The best Tuulikki Paananen’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Tuulikki Paananen’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Tuulikki Paananen.
The Leopard Man
6.7/10
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
The Substitute Husband
6.1/10
Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently married and then gets a stranger from a nearby restaurant to pose as her husband. Complications arise when they have to continue their charade.
Stolen Death
6.8/10
A thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses the divided loyalties of the Finnish bourgeoisie, torn between preserving their privileged economic position and taking a risky stand for an independent Finland. Stolen Death can be viewed as a thinly disguised protest against the rise of the fascist movement in Finland in the 1930s. Tapiovaara's allegorical indictment of class inequality and the suppression of free speech and political expression, coupled with his death at 28 fighting the Russians in the Winter War of 1939-1940, earned him almost a mythic status in Finland.
Red Pants
4.7/10
The military farce Punahousut (1939), directed by Ilmari Unho, is based on a play by Valfrid Ahonen. The tarragon regiment moving to the small town charms the women of the locality. Only trade counselor Ottilia Mähönen (Aino Lohikoski) considers them brutal barbarians and is horrified when her daughter Irja (Helena Kara) gives her room to cavalry master Osmo Kyrö (Kullervo Kalske) who needs accommodation.
