Origin: Finland
Genre: History
5 content found
Kieltolaki 2022

About the creation of the Prohibition Act, what it caused and why it ended.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Krista Putkonen-Örn, Aija Kaartinen, Mikko-Olavi Seppälä

6.7 IMDB Rating 166 Views
Once Upon a Time in the North 2012

On the West Coast on Finland in nineteenth-century Ostrobothnia. Esko is the leader of a local gang of troublemakers and an uneven battle ensues over the estate, honor a father's last wishes.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Lauri Tilkanen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola

6.1 IMDB Rating 251 Views
Je’vida 2023

Lida, an elderly Skolt Sámi woman who has abandoned her past under the pressures of assimilation, weaving across three different historical eras to examine the fate of Finland's Indigenous peoples in the post-war period.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Agafia Niemenmaa, Heidi Gauriloff, Sanna-Kaisa Palo

7.7 IMDB Rating 422 Views
The Eternal Road 2017

One night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home in Finland. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman

7.1 IMDB Rating 428 Views
Oma maa 2018

Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni's dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.

Category: Drama, History, Romantic

Stars: Oona Airola, Konsta Laakso, Helmi Linnosmaa, Antti Virmavirta

6.7 IMDB Rating 4,113 Views