Esko Salminen Movies

  • 1988
    Ariel

    Ariel

    Ariel

    7.11988HD

    After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and...

    Ariel
  • 1987
    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business

    6.61987HD

    When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a...

    Hamlet Goes Business
  • 1989
    The Winter War

    The Winter War

    The Winter War

    71989HD

    Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the...

    The Winter War
  • 2005
    Mother of Mine

    Mother of Mine

    Mother of Mine

    6.62005HD

    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...

    Mother of Mine
  • 1958
    Sven Tuuva the Hero

    Sven Tuuva the Hero

    Sven Tuuva the Hero

    51958HD

    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...

    Sven Tuuva the Hero
  • 2012
    Once Upon a Time in the North

    Once Upon a Time in the North

    Once Upon a Time in the North

    62012HD

    19th century drama set on the plains of Ostrobothnia, western Finland, which are controlled by groups of knife-wielding thugs, the toughs....

    Once Upon a Time in the North
  • 1993
    The Last Border

    The Last Border

    The Last Border

    4.21993HD

    One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world

    The Last Border
  • 1994
    Kaikki pelissä

    Kaikki pelissä

    Kaikki pelissä

    5.81994HD

    A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is...

    Kaikki pelissä
  • 2013
    August Fools

    August Fools

    August Fools

    5.52013HD

    An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her...

    August Fools
  • 2024
    Not Withholding Anything from You

    Not Withholding Anything from You

    Not Withholding Anything from You

    02024HD

    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...

    Not Withholding Anything from You
  • 1982
    Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä

    Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä

    Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä

    5.51982HD

    The King Without a Heart is a fairytale about of a happy king who has a young daughter and a lovely wife. After the sudden death of his wife, the...

    Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä
  • 1998
    Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

    Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

    Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

    71998HD

    The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest office of one of Tibetan Buddhism's main sects and...

    Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
  • 1989
    Cha Cha Cha

    Cha Cha Cha

    Cha Cha Cha

    6.71989HD

    A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an...

    Cha Cha Cha
  • 1988
    Plainlands

    Plainlands

    Plainlands

    5.81988HD

    Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical...

    Plainlands
  • 1960
    Inspector Palmu's Error

    Inspector Palmu's Error

    Inspector Palmu's Error

    71960HD

    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.

    Inspector Palmu's Error
  • 2011
    The Storage

    The Storage

    The Storage

    52011HD

    Antero Rousku is a storeman in a paint store. His job requires raw muscle power, mixing paints and carrying house repair materials around to earn his...

    The Storage
  • 2017
    The Dissidents

    The Dissidents

    The Dissidents

    62017HD

    In Soviet-era Estonia, three young mavericks drop everything and flee to Sweden, but soon learn the free world is not all it's cracked up to be.

    The Dissidents
  • 1960
    Opettajatar seikkailee

    Opettajatar seikkailee

    Opettajatar seikkailee

    4.81960HD

    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...

    Opettajatar seikkailee
  • 2012
    Gloriously Wasted

    Gloriously Wasted

    Gloriously Wasted

    4.4352012HD

    Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life...

    Gloriously Wasted
  • 1994
    Uuno Turhapuron veli

    Uuno Turhapuron veli

    Uuno Turhapuron veli

    2.71994HD

    Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped.

    Uuno Turhapuron veli