Other Finnish Media Adaptations Available via Streaming Services
- Drakarna över Helsingfors (dir. Peter Lindholm, 2001) "'Drakarna över Helsingfors' is a Finnish-Swedish film from 2001 directed by Peter Lindholm. The film is based on Kjell Westö's novel of the same name. The film is about a Finnish-Swedish family during the 1960s and 1990s." (Wikipedia)
- Purge (dir. Antti Jokinen, 2012) "A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past." (IMDB)
Selected Finnish Media Adaptations Available to Stream via Kanopy
Sampo (dir. Aleksandr Ptushko, 1959)
Based on the Finnish national epic Kalevala, director Aleksandr Ptushko’s ravishing, mystical fantasy tells the story of a sinister witch Louhi (Anna Orochko) who covets the Sampo, a magical, rainbow-colored mill that can produce endless salt, grain, and gold. When the hero Lemminkäinen (Andris Oshin) attempts to stop her, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into eternal darkness.
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The Unknown Soldier (dir. Aku Louhimies, 2017)
The Unknown Soldier by award-winning Finnish director Aku Louhimies follows a platoon of Finnish soldiers on a tour of duty that lasts for more than three years at the end of World War II. The film tells the story of Rokka, Kariluoto, Koskela, Hietanen, and their brothers-in-arms, showing how friendship, humor, and the will to live unite these men on their way to and from the battlefield. The war changes each of the soldiers, as well as the lives of those on the home front, leaving its mark on the entire nation. Based on the classic novel by Väinö Linna, The Unknown Soldier broke box office records in Finland, becoming the highest-grossing movie in decades.
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Tove (dir. Zaida Bergroth, 2020)
Set from 1944 to 1956, the Swedish-language film shows how painter Tove Jansson finds worldwide success from an unexpected side project, in the midst of artistic struggles and an unconventional personal life. Tove Jansson is best known as the creator of the Moomin comics.
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Finnish Media Adaptations Available in UC Library Search
- The Egyptian (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1954)A physician to the Pharaoh Akhenaton in ancient Egypt is a participant in the tumultuous events that occurred in his lifetime.
- Juha (dir. Aki Kaurismäki, 2004)Based on the novel Juha by Juhani Aho and set in the 1970s, the film tells the story of Marja, a farmer's wife, who is seduced into running away from her dull, older husband, Juha, by a city slicker, Shemeikka, who enslaves her in a brothel.
- Moomins on the Riviera (dir. Xavier Picard, 2014)
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Based on Moomin comic strips by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, this Finnish-French experimental animated film follows Moomins as they set sail for the Riviera in search of adventure. Following a journey fraught with storms and desert island dangers, Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attentions of a playboy. Moominpappa befriends an aristocrat and adopts the name 'de Moomin'. Exasperated by their behaviour, Moominmamma retires to the relative calm of their trusty boat in the hope that her family will come to their senses. Could the Moomins' unity be threatened for the first time (UC Library Search)? - Sampo (dir. Aleksandr Ptushko, 1959)
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Based on the Finnish national epic Kalevala, director Aleksandr Ptushko’s ravishing, mystical fantasy tells the story of a sinister witch Louhi (Anna Orochko) who covets the Sampo, a magical, rainbow-colored mill that can produce endless salt, grain, and gold. When the hero Lemminkäinen (Andris Oshin) attempts to stop her, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into eternal darkness (Kanopy). - The Unknown Soldier (dir. Aku Louhimies, 2017)
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The Unknown Soldier by award-winning Finnish director Aku Louhimies follows a platoon of Finnish soldiers on a tour of duty that lasts for more than three years at the end of World War II. The film tells the story of Rokka, Kariluoto, Koskela, Hietanen, and their brothers-in-arms, showing how friendship, humor, and the will to live unite these men on their way to and from the battlefield. The war changes each of the soldiers, as well as the lives of those on the home front, leaving its mark on the entire nation. Based on the classic novel by Väinö Linna, The Unknown Soldier broke box office records in Finland, becoming the highest-grossing movie in decades (Kanopy). - Winter War (dir. Pekka Parikka, 1989)In 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union (IMDB).
