List of Finnish films of the 1970s

Last updated

A list of films produced in Finland ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Finnish films see Category:Finnish films

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1970
Akseli and Elina Edvin Laine Entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival
Portraits of Women Jörn Donner Jörn Donner, Ritva Vepsä Erotic comedy
The Headquarters Matti Kassila Joel Rinne, Jussi Jurkka War drama
1971
Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin Matti KassilaHeikki Kinnunen, Juha HyppönenComedy
Saatanan radikaalit Heikki Huopainen Paavo Piironen, Heikki Nousiainen Comedy
The Song of the Blood-Red Flower Mikko Niskanen Pertti Melasniemi Drama
The Unhanged Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen Western comedy
1972
The Sheep Eaters Seppo Huunonen Heikki Kinnunen, Leo Lastumäki Comedy
1973
Uuno Turhapuro Ere Kokkonen Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Spede Pasanen Comedy
The Earth Is a Sinful Song Rauni Mollberg Entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival
Meiltähän tämä käy Matti Kassila Esa Pakarinen, Kauko Helovirta, Kirsti Ortola Comedy
1974
The Hair Seppo HuunonenErotic thriller
Viu-hah hah-taja Ere Kokkonen Comedy
1975
Home for Christmas Jaakko Pakkasvirta Entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival
Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro Ere Kokkonen Vesa-Matti Loiri, Spede Pasanen Comedy
1976
Antti the Treebranch Katariina Lahti, Heikki Partanen, Riitta Rautoma Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival
1977
Aika hyvä ihmiseksi Rauni Mollberg Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri Historical6 wins; music was performed by Asser Fagerström
Häpy Endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon Ere Kokkonen Vesa-Matti Loiri Comedy
The Year of the Hare Risto Jarva Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta Drama2 wins
1978
Poet and Muse Jaakko Pakkasvirta Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival
1979
Wonderman Antti Peippo Antti Litja, Martti Pennanen Scifi comedy
Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit
(The Test-tube Adult and Simo's Angels)
Spede Pasanen Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri Comedy

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Finland</span> Country in Northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland covers an area of 338,145 square kilometres (130,559 sq mi) and has a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish and Swedish are the official languages, with Swedish being the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helsinki</span> Capital and most populous city of Finland

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately 0.67 million people live in the municipality, with 1.25 million in the capital region, and 1.58 million in the metropolitan area. As the most populous urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is situated 80 kilometres (50 mi) to the north of Tallinn, Estonia, 360 kilometres (220 mi) to the north of Riga, Latvia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant historical connections with these four cities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tampere</span> Second-most populous urban area in Finland

Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately 255,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 3rd most populous municipality in Finland, and the second most populous urban area in the country after the Helsinki metropolitan area.

The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction film The Matrix, the animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, and the well-received The Green Mile. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999

Viasat was a satellite and pay television brand, co-owned by the Swedish media group Viaplay Group in the Nordic countries, Antenna Group in Hungary, and by Viasat World internationally. Founded in Sweden in 1991, Viasat has previously been owned by Modern Times Group. The channels of both companies were broadcast from London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Renny Harlin</span> Finnish film director and film producer

Renny Harlin is a Finnish film director, producer, and screenwriter who has worked in Hollywood, Europe, and China. His best-known films include A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Deep Blue Sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vesa-Matti Loiri</span> Finnish actor, musician and comedian (1945–2022)

Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri was a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004.

C More Entertainment AB was a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+. It targets Nordic countries and has a separate channel in Sweden.

The Finnish Film Foundation is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education and Culture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cinema of Finland</span> Overview of the cinema of Finland

The Finnish cinema has a long history, with the first public screenings starting almost as early as modern motion picture technology was invented. It took over a decade before the first Finnish film was produced and screened in 1907. After these first steps of Finnish cinema, the progress was very slow. After 1907 there were two periods when no Finnish films were produced. This was partly caused by the political situation, as Finland held a status as an autonomous part of the Russian Empire and was thus influenced by the worldwide political situation.

A list of films produced in Finland ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Finnish films see Category:Finnish films

Censorship in Finland refers to government policies in controlling and regulating certain information.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Åland</span> Autonomous region of Finland

Åland is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area (1,580 km2) and population (30,129), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Klaus Härö</span> Finnish film director (born 1971)

Klaus Härö is a Finnish film director. In 2004, he won Finland's State Prize for Art.

This chronological list of erotic films is organized by decade. There may be considerable overlap between erotica and other genres including drama, horror and comedy. The list attempts to document films which are more closely related to erotica, even if it bends genres. Erotic thrillers are listed on a separate page.

<i>Compartment No. 6</i> 2021 Finnish-Russian road drama

Compartment No. 6 is a 2021 drama road movie co-written and directed by Juho Kuosmanen, starring Seidi Haarla and Yuri Borisov, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Rosa Liksom.