Esko Salminen Movies

A film centered around a popular Finnish song book

A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the...

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...

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

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

"Vesku from Finland" is a film about Vesa-Matti Loiri alias Vesku, probably the most popular film and TV comedian in Finland. He has created a...

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

The story of one man's struggle after he gets caught in a nuclear fallout and gets sick with leukemia.

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

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

Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends...

Aarne Tarkas was a wunderkind of Finnish cinema, a director and screenwriter, a genius who possessed not only an infinite supply of ideas but also a...