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Maunu Kurkvaara (18 July 1926 – 31 December 2023) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the "new wave" of Finnish cinema in the spirit of French New Wave cinema. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1993. Many of his films share a nautical theme due to his love of the sea. His film Yksityisalue was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1965, he co-produced the film 4x4 and it was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
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25 September 1959
Kaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.
20 August 1965
An author writes a historical novel about witch persecution and is accused of blasphemy.
05 October 1962
An apparent suicide of a successful architect prompts an investigation into his death. A young man investigating can't believe that his well-respected boss would take his own life until he discovers that the man had a loveless marriage, another woman on the side, and a general feeling of malaise – a condition caused by the fact that he very nearly sold himself out to the lure of big money.
07 October 1960
Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.
31 March 1968
A story about the rise of awareness among the youth against the pollution and eco-system disaster. The conflict between the youth and ruling establishment is also taken under the inspection.
10 January 1986
A young woman finds a hidden bit of film about her mother's youth, a film which somehow seems linked to her own life.
04 February 1983
A young advertising executive decides to focus on success in his life. As he concentrates on building his career, both his family and his colleagues are pushed aside.
23 August 1963
A music film whose song, dance and music performances all take place in Helsinki during one summer Saturday.
31 January 1964
Ritva Hakala the single parent of a little boy is working in the office. While Ritva talks lightly about men and her future plans with other women at the office and coffees, she has to avoid her jealous and violent ex-husband, who threatens a relationship with her new male friend Kale.
17 September 1971
After a young girl is found murdered in Kumpula, Helsinki, the police arrest Ossi Virtanen as a suspect.
15 November 1968
Reiska who has moved to Helsinki from the country starts working as an errand boy in Sweden and Denmark for Lehto, a leader of a criminal league.
24 October 1969
A story about young factory worker Tuija, who has recently met an interesting young man. When the death of a friend interrupts a monotonous and carefree life, the strangest week of Tuija's life begins.
21 November 1958
Young Tirlittan gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking for a new home, she meets a friendly policeman, a woman with goat, and a ringmaster with whom Tirlittan ends up performing in a circus.
20 October 1949
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 couplet singer - the "king of couplets".
25 February 1965
Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
16 September 1966
Nordic people living in Ibiza meet at a party organized by artist Nitta.
01 March 1963
Sini is waiting for her husband to return from a trip and starts thinking about her past relationship with Jaska.
04 September 1964
A journalist is reporting on prostitutes active in the harbor area. He falls in love with the beautiful and different Vuokko.
18 August 1961
Tells the story of a young couple using flashbacks.
22 September 1950
Tar Steam Princess Armada travels along Lake Saimaa to St. Petersburg and back during the years of Russian rule over Finland.
02 February 1968
In the farce, the producer has invited people to his place to plan a film celebrating the centenary of independence.
01 February 1955
A young soldier named Olavi is seriously wounded on the front lines of the Continuation War and, while unconscious, recalls a happy summer when he and his friends landed on the island of Bornholm in a sailboat after a storm and met Birte, a girl from the archipelago.
14 November 1957
The events of the film took place during the Continuation War, and the film is a new, expanded version of Kurkvaara's 1955 film Onnen saari (The Island of Happiness).
