The best Leni Katajakoski’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Leni Katajakoski’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Leni Katajakoski.
The Year of the Hare
7.5/10
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
The Teacheress Adventures
6.5/10
An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her chagrin. She is intent on keeping the painting out of circulation by stealing it from an art gallery, but the aftermath turns out to be more complex than she anticipated, leading Leena to become involved in various misunderstandings featuring a gang of criminals, inept cops and false murder charges among other things.
According to the Law
5.8/10
In a drama dating back to the 1880s, Maria Toikka (Eila Peitsalo) is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville (Matti Oravisto) is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman (Fritz-Hugo Backman) begins to approach Mary, offering her money in return for services.
The Last Lumbercamp
6.2/10
Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after running away from the despotic master. He soon becomes familiar with hookers, card hustlers and alcohol.
Mink Coat
6.2/10
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
Nuori mylläri
5.7/10
Mullin mallin
4/10
Kankkulan kaivolla
4.1/10
The Soldier Boy's Sweethearts
5.1/10
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals. Director and screenwriter Aarne Tarkas. (1958)
Vääpelin kauhu
4.8/10
Oho, sanoi Eemeli
4.8/10
Älä nuolase...
7/10
Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!
4.6/10
Putkinotko
6.3/10
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...
A Man from This Star
7.3/10
Film by Jack Witikka.
The Women of Niskavuori
5.8/10
Remake of the 1938 film also by Vaala is a story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
Hardly a Butterfly
6.5/10
Heavily built young woman Kaisu comes to work in a small grocery store in the countryside, run by a bossy old lady and her tiny and quiet grown-up son Erni. Faced with a common enemy, the unlikely young couple find support in each other, despite their physical differences.
Simpauttaja
6.8/10
Finnish tv film
The Queen of Spades
Finnish romantic drama. Kaius Kannisto (Pehr-Olof Sirén), a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.
Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
4.8/10
Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends about Usko (Tommi Rinne) and Toivo (Leif Wager), both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.
