Kosonen

The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.

Genre: Music

Cast: Jarkko Niemi

Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Samuli Edelmann

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Timo Eränkö

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Esko Salminen

Uuno is working as campaign manager of a president candidate but accidentally Uuno himself becomes the president of Finland.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Heikki Kinnunen

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Heikki Kinnunen

Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the woebegone Josef K., who is trapped in an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Carl-Kristian Rundman

A private detective engages in a sexually-charged relationship with a real estate broker.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Pihla Viitala

Älä itke Iines is an absurd comedy about an eccentric community that lives on the roofs and attic of an apartment building, struggling to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Eija Vilpas

The King Without a Heart is a fairytale about of a happy king who has a young daughter and a lovely wife. After the sudden death of his wife, the...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Aino Seppo

Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Aku Hirviniemi

The career of Tuomas’ in the music industry is in a downhill spiral – but his plans of getting married with Leila are in full swing....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Aku Hirviniemi

Crime caper involving two con artists who team up to pull off a super scam. Complications arise when the female member of the team falls in love with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Liisa Mustonen

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best...

Genre: War

Cast: Eero Aho

Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of...

Genre: War

Cast: Erkki Pajala

Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Martti Suosalo

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kati Outinen

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paavo Pentikäinen

A middle-aged woman wants a child and starts to look for a suitable father when she doesn't succeed in the plan with her husband.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Henri Kapulainen

Hese, the shy owner of a video company, travels on a moped to film a commissioned Christmas party. From the steps of his office, Hese finds an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

19th century drama set on the plains of Ostrobothnia, western Finland, which are controlled by groups of knife-wielding thugs, the toughs....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lauri Tilkanen

30-something Jonna, successful executive with cozy architect husband Niklas and two children, leads a double life. She is constantly on the lookout...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mi Grönlund

A TV movie by Mikko Mattila.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jemina Sillanpää

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish...

Genre: War

Cast: Rauno Ahonen

TV play about the legend of Lalli.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Markku Blomqvist