Movies: Vesa Mäkelä

  • 2002
    The Man Without a Past

    The Man Without a Past (2002)

    The Man Without a Past

    7.42002HD

    Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and be...

    The Man Without a Past
  • 1996
    Drifting Clouds

    Drifting Clouds (1996)

    Drifting Clouds

    7.61996HD

    The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, gu...

    Drifting Clouds
  • 1989
    The Winter War

    The Winter War (1989)

    The Winter War

    71989HD

    Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer...

    The Winter War
  • 2003
    Bad Boys: A True Story

    Bad Boys: A True Story (2003)

    Bad Boys: A True Story

    5.62003HD

    The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash....

    Bad Boys: A True Story
  • 1987
    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business (1987)

    Hamlet Goes Business

    6.61987HD

    When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of ru...

    Hamlet Goes Business
  • 1994
    Kaikki pelissä

    Kaikki pelissä (1994)

    Kaikki pelissä

    5.81994HD

    A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and th...

    Kaikki pelissä
  • 1999
    The Tough Ones

    The Tough Ones (1999)

    The Tough Ones

    6.61999HD

    The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convi...

    The Tough Ones
  • 1993
    Romanovin kivet

    Romanovin kivet (1993)

    Romanovin kivet

    5.11993HD

    This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do ...

    Romanovin kivet
  • 1998
    A Summer by the River

    A Summer by the River (1998)

    A Summer by the River

    6.51998HD

    Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at the boating site with his widowed father Tenho....

    A Summer by the River
  • 2002
    Lovers & Leavers

    Lovers & Leavers (2002)

    Lovers & Leavers

    4.72002HD

    This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true but does Marko share her dreams?...

    Lovers & Leavers
  • 1994
    Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat

    Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat (1994)

    Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat

    4.81994HD

    Computer professional Vesa Rajala rushes to home from a work trip because his wife Sanna is leaving for Greece with her new lover, Georgios from next door....

    Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat
  • 1991
    Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet

    Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1991)

    Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet

    4.11991HD

    Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies....

    Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
  • 2000
    Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha

    Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha (2000)

    Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha

    42000HD

    Two men, who both have tried to commit a suicide, decide to found a "Let's do it together"-suicide association to help the self-destructive people to succeed in their goal. Soon they have a bus load of candidates and together they start a bus tour in...

    Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
  • 1994
    Uuno Turhapuron veli

    Uuno Turhapuron veli (1994)

    Uuno Turhapuron veli

    2.71994HD

    Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped....

    Uuno Turhapuron veli
  • 1988
    Plainlands

    Plainlands (1988)

    Plainlands

    5.81988HD

    Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with...

    Plainlands
  • 1994
    Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni

    Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni (1994)

    Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni

    4.61994HD

    Relations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led by President Mara fail, Sergeant Körmy interferes in the course of events....

    Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
  • 1990
    Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva

    Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva (1990)

    Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva

    4.81990HD

    The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so....

    Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
  • 1997
    Marathon

    Marathon (1997)

    Marathon

    01997HD

    The year is 1972. Finnish endurance running is in its golden age. The head physician of a mental hospital goes on a bike ride with a marathon runner who has been forgotten in hospital for years. But the ride doesn't follow the expected route......

    Marathon
  • 1976
    The Manila Rope

    The Manila Rope (1976)

    The Manila Rope

    5.21976HD

    Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of classic one-liners, but it is still not based on cheap laughs or anything like that. The whole humouristic aspect...

    The Manila Rope
  • 2000
    The South

    The South (2000)

    The South

    4.42000HD

    A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun....

    The South