The suffocating conditions in a bourgeois family were depicted in several films in the second half of the 1950s - this one is one of the lesser known, although it achieves great emotional impact, free from the first ideological pressures. The title character, the owner of the tenement house Mrs. Dulská, controls her relatives and tenants with a firm and despotic hand. To achieve her goals, she masterfully combines tears, blackmail and insidious intrigues, or does not hesitate to abuse the trusting and handsome maid Hanka when she wants her son not to fool around. Everything suddenly turns around when Hank gets pregnant... But the appearance of a good reputation is more important to her than anything.

Urpo, an alcoholic former priest, has been in prison for manslaughter. During this time, his partner...

The municipal council of Pinsiö tries to get Taavetti, the 'baron of Pinsiö', to move into a retirem...

Young Helena is reluctantly about to marry Brynolf, the chamberlain, when her cousin and beloved Pau...

A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group...

When the general manager of the factory, Lumiala returns from his travels, he learns that his wife A...

Eero Luotola is a pilot operating in Kalliosaari, whose crush is Annikki, who lives in the same vill...

Without knowing about each other, bachelors Salomon, Arvi, and Martti each hire a domestic helper fo...

The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-si...

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is ...

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relativ...

The first Finnish full-length feature film and the first film adaptation of Minna Canth’s play of th...

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and ...

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curs...

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet ...

A man thinks he is not the father of his presumed daughter.

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that th...

Adalbert "Mussu" Koikkalainen inherits 9,000 marks from his uncle. To buy a milk shop, Koikkalainen ...

Young heiress' spendthrift nephew turns her manor into a boarding house for the summer. Suddenly the...

In 1850s Southern Ostrobothnia, the new county police chief angers the peasants with his arrogance, ...

Immersed in his research work, professor Reinhold Varavaara realizes that he has neglected his child...