Lasse Pöysti Movies

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to...

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor...

The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances,...

A Finnish television play based on August Strindberg’s original.

At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything...

A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.

A mother is taken to a hospital and the town council wants to split up her children and put them in foster homes, but the children have a diffrent...

In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the...

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Olli, a schoolboy from the Suominen family, accidentally causes two accidents, which he does not dare to confess to his father Väinö. He...

The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through...

Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded...

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...

Tove Jansson, Erna Tauro, Birgitta Ulfsson, Lasse Pöysti, Gunvor Sandqvist and Bo Andersson have gathered in Tove Jansson's studio to discuss...

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.

Olli Suominen has been appointed acting sheriff in the countryside, and the whole family has left for Kesäranta to spend the summer. The...

Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just...

A wealthy butcher, fond of liquor and women is about to marry a much younger woman. The woman's father has locked himself in the attic and refuses to...

Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very...