Asko Sarkola Movies

A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Samuli Edelmann

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish...

Genre: War

Cast: Rauno Ahonen

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Juha Veijonen

In this somber, psychological drama about the conflict between a man's innermost feelings and a society that puts these feelings in a strait jacket,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sven Wollter

35-year old Erik Engman, aka Pinnen, is the local fool. He picks up garbage and eats at the old people's home. One day he is asked to try the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Asko Sarkola

A movie by Agneta Fagerström-Olsson.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Johan Hägglund

The Kiljunen family wins a holiday trip to Helsinki and the city will never be the same again.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jukka Sipilä

The Persian ruler Shah Nadir has only one daughter. Princess Lindagull is kind-hearted, but feels trapped in her palace life. The vengeful King...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Asko Sarkola

Jüri Rumm is a hot-tempered young peasant who is not afraid of either German barons or the Russian czar, barfights or disobedience to his...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Hannes Kaljujärv

A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on the struggle between good and evil as...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Satu Silvo

Holger gets called a zombie by his son because he seems so boring. After this he decides to quit working and focuses on his own happiness instead.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Anders Nyström

Johannes, an ex-con now working as a antiques dealer, is faced with a huge debt. He is put under pressure to pay and agrees to steal the Russian...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sven Wollter

Art documentary film.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rauno Ketonen

Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hannu-Pekka Björkman

A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Godenius

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...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Aino Seppo

A child acquires a magical video game that he uses to influence the world around him.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Arttu Peltomaa

Crime caper involving two con artists who team up to pull off a super scam. Complications arise when the female member of the team falls in love with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Liisa Mustonen

One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ruben Stiller

Recovering from a nail gun shot to the head and 13 months of coma, doctor Pekka Valinta starts to unravel the mystery of his past, still suffering...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Petteri Summanen

A fictitious biography of Aira Samulin, the goddess of dance and importer of all the international dance crazes to Finland for some fifty years. The...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aira Samulin

This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Asko Sarkola

Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerpori', by Pertti Jarla.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kari Väänänen

The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ville Virtanen

Midsummer in Sweden; somewhere above the Arctic Circle. Many curious stories unfold in a small Finnish-speaking village, while the sun never sets.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maria Heiskanen

Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of...

Genre: War

Cast: Erkki Pajala

A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pihla Viitala

Illustrates the effects of hereditary muscle degeneration disease on a family.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Asko Sarkola