Valentin Vaala Movies

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

Teacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to...

Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women...

The film depicts Finland's actions in the Winter War and Continuation War using a compilation of material collected from narrators, map images, and...

A comedic information film from the Ministry of Finance. A barrage of questions from a reporter led by Lasse Pöysti reveals where inflation is...

Everlasting summer and everlasting youth.

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

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

Documentary on film making.

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

A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker.

Doctor's daughter Leila is getting married to engineer Lauri. Before the wedding, Lauri's ex-girlfriend Asta and poet Esko, who is in love with...

Traditional fishing in Rymättylä

A commissioned film about an oil refinery

Jarvala's daughter Aliina and the miller Jalmari Hurttia are in love with each other. Jarvala's father does not approve of the miller as a...

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...

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...

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son...

Kilian Melker, heir to a trading house, becomes head of a large enterprise on which the entire future of the financially troubled company depends. He...