Veikko Aaltonen Trailers
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Most Popular Veikko Aaltonen Trailers
Total trailers found: 32
Friends, Comrades Trailer (1990)
16 November 1990
The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two.
The Saimaa Gesture Trailer (1981)
11 September 1981
A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981.
Iron Horsemen Trailer (1995)
27 January 1995
Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.
Paimenet Trailer (2005)
11 March 2005
This documentary revolves around the work of the priests of the Kallio parish in Helsinki.
Paper Star Trailer (1989)
29 September 1989
Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.
Crime and Punishment Trailer (1983)
02 December 1983
Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Rahikainen struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
Tilinteko Trailer (1987)
13 February 1987
Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot.
Not Withholding Anything from You Trailer (2024)
07 March 2024
How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how does the writer/director Saara Turunen create a whole new world for the stage, and why does musician PK Keränen pick up his guitar time and time again? Is creativity a conscious or subconscious process, a pleasure or a compulsion? Veikko Aaltonen’s documentary takes us straight into the heart of creativity with artists from different fields and generations.
The Worthless Trailer (1982)
15 October 1982
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives.
The Well Trailer (1992)
29 September 1992
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well.
The Winter War Trailer (1989)
30 November 1989
After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war.
Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers Trailer (1991)
08 March 1991
A sequel to Soinio's film Kuutamosonaatti (Moonlight Sonata) of 1988. A rural family clings to life until the resourceful Sulo uses the salvific powers of sauna, moonshine, and tar to resurrect his injured brother Arvo, their deceased mother, and even buried revolutionaries.
Ariel Trailer (1988)
21 October 1988
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
La Vie de Bohème Trailer (1992)
27 February 1992
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
The Prodigal Son Trailer (1992)
30 October 1992
Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people.
Mother of Mine Trailer (2005)
30 September 2005
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children.
Milka: A Film About Taboos Trailer (1980)
19 December 1980
Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand.
Kiss Me in the Rain Trailer (1999)
17 September 1999
Middle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers.
The Working Class Trailer (2004)
07 September 2004
A documentary about industrial workers and their culture in Finland.
Kaksi vanhaa varasta Trailer (1993)
01 May 1993
For the past 20 years, a cleaner Anna has been living an honest life. She takes charge of the life of her alcoholic lover, a retiree Harri.
From Russia with Rock Trailer (1988)
09 September 1988
A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's regime: the film follows underground bands' rise to publicity, the country's first "official" rock festival called the Moscow Rock Panorama-87 and the rocket-like ascent of Uralian Nautilus Pompilius into the starry sky of Soviet rock.
The Unknown Soldier Trailer (1985)
06 December 1985
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
Earth Trailer (1999)
26 September 1999
One of Finland's most respected filmmakers, Veikko Aaltonen directs his first documentary about the changes of his home country since its admittance into the European Union in 1996.
The Dinosaur Trailer (2021)
10 March 2021
Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.
Trench Road Trailer (2004)
27 August 2004
After his wife leaves him, a man becomes obsessed getting his family back together by buying an old house.
Jackpot 2 Trailer (1982)
05 March 1982
Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins.
Hamlet Goes Business Trailer (1987)
21 August 1987
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry.
Our Father… Trailer (1993)
22 October 1993
Juhani Haavisto returns to his childhood home from the seas and is confronted by his wheelchair-bound, demented father Eino and the traumas of sexual abuse and violence he experienced as a child.
Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät Trailer (1993)
24 September 1993
Inspector Timo Harjunpää works on harassment and extortion campaign case against successful computer expert.
Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut Trailer (1990)
21 December 1990
That Kiljunen familys sets out find their two missing family members, who have been sent to Tampere by the Matalamäki boarding school for retraining due to poor school performance.
