Movies by Matti Lehtelä

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.

Alaston malli karkuteillä

Alaston malli karkuteillä

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

Nuori mylläri

Nuori mylläri

A young man arrives in the village. He becomes a miller and delights the girls in the village, which evokes bitterness in others. He is subject to moralistic criticism, even though he is in fact only in love with the tailor's daughter.

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...

Taistelu Heikkilän talosta

Taistelu Heikkilän talosta

Rakuuna Kalle Kollola

Rakuuna Kalle Kollola

Cavalryman Kalle Kollola makes a fool of himself in order to get by with less service during his time in the army. Aunt Loviisa, who has come to see him, urges her witty but lazy cousin to straighten up. Aunt Loviisa also helps Miss Hilja Aro settle her differences with the horse master Kalpa.