Valentin Vaala Movies

A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.

Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently...

Valentin Vaala's first sound film. Only fragments survive.

A young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her. She eventually does good, and charms the...

A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.

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...

Teacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to...

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...

Esko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when...

A compilation of excerpts from old Helsinki-themed documentaries and new material.

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

A nobleman in 1830's Finland has to contend with stuck-up relatives, his daughters' suitors, dark secrets from his family's past, mistaken identities...

Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie....

A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and...

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

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