Valentin Vaala Movies

Originally made as an ad for reindeer meat but includes notable documentary material from Lapland. A young couple from Helsinki goes to a restaurant...

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...

Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.

Manjardo, a young Gypsy leader has spent a lively and joyful life with his young women, Glafira and very keen Akris. He will soon be married to the...

Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in summer 1937. Both are Valentin Vaala's guitars from...

War documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.

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

A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not...

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

Blind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic...

The director's daughter, Raila Tuulo, is the only one who has seen the burglar terrorizing the city, the mysterious "Blue Overalls," and recognizes...

Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher...

A successful doctor moves back to her home village and notices severe flaws in its health services.

Documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.

Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with Esko's father. Esko takes Mikko as his travel...

Tuulikki Tenho, who lied about her marital status to get a job as a secretary at a timber company, has to pretend that she is married to Yrjö...

Valentin Vaala's (and Teuvo Tulio's) first film. Only fragments survive.

A commissioned film about wintertime seafaring in Finland

Finnish documentary film.

War documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.