The best Matti Lehtelä’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Matti Lehtelä’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 Matti Lehtelä.
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.
Nuori mylläri
5.7/10
A Time of Roses
6/10
In the year 2011, historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model, Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki
The Apple Falls
6.8/10
Juha
6.4/10
Juha lives together with younger woman Marja. Juha loves her but Marja seems to belong to somewhere else. Things get complicated when casanova Shemeikka arrives from strange lands and takes Marja away with him. First Finnish feature film ever shot in color. T.J. Särkkä's adaptation of Juhani Aho's classical story "Juha" which has been filmed countless of times by some of the greatest Finnish filmmakers - Mauritz Stiller, Nyrki Tapiovaara and later Aki Kaurismäki.
Leena
4.8/10
Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen together and press thinks they are engaged.
The Radio Burglary
6.9/10
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Herra sotaministeri
5.5/10
Varjoja Kannaksella
4.9/10
People of the Summer Night
6.7/10
A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. Set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover... New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Vääpelin kauhu
4.8/10
Ryysyrannan Jooseppi
6.4/10
1955 Finnish drama.
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...
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.
Pete and Runt in a Chain Collision
5.1/10
Vain sinulle
5.4/10
Only for you
Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
6/10
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be his stand-in to escape the ring of spies threatening his life. Many beautiful women cross Kivi's path before the spy ring is eventually crushed.
The Girl and the Gangsters
6.2/10
A smart set girl wants more excitement in her life and ends being mixed up in criminal activities.
Dark Is the Rift
6/10
Siltalan pehtoori
5.1/10
