Esko Salminen Movies

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

Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and...

The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the...

In the 1970s, Turku City Theater staged an adaptation of Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers, directed by Kalle Holmberg. The premiere was in 1972, and...

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector...

Anders flees his drug debts to his former home village. Once there, he must come to terms with his past.

Justiina pushes Pekka and Pätkä to take painting lessons after realizing that art can be a way to earn a living. With the help of the yard...

Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped.

A fisherman's son accidentally ends up in a leper colony in 1742.

A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.

A film centered around a popular Finnish song book. Young lovers Pirkko and Pekka break off their engagement at the end of an evening spent at a...

A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.

How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how does the writer/director Saara Turunen create a...

A film about the end of the world.

A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.

Speedy Gonzales arrives in a small village in New York to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Moses, with the help of the lively Rita. In...

A young student seeks direction in his life to counterbalance the studies through female adventures.

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...

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

Mirja finds her grandmother's old hat in the attic and sets off singing along the road with it on her head. On her journey, she meets composer couple...