Toivo Mäkelä Movies

A western set in the "Wild North".

A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent...

A Finnish TV movie by Jukka Sipilä.

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends...

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

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...

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

Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge...

A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from...

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...

Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the...

A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He...

Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a...

The story of the first elections in Finland