Valentin Vaala Movies

A commissioned film about an oil refinery

Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.

Finnish documentary film.

Sock manufacturer August Lampaanpää finds himself in financial difficulties due to the upkeep of his girlfriend Kyllikki Mattler, appeasing...

Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company...

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

Documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.

A commissioned film about wintertime seafaring in Finland

Continuation War Review 10/41 Cannon operations. Pioneer repair work. Railway cannons. Hägglund's visit to Paalu. Views of the Aunus village,...

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

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

Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in summer 1937. Both are Valentin Vaala's guitars from...

The press gets excited about a girl from a fish factory who accidentally wins the Girl of the Week beauty contest and writes an imaginative story...

Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and...

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...

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...

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son...

The romantic musical comedy Kaikki rakastavat is a key work in Finnish film history since it was the first feature film of Valentin Vaala as the...

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...

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...