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Valentin Vaala was born in 1909 Helsinki to a Russian-Finnish family. Vaala began his career in the 20s and was noticed in Finland for his international and modern style. Overall his career was a long one, and he ended up directing 44 feature films between 1929 and 1963.
Total trailers found: 66
26 January 1951
A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.
06 November 1953
The new steward of Siltala ends up falling in love with the beautiful widow of the house. Their romance is endangered by misunderstandings and the fact that the estate of Siltala is swimming in debt.
30 April 1953
Frustrated housewife Elisabet Avovirta has a spring romance with a younger man, journalist Jaakko Huhtikuu.
19 September 1952
Ilona Jonsson deceives the old industrialist Österberg. He takes pity on the poor girl, who looks like the doppelganger of his dead daughter.
11 January 1952
Baron Metter is threatening to evict a crofter family from their home. Lauri Vaara a student passing by, falls in love with Marja the family's daughter, and promises to help save their home.
04 November 1929
Manjardo, a young Gypsy leader has spent a lively and joyful life with his young women, Glafira and very keen Akris.
20 December 1936
Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy.
28 March 1937
Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna.
30 April 1954
A traditional misunderstanding story with an unfounded suspicion of jealousy at the beginning. Childhood friends Kati Jorma and Jalmari Karvi do not reveal their previous meetings to their suspicious spouses.
29 April 1929
Valentin Vaala's (and Teuvo Tulio's) first film. Only fragments survive.
23 March 1956
A story set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen, who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni.
14 February 1958
A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others.
09 October 1948
A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol.
07 October 1945
A story about Meeri who is going through a divorce. She is hiding the relationship with a boxer. After seeing an advertisement in a magazine, she then hires a cavalier from an ad agency to escort her home from an upper-class party.
01 February 1957
Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with Esko's father.
17 February 1961
Laila and Lasse are two teenagers dreaming about careers as singers. Lasse's brother Rami dreams about motorbike racing and dates a pretty blond Anjukka.
22 December 1930
A prototype for a Finnish advertising film that is taking its first steps. The frame story is about an evening at a restaurant.
17 October 1937
Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie.
05 October 1941
Documentary compilation of Finnish Defence Forces Newsreels keeping the people up-to-date with the latest about the war.
25 December 1946
Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.
16 January 1938
Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl.
06 November 1938
In 17th century Finland young Arvid is forced to marry Brita but their ways soon part when their respective fathers move to different places.
04 February 1945
A nobleman in 1830's Finland has to contend with stuck-up relatives, his daughters' suitors, dark secrets from his family's past, mistaken identities and a haunted wing of his mansion.
25 April 1943
Teacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to study administrative sciences, but nasty fellow students make the girl leave the university and apply to become a nurse.
16 August 1946
The press gets excited about a girl from a fish factory who accidentally wins the Girl of the Week beauty contest and writes an imaginative story about her as a millionaire heiress.
02 January 1971
A compilation of excerpts from old Helsinki-themed documentaries and new material.
01 October 1941
War documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.
01 January 1939
Impressionistic short documentary of a Helsinki morning at the end of 1930s with a poetic narration.
01 October 1941
War documentary from the Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.
12 April 1931
Master violist Anton Lardozo rounds around Europe by performing and spending all his free time in restaurants.
01 October 1941
Documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.
01 October 1941
War documentary short from Continuation war produced by Finnish armed forces.
27 April 1941
Doctor's daughter Leila is getting married to engineer Lauri. Before the wedding, Lauri's ex-girlfriend Asta and poet Esko, who is in love with Leila, mess up the relationship between the happy couple.
08 September 1935
Sock manufacturer August Lampaanpää finds himself in financial difficulties due to the upkeep of his girlfriend Kyllikki Mattler, appeasing his wife, and opposing his daughter Vappu's plans to marry car mechanic Manne Hietikko.
12 April 1936
Esko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals.
15 October 1939
After many years away a woman returns to her hometown in Lapland with her husband. There she falls in love with a handsome forester.
13 November 1962
A commissioned film about wintertime seafaring in Finland
03 January 1943
Jarvala's daughter Aliina and the miller Jalmari Hurttia are in love with each other. Jarvala's father does not approve of the miller as a son-in-law, because he wants his daughter to marry into wealth.
22 March 1942
Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia.
19 September 1943
A young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her.
30 September 1945
A successful doctor moves back to her home village and notices severe flaws in its health services.
24 November 1935
The romantic musical comedy Kaikki rakastavat is a key work in Finnish film history since it was the first feature film of Valentin Vaala as the house director of Suomi-Filmi and the film which launched the most beloved screen couple of Finland, Tauno Palo and Ansa Ikonen.
01 January 1936
Originally made as an ad for reindeer meat but includes notable documentary material from Lapland. A young couple from Helsinki goes to a restaurant and gets to know reindeer meat.
23 December 1949
Helsinki judge Wilhelm Thorén arrives to investigate the financial mess at Niementaustan Manor. The estate of the declining Carenius noble family is on the verge of bankruptcy and should be put up for sale.
01 October 1944
A smart set girl wants more excitement in her life and ends being mixed up in criminal activities.
24 March 1955
Tuulikki Tenho, who lied about her marital status to get a job as a secretary at a timber company, has to pretend that she is married to Yrjö Aaltonen, an architect she has just met.
19 September 1958
A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.
18 February 1934
Mattila's relatives Konstu and Fransi travel to Helsinki to meet their friend Kalle Liljepeki, who runs a failing general store in Sörnäis.
14 April 1951
A comedic information film from the Ministry of Finance. A barrage of questions from a reporter led by Lasse Pöysti reveals where inflation is lurking.
14 March 1963
A man sets out to prove his right against a District Court in a small town. The locals are not willing to accept anything but their own truth of the matter.
25 March 1933
The director's daughter, Raila Tuulo, is the only one who has seen the burglar terrorizing the city, the mysterious "Blue Overalls," and recognizes him as Joel Ormak.
02 February 1941
Blind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic person.
01 January 1937
Description of the film making, samples of the production of two long films of Finland-Film in summer 1937.
15 April 1940
Continuation War Review 10/41 Cannon operations. Pioneer repair work. Railway cannons. Hägglund's visit to Paalu.
17 November 1949
Katri Vesa, a young woman from Helsinki, has fallen in love with Erkki Kovalinna, an ambitious young official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is prepared to do anything to win his affection.
