Movies by Urho Kekkonen
Presidentin päivä
A documentary following a day in Urho Kekkonen's life as the president of Finland.
State Funeral
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
Rogue Reporters
The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of Tamminiemi' from the perspective of the journalists who wrote it. The time of the book's publication was the worst time of the Finlandization, Soviet spies worked behind the scenes and the power struggle was heating up, who would be successor of the President Kekkonen? The authors of the book appeared under pseudonyms, but the subjects of the writings were named, and it revealed everything that had been going on behind the scenes.
December 6, 1960
Independence Day celebrations at the Finnish presidential palace December 6, 1960.
Parempaan asumiseen
Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.