Directing

Pauli Pentti

Born 1958-04-02 · Parkano, Finland

Pauli Pentti was a Finnish director and producer. He also worked as a scriptwriter, lighting designer and actor. Pentti worked for a long time as assistant director to the Kaurismäki brothers. Before his death in 2022, he was working on the production of the TV series 'The Man Who Died'.

Acting credits

Iron Horsemen poster
6.5

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

Iron Horsemen

1995

Jumalia ei uhmata poster
5.5

A well-known Finnish man is found murdered in a popular Sicilian resort, and a Finnish police officer who happens to be there begins to investigate the case on his own.

Jumalia ei uhmata

1988

Ylösnousemus poster
6.0

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.

Ylösnousemus

1985

Tilinteko poster
6.3

Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small town, where he has became the mayor. Varjola, of course, is shocked to see his old friend again.

Tilinteko

1987

Viimeiset rotannahat poster
5.0

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.

Viimeiset rotannahat

1985

Some of You May Have Heard of Me poster
NR

Kari Uusitalo, a regular visitor to the Tampere Film Festival, delved into the state of Finnish cinema of the mid-1980s, while getting to know the new generation of filmmakers in Anssi Mänttäri's comedic short documentary. Deep in Reppufilmi's cellar, in addition to director Mänttäri, we meet Pirkko Hämäläinen, Markku Toikka, Matti Pellonpää, Paavo Piskonen and Pauli Pentti. The film poses the question: why is a person, an artist, willing to risk everything over and over again?

Some of You May Have Heard of Me

2025

Behind the camera

From Russia with Rock poster
8.0

A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's regime: the film follows underground bands' rise to publicity, the country's first "official" rock festival called the Moscow Rock Panorama-87 and the rocket-like ascent of Uralian Nautilus Pompilius into the starry sky of Soviet rock. Also appearing: "Аквариум", "Авиа", "Телевизор", "Браво", "Ва Банкъ", "Бригада С", "Новая Коллекция", "Мистер Твистер", "Круиз", "Нюанс", "Альянс", Uriah Heep.

From Russia with Rock

1988

Crime and Punishment poster
6.9

Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Rahikainen struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Crime and Punishment

1983

Naked Harbour poster
5.8

In a multicultural suburb of Helsinki, a bullied Russian immigrant decides to fight back, a young woman dreams of superstardom at any cost, and a junkie couple schemes their way out of debt.

Naked Harbour

2012

Cuban Serenade poster
NR

Finnish documentary about Cuba.

Cuban Serenade

1997

Macbeth poster
6.3

A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Macbeth

1987

Macbeth poster
6.3

A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Macbeth

1987

Pimeys odottaa poster
4.5

Matti Mäki is a young man who gets involved with a corrupt police man seeking proof that his wife, a night club singer, is cheating on him in this film noir style thriller.

Pimeys odottaa

1985

Pimeys odottaa poster
4.5

Matti Mäki is a young man who gets involved with a corrupt police man seeking proof that his wife, a night club singer, is cheating on him in this film noir style thriller.

Pimeys odottaa

1985

Emergency Call - A Murder Mystery poster
6.8

A father of four children gets brutally stabbed several times, with the children present in the family home. During the brutal action, his wife – Anneli Auer – is on the phone to the emergency center. Emergency Call – A Murder Mystery is a documentary film tracking down the story that unfolds after the fatal night. We hear from all emerging sides as the prosecution builds its case against the mother of four. A behind the scenes look into one of the most bizarre unsolved court cases in recent Finnish history.

Emergency Call - A Murder Mystery

2014

Boy Upside Down poster
5.7

A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.

Boy Upside Down

2014

The Liar poster
6.2

Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.

The Liar

1981

Enemies Within poster
5.0

Short film by Oskari Sipola

Enemies Within

2009