Toivo Mäkelä Movies

An uptight all-girl school teacher Leena Kataja stumbles upon a handsome artist Pertti Rinne who paints her face on a nude portrait, much to her...

A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge...

After returning home from being a prisoner of war Viktor gets a job from his friend Rolf with whom he had served. The men trust each other until...

A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector...

A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the...

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears...

Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his...

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a...

A television play adaptation of the trial against Robert Oppenheimer.

1765. Regina Tuomaantytär is engaged to Juha. However, she is also courted by Martti Heikkilä, soldier Matti Modig and Kalle Brockman....

The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli.

"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he...

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

A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.