Leo Jokela
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1927-01-24
Locus Natus: Hausjärvi, Finland
Et ut: Лео Йокела
Rintamalotta
Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous...
release : 1956.11.02popularis : 0.812
Vaarallista vapautta
Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the...
release : 1962.11.16popularis : 0.455
The Harvest Month
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...
release : 1956.10.05popularis : 0.514
Kovanaama
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...
release : 1954.01.29popularis : 0.407
Kultainen vasikka
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
release : 1961.11.24popularis : 0.589
Kalle Aaltosen morsian
The S/S Vellamo heads to Alexandria with Kaarina, the daughter of the ship's owner Hallerman, on board. As Kaarina trades places with the family's...
release : 1948.10.08popularis : 0.246
Asessorin naishuolet
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.
release : 1958.02.07popularis : 0.405
Pikku Pietarin piha
A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person –...
release : 1961.11.30popularis : 0.732
Inspector Palmu's Error
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.
release : 1960.09.09popularis : 1.721
Opettajatar seikkailee
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...
release : 1960.10.28popularis : 1.553
Hilmanpäivät
The everyday life of the small village is mixed when a fire breaks out the night after the party. The cooperative manager and fire manager alerts the...
release : 1954.10.08popularis : 0.41
Villin Pohjolan kulta
A western set in the "Wild North".
release : 1963.02.01popularis : 0.489
Toivelauluja
A film centered around a popular Finnish song book
release : 1961.03.23popularis : 0.387
Aaltoska orkaniseeraa
Two children get involved in the adventure as the bustling caretaker Mrs. Aaltoska and crime reporter "Hawkeye" Lipponen start chasing the mysterious...
release : 1949.07.15popularis : 0.876
Orpopojan valssi
A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful...
release : 1949.10.20popularis : 0.617
Professori Masa
A comedy about a social studies professor opposing a dockworkers strike ending up working at the docks by mistake and having his worldview turn...
release : 1949.12.23popularis : 0.369
Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of...
release : 1969.09.12popularis : 2.137
Köyhä laulaja
Sisters Irma and Airi Ranna's café Iltatähti has run into financial trouble. Touring musicians Heikki and Jussi end up as tenants in the...
release : 1950.04.28popularis : 0.29
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
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...
release : 1961.09.15popularis : 2.708
Lasisydän
A famous glass artist escapes his busy city life and takes to the road.
release : 1959.10.16popularis : 0.642
Minkkiturkki
A story of a mink coat passing from one owner to another binding their fates.
release : 1961.02.03popularis : 0.521
Olin nahjuksen vaimo
While living separated, Mr. Kaski finds out that her wife has written a book about their marriage. And the book is not very flattering in tone...
release : 1961.04.28popularis : 0.762
Scarlet Week
After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking...
release : 1954.02.28popularis : 1.932
Tukkijoella
A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks...
release : 1951.09.21popularis : 0.69
Paksunahka
A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.
release : 1958.04.04popularis : 0.711
Putkinotko
A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina...
release : 1954.09.10popularis : 1.103
Syntipukki
"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...
release : 1957.08.30popularis : 1.844
Kulkurin masurkka
A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.
release : 1958.01.24popularis : 0.241
The Witch
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...
release : 1952.10.03popularis : 1.411
Pähkähullu Suomi
A film that pushes every stereotype imaginable about Finland, and then some. Indeed, coming in the same year as Finland’s 50th anniversary, the...
release : 1967.08.25popularis : 0.647
Laivaston monnit maissa
Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.
release : 1954.07.16popularis : 0.913
Rautatie
Matti and Liisa are two farmers who become curious to see the first railroads in Lapinlahti, Finland.
release : 1973.12.30popularis : 0.375
Jokin ihmisessä
Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her...
release : 1956.04.06popularis : 0.486
Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu
A man's body is found on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki. Palmu starts to investigate the case, but the scandalous newspaper story causes...
release : 1962.09.07popularis : 1.485
Olemme kaikki syyllisiä
A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He...
release : 1954.11.05popularis : 0.521
Leikkikalugangsteri
Two Finnish toy manufacturers Jim King and Krakström compete for toys. King's business is far too successful and he is trying to tax fraud with...
release : 1969.08.22popularis : 0.439
Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
Directed by Ville Salminen and written by Reino Helismaa, the musical comedy film Kaks tavallista Lahtista (1960) tells the story of two friends...
release : 1960.05.13popularis : 0.812
Kahdeksas veljes
Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.
release : 1971.02.26popularis : 0.98
Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä
Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.
release : 1960.03.11popularis : 3.156
Iloinen Linnanmäki
Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest...
release : 1960.11.04popularis : 0.401
Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa
An ex-finnish army officer Kari Kivi returns to Finland after 12 years of absence. He is quickly hired by a businessman named Östermalm to be...
release : 1959.02.27popularis : 0.724
Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a...
release : 1956.06.29popularis : 0.469
Lakeuksien lukko
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler,...
release : 1951.01.26popularis : 0.739
Kuriton sukupolvi
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...
release : 1957.03.29popularis : 0.524
Punainen viiva
The story of the first elections in Finland
release : 1959.09.04popularis : 0.417
Sven Tuuva the Hero
For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the...
release : 1958.12.19popularis : 0.617
Sotapojan heilat
A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.
release : 1958.08.15popularis : 1.135
Sankarialokas
Sankarialokas is a parody about military life from year 1955.
release : 1955.07.28popularis : 0.288
Taas tyttö kadoksissa!
Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.
release : 1957.05.03popularis : 0.496
Autotytöt
Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.
release : 1960.10.07popularis : 0.868
Leena
Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen...
release : 1954.12.31popularis : 3.24
Lain mukaan
Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the...
release : 1956.03.23popularis : 0.985
Ryysyrannan Jooseppi
Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.
release : 1955.04.08popularis : 0.22
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
Two Finnish PI:s are hunted by a gang specialized to counterfeit banknotes from Malaga to Finland and Mallorca and back. The counterfeit money...
release : 1959.05.01popularis : 0.682
Villi Pohjola
A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.
release : 1955.09.30popularis : 0.967
Tähtisilmä
Poor orphan coffee delivery girl loves a poor painter who can't sell his artworks. Painter likes delivery girl, but has stuck in a friend zone....
release : 1955.04.15popularis : 1.015
Vääpelin kauhu
A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.
release : 1957.07.19popularis : 0.617