Laugh or Die

Laugh or Die 2018

6.29

Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.

2018

Tears of April

Tears of April 2008

6.30

There is civil war in Finland between "Whites" and "Reds". A woman soldier of the Reds is captured by the Whites. She is ordered to be executed. A lieutenant is enforced into a homosexual relationship with his commanding officer to save the Red female with whom he is infatuated.

2008

Tammisunnuntai 1918

Tammisunnuntai 1918 2017

1.00

Dramatized documentary of the early hours of Finland's Civil War in January 1918.

2017

Klyftan

Klyftan 1973

1

A story about 10-year-old Ruth and her life in Jakobstad in the years 1917-1918, during the Finnish Civil War. Based on a novel by Anna Bondestam.

1973

As the Heads Bow Down

As the Heads Bow Down 2019

8.00

Kun painuvi päät (As the Heads Bow Down) is a documentary about the 1918 Civil War in Finland.

2019

Where Once We Walked

Where Once We Walked 2011

1

The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.

2011