Paavo Jännes Movies

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Sarmo explores the mystery associated with the murder of a landowner and the tangle of crimes, threats, and conspiracies created by a letter he left...

Eeva Isokari flees her home from the jealousy of her husband, judge Lauri. The next day, a body is found on the railway tracks. Lauri thinks his wife...

In his will, Assessor Walter Timelius acknowledges that he is the father of his former housekeeper Iida's child. The assessor's sister Agda does not...

A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person –...

Set in 19th century country side and a small town. Leni and later her daughter Hanni living in Pimeänpirtti croft are seduced by Otto von...

Set in early 16th century Finland, a knight Olavi Gideoninpoika meets Mirjam Raakelintytär and falls in love. Mirjami hides in a monastery...

A romantic story about a rich girl, who is not used to household work, charms many men while working in the "Haukka" manor. The reason for this...

Baron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's...

A nobleman in 1830's Finland has to contend with stuck-up relatives, his daughters' suitors, dark secrets from his family's past, mistaken identities...

In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in...

A couple who have moved from the city manage a collapsing farm. The man Alfred is an alcoholic, therefore the responsible to solve the situation is...

Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen...

Kirsti works as a reception assistant to Dr. Varjo and is secretly clinging to the doctor's son, Eino, who is studying to become an architect. Even...

It is a time of extreme housing shortage in Helsinki. People with room in their flats are required either to find subtenants or to lodge anyone sent...

Two Finnish naval captains face spies in Gothenburg harbor during the second world war.

Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The...

The confident Colonel (ret.) Rainer Sarmo, alias 'Dead Man', charms women and knocks out crooks. Together with his friend Captain (ret.) Mikko...

The film tells the story of the women of Larsvik Manor, especially the young lady of the house Barbi during World War II.

Irmeli, a fashion designer enjoying herself in Hanko, is urgently needed at her workplace. Ritva sets off to fetch her sister, but ends up by chance...