Topo Leistelä Movies

Heavily indebted Commissioner Birger seeks to marry the wealthy Helena. The young lady rejects his advances and longs for her childhood friend...

Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans.

A widower takes care of his three children who are trying to find him a new wife.

Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess and a false one cause misunderstandings. The film...

The rambunctious Priscilla Paukkaja breaks into the home of Foreign Ministry official Raimo Vehar and his girlfriend Marja and appoints herself the...

Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations...

The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.

In 17th century Finland young Arvid is forced to marry Brita but their ways soon part when their respective fathers move to different places. Years...

At the request of author Zacharias, Fredrik begins composing an opera, inspired by a summer walk in Backas, Espoo. He falls in love with Ebba, who...

Timo plays a jealous husband who shoots his wife's lover on stage. The theater director urges the shy young man to gain experience with women and...

Performances by the Vyborg Music Institute's children's orchestra and choir on the sets of a film studio.

A film about forestry work using old and new methods. Forestry work and the use of wood before and during the war.

Elina, the daughter of a small farmer, would like to attend a folk high school, but her father Nestor opposes the idea. Elina suffers a severe skull...

Seurasaari buildings, children playing, tanhua, Student Theatre performance at Roinila House, nature park area.

The film presents SOK's bakeries and factory production in Turku, Vyborg, Jyväskylä and Kuopio.

Presentation of the Kallio fire station and its operations.

A film about the history of Finland since 1918.

A film about medical achievements commissioned by the Finnish Cancer Society.

A short film filmed by Uno Pihlström and narrated by Topo Leistelä about the work and activities of the Finnish police force in 1937.

Studying at the Ateneum Central School of Art and Design. A free-form short documentary, a cultural portrait of the "cradle" of Finnish art, the...