Movies by Lasse Pöysti

La Vénitienne

La Vénitienne

Pyhä perhe

Pyhä perhe

Suomisen Olli rakastuu

Suomisen Olli rakastuu

Olli Suominen fancies his teacher and other shenanigans.

Hunting for Miss Europe

Hunting for Miss Europe

Miss Europe Hunting (1955) is a romantic comedy directed by Erik Blomberg and co-written with Lars-Eric Malmlund, which utilizes material recorded during the Miss Europe competitions held in Finland. The story follows the career and relationship development of bird photographer Antero Lintunen (Lasse Pöysti) and American journalist Evelyn McNutty (Lippe Hokkanen). In the path signified by coincidences and misunderstandings, they also find each other.

Katupeilin takana

Katupeilin takana

1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. However, Vapu's father, business advisor Ossian Biörcke, is not as accepting when his daughter's actions begin to be revealed.

Lapin kullan kimallus

Lapin kullan kimallus

In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The friends find gold at the first excavation site, which Kittilä's crown prince Konrad Planting and Edvard Manninen also start looking for.

Suomisen Olli yllättää

Suomisen Olli yllättää

Olli Suominen goes through the usual troubles of a teenager. After being in the war he is trying to find his place in the society. And the relations with his family is in turmoil. He also finds the sweet life in restaurants more exhilarating than being in the school and reading books for the forthcoming student exams.

White Lies

White Lies

Justus järjestää kaiken

Justus järjestää kaiken

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.

Syntipukki

Syntipukki

"Mussu" Koikkalainen, a country boy moves to town to find a job. He finds it and is even promoted to head of complaints department. But little he knows.

Sotapojan heilat

Sotapojan heilat

A military farce from a rookie with over a hundred female pen pals.

Macklean

Macklean

Sweden in the 1780s. At the court the nobility lords and ladies dance, love, intrigue and compete for the King's favor. To this Stockholm arrives Rutger Macklean, nobleman and an officer. With a notion of an extensive re-organisation of the agricultural lands and the farm properties.

Hormoonit valloillaan

Hormoonit valloillaan

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus

Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.

Asessorin naishuolet

Asessorin naishuolet

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.

Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin

Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin

Kovanaama

Kovanaama

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.

Putkinotko

Putkinotko

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...

Tukkijoella

Tukkijoella

A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pietola and the house matron, Katri is coveted by malicious Rättäri. He owns the IOU papers for Pietola and tries to get Katri using the IOU as blackmail.