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- DirectorIlkka Järvi-LaturiStarsIvo UukkiviMilena GulbeMonika MägerIn August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank nearly $1 billion in gold bullion hidden in Paris for 50 years. Russian mobsters have a bold plan to hijack the gold after shutting down the capital's power at midnight. For this they need Toivo, an electrical technician. His wife is pregnant and she urges him to take the job ("$5000 buys lots of baby food"). After Toivo leaves for the plant, his wife goes into labor. Birth and blackout happen simultaneously; the baby needs an incubator, but there's no power. Jealousies within the Mob undercut the plan's smooth operation, and soon the Mob has Toivo to deal with as well.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsMarie-Louise FockTure AraKunto KarapääA girl who moves to the city after her fiancé lacks the courage to face his father ,who is against their relationship. In the city the girls winds up being abused by men, giving birth to a child and supporting herself on prostitution.
- DirectorNyrki TapiovaaraStarsTuulikki PaananenIlmari MäntySanteri KariloA thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses the divided loyalties of the Finnish bourgeoisie, torn between preserving their privileged economic position and taking a risky stand for an independent Finland.
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsJussi JurkkaAnneli SauliEmmi JurkkaPitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love/hate relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her deathbed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly-happy family life with someone else.
- DirectorVeikko ItkonenStarsEija KaripääEino KatajavuoriUuno LaaksoSirkka feels she's doing the right thing killing her cruel stepfather. But there is a witness to the murder, the musician Eino. However, he helps Sirkka get rid of the dead body. Suspected by the police for the murder Sirkka flees abroad.
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsEdvin LaineMirjam NoveroRauha PunttiTwo men steal a precious candelabra at a mansion they accidentally burn down. Two years later, one of the thieves is a wealthy property owner. But he is tormented by his memories and debt.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsLiana KaarinaEsko SalminenToivo MäkeläYoung Elsie runs away from home. She get a lift by an older man who takes her out to his country villa. They begin a sexual relationship while the young Reino also shows interest in Elsie.
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsAnsa IkonenTauno PaloAku Korhonen
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsVeijo PasanenAino-Maija TikkanenMatti TamminenA psychological drama of a young student (Veijo Pasanen) who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
- DirectorWilliam MarkusStarsÅke LindmanPentti SiimesPirjo LindahlOne of two brothers working in a lock factory gets caught after participating in a burglary. He insists they didn't take anything after all, yet millions of Finnish marks are missing. Meanwhile, his seemingly virtuous older brother, who was not supposed to have anything to do with the burglary, seems to have some secrets on his conscience.
- DirectorVeikko ItkonenStarsTauno PaloUuno LaaksoEkke HämäläinenA mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
- DirectorMatti KassilaStarsTauno PaloGunvor SandkvistHelen EldeDoctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa fallows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsJussi JurkkaMirja KaristoÅke LindmanThree youngsters spend the night nervously waiting for the police to arrive. Growing up in misery, dreaming of a different life, they have all become desperate criminals.
- DirectorT.J. SärkkäStarsTauno PaloTeija SopanenKaarlo HalttunenAbout the adventures and crime of an international rogue and his look-alike.
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsEdvin LaineMervi JärventausYrjö TuominenSet in Helsinki, the story follows Lauri Haapa and Anna Kauhto as they are released from prison.
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsRisto MäkeläRauha RentolaRose-Marie PrechtA government official decides to steal a $25-million markka payroll (=$78,000 USD) and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.
- DirectorYrjö NortaStarsIsmo KallioAntero KarresMirja KaristoA police inspector on his summer vacation is dragged into a small town murder case.
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsMargareta FahlénGeorg LøkkebergEva DahlbeckA ghostly woman warns a Victorian heiress about a count and his cohort who are after her fortune.
- DirectorSeppo HuunonenStarsMikko MajanlahtiArja VirtanenPauli VirtanenA middle-aged man becomes deeply involved with the affairs and criminal connections of a mysterious girl.
- DirectorRoland af HällströmStarsLaila JokimoEino KaipainenEero LeväluomaMarja is a prostitute who has to run away, when her pimp Jussi robs and kills one of her costumers. She finds a hiding place in a mansion on the country side. Marja falls in love with the master of the mansion, but Jussi finds out Marjas whereabouts and comes to meet her.
- DirectorTheodor LutsErkki UotilaStarsEnsio JoukoEija KaripääErkki UotilaTanja Bulkova, who arrives in Finland under the name Toini Salonen with the help of spy chief Rosenberg, becomes secretary to engineer Rautavuori and finds out about the blueprints of a secret invention.
- DirectorTeuvo TulioStarsRegina LinnanheimoEino KatajavuoriToini VartiainenA love triangle of two sisters, both passionately desiring the same man.