Anssi Mänttäri Movies

A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off...

Laila is an innocent Lappish girl and the only daughter of a reindeer herder. During world war II Laila rescues crashed German fighter pilot Hans and...

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

Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent...

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

Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen...

A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.

Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on...

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

On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.

A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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 egocentric author Jalo Rautakumpu welcomes a visitor to his cabin in the Lappish wilderness. After sauna and a bottle of alcohol, the friendship...

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to...

A story of a doomed young love in a small narrow-minded town.