Movies and TvShows featuring "history-of-finland" theme.
Shadow Lines is a gripping TV show set in the turbulent period of the Cold War. The story revolves around espionage, spies, and political intrigue in Finland during the 1950s. It explores the complexities of the era and showcases the struggle for power and survival in a world divided by ideologies.
A six-part documentary series about the least known events of World War II. The series reveal a little-known picture and countless unknown details of the events of World War II in the north.
Land of Hope is a drama set in rural Finland in the 1940s and 1950s. It follows the lives of a war veteran, his wife, and their struggles to rebuild their lives after the war. The movie explores themes of love, gender roles, family dynamics, and the impact of war on individuals and society.
In 17th-century Sweden, a 16-year-old girl is accused of witchcraft and must navigate a closed society filled with betrayal, obsession, and jealousy. As she stands trial for her life, she finds herself at the center of a twisted triangle drama involving a powerful priest and a lustful rapist. Will she be able to prove her innocence and escape the horrors of execution?
1944 The Final Defence tells the story of the Finnish army's struggle against the Soviet Red Army during the Continuation War. The film depicts the intense battles, bombings, and gunfire on the Karelian Isthmus as both sides fight for control of the region. The movie showcases the bravery and sacrifice of the Finnish soldiers as they defend their homeland against the invading forces.
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.
Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence. A new comedy series about the history of Finland. Who really murdered Rasputin? How did the Crusades really begin? What does Santa have to do with the Estonian ferry? Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence and learn how everything might have happened because after all, history is written by those who won. The history of Finland is a comedy where the truth gets a real rice sauna. From Urdonners to drag queen tsars, you've never heard of Finland's history like this before.
The four-part documentary series explores how substances that are now considered illegal drugs came to Finland. The concept of illegal drugs was only born in the 1960s. Before that, cannabis, opium, morphine, heroin, cocaine and amphetamine were mainly medicinal substances that were also occasionally abused.
A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a disappointment in the system and failure in unity of the Finnish nation. The legacy of the civil war had left systems of persecution in place for those with socialist ideals. Martta and her fellow revolutionaries were determined to continue the resistance movement although they knew that at worst it could cost their lives. Martta was imprisoned twice before she was shot. She was an idealist, whose seemingly harmless, naive beliefs in peace and justice were the most dangerous traits a person could have at the time.
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.
On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.
The whole story of Urho Kekkonen, the most important statesman during Finland's independence.
Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
What was Finlandization? What did lying to oneself do to a nation? How low did Finland grovel in the mud and what was all that was necessary? Or was it a success story, because independence was preserved? The series takes us from the end of the World War to the 1990s. It focuses on the 1970s, with its 'Taistoists' and its liturgies of friendship, as well as on the role played by Finnish Broadcasting Company and other media in the Finlandization process.
The Life of Aleksis Kivi is a biographical drama set in 19th-century Finland, depicting the struggles of Aleksis Kivi, a groundbreaking Finnish playwright and poet, against social class divisions, alcoholism, and mental instability. The movie explores his journey to become a renowned artist and the challenges he faced in his personal life and career.