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An eight-part documentary series about the life of Mauno Koivisto, 9th president of Finland.
Teppo, who works as an officer in Sodankylä, loses everything after he suffers a brain stroke, forcing him to move to Helsinki to rehabilitate.
Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.
One night on a cruise ship between Helsinki and Stockholm, six stories of happiness and misfortune.
The Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political intrigue, fierce proclamations and people’s movements that get out of control. Activists portrays what happens when people lose faith in society’s capability to deal with conflict.
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944. It's a story about how camaraderie, humor, and a desire to survive connect men on their journey. War upends the lives of both the individual soldiers and those left on the home front, and leaves its mark on the entire nation.
Donna is on a search for love and nothing - not even her blindness - will stop her.
The whole story of Urho Kekkonen, the most important statesman during Finland's independence.
The year is 1917. Rumors of the Russian Revolution are spreading to Helsinki, disrupting the lives of both Prime Minister Oskari Tokoi and the bourgeois Nikolajeffie family. The family's 17-year-old daughter Olivia and the same-aged maid Iita, who works for the family, are best friends. They meet a young socialist boy, Juho, and become entangled in politics, which puts their friendship to the test. Olivia disappears, and Iita realizes that it is a matter of life and death. At the same time, Oskari Tokoi's government seeks to make Finland independent from Russian rule.
The storm has collapsed Finland's infrastructure and made people's lives. What happened also seems to have consequences for people’s emotional lives, especially for men. Rauni Kolehmainen, Commissioner of Public Order Police, tries his best to keep both the world and his own life together.
Man and a dream about building a house that will last at least 100 years.
The story of DI Kari Sorjonen of the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, his family, and his investigations into a variety of harrowing homicides around the border area.