Valentin Vaala Movies

A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.

A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to...

Master violist Anton Lardozo rounds around Europe by performing and spending all his free time in restaurants. While he is visiting in Finland, he...

Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.

After many years away a woman returns to her hometown in Lapland with her husband. There she falls in love with a handsome forester.

Mattila's relatives Konstu and Fransi travel to Helsinki to meet their friend Kalle Liljepeki, who runs a failing general store in Sörnäis....

A compilation of excerpts from old Helsinki-themed documentaries and new material.

A story about Meeri who is going through a divorce. She is hiding the relationship with a boxer. After seeing an advertisement in a magazine, she...

Documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.

Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in summer 1937. Both are Valentin Vaala's guitars from...

Frustrated housewife Elisabet Avovirta has a spring romance with a younger man, journalist Jaakko Huhtikuu. Love sprinkles in the rays of the spring...

Impressionistic short documentary of a Helsinki morning at the end of 1930s with a poetic narration.

Documentary compilation of Finnish Defence Forces Newsreels keeping the people up-to-date with the latest about the war.

War documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.

Valentin Vaala's (and Teuvo Tulio's) first film. Only fragments survive.

Building and launching the cruise ship M/S Finlandia

A commissioned film about wintertime seafaring in Finland