Anssi Mänttäri Movies

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

Middle-aged municipal architect Mikko is frustrated with his job and his marriage, so for years he has directed his energy into renovating a...

The events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.

Anni wants a new mommy for herself and a new wife for her dad. But dad has forgotten how to find a wife and needs Anni's help.

The story of a modest man, played by Ilkka Heiskanen, who decides to become a mercenary in the Yugoslavian civil war. This decision leaves him...

A woman meets a man who tells her that they have known each other 11 years ago and wishes to take her out. Woman does not recall him and in her mind...

A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Jussi, a student admired by all women, is inadvertently selected to represent both left-wing and right-wing parties in the parliamentary elections....

Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is away a young man enters their hotel room with a...

Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.

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...

A middle aged widower Sanna has emigrated to Sweden after her husband's death . She lives in Linköping with her two children and works in the...

Lauri Valjakka, a lecturer at the Department of Sociology, is thoroughly fed up with his family, whom he refers to as a "consumption unit," and his...

The film shows how Midsummer was celebrated in North Karelia in 1973.

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

According to Mänttäri, the film is about a woman as portrayed through four female characters.

Finnish documentary about Cuba.

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

When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where...

A comedy of an amateur puppet theater, eviction and modern women with their old-fashioned methods.