Anssi Mänttäri Movies

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.

Kari Uusitalo, a regular visitor to the Tampere Film Festival, delved into the state of Finnish cinema of the mid-1980s, while getting to know the...

Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very...

Matti Mäki is a young man who gets involved with a corrupt police man seeking proof that his wife, a night club singer, is cheating on him in...

The story follows Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim and Quartermaster General Airo at the Finnish Defense Forces headquarters in Mikkeli during the...

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his...

Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen...

Documentary portrait of composer and saxophone player Eero Koivistoinen (b. 1946).

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in...

Hanhivaara investigates the murder of an Olympic champion.

Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.

A middle-aged man becomes deeply involved with the affairs and criminal connections of a mysterious girl.

A technician working in the telephony company receives a mysterious packet.

Anssi Mänttäri is a living legend of Finnish cinema. Having been involved in over a hundred industry projects as a producer, screenwriter,...