Roland af Hällström

Directing

Roland af Hällström

Born — Died

1905-08-23 — 1956-02-21

Place of birth

Lempäälä, Finland

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Läpi usvan poster
3.8

Pertti works as telegraph operator on a ship. The ship arrives in Helsinki and Pertti looks forward to meet his mother and the neighbor girl, who he is in love. But his plans change, when he steps into a restaurant with the first officer of the ship on the first ashore.

Läpi usvan

1948

Läpi usvan poster
3.8

Pertti works as telegraph operator on a ship. The ship arrives in Helsinki and Pertti looks forward to meet his mother and the neighbor girl, who he is in love. But his plans change, when he steps into a restaurant with the first officer of the ship on the first ashore.

Läpi usvan

1948

Kolmiapila poster
6.0

A couple decides to adopt a child. At the orphanage, they hear three different stories about the children who have arrived there and their fates.

Kolmiapila

1953

The Witch poster
6.2

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...

The Witch

1952

The Witch poster
6.2

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...

The Witch

1952

Paimen, piika ja emäntä poster
7.0

Katri is hired as a maid in Ruuhiniemi. Over the years, she works hard and even dares to dream of love and being the owner of the farm, but the scheming in the division of the inheritance complicate the future.

Paimen, piika ja emäntä

1938

Saariston tyttö poster
5.7

Liisa, the daughter of fisherman Simeon, is having a romance with Peter, a city dweller who has arrived on the island. Liisa feels she is being punished for her forbidden feelings when her fiancé Antti's sister Maija falls ill with diphtheria and Antti is lost at sea in a storm.

Saariston tyttö

1953

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi poster
5.0

Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

1955

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi poster
5.0

Jooseppi Kenkkunen becomes a moonshiner in order to provide for his wife Kaisa-Reetta and his large family during the Prohibition era in Finland.

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

1955

Tåg norrut poster
NR

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North.

Tåg norrut

1952

Pikajuna pohjoiseen poster
4.8

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

1947

Pikajuna pohjoiseen poster
4.8

The destinies of different kind of people encounter in a passenger train that is traveling from Helsinki to the North. One tragedy after the other appears.

Pikajuna pohjoiseen

1947

Hornankoski poster
4.6

The brothers of Yli-Koskela farm fall for the same woman. Then Aarne believes he has killed a man. Artturi sees the case and saves the man from drowning to the rapids. He takes advantage of the situation and tells the woman, Lea, that his brother is a murderer.

Hornankoski

1949

Putkinotko poster
5.6

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...

Putkinotko

1954

Putkinotko poster
5.6

A story takes place within one summery day in a place called Putkinotko on the shore of lake Saimaa in the early 20th century. Juutas and Rosina Käkriäinen are poor sharecroppers struggling to feed their ten children, so they run a liquor selling business on the side...

Putkinotko

1954

Miljonäärimonni poster
5.0

A farce about a wealthy young man who attempts to keep up his lifestyle even in the army.

Miljonäärimonni

1953

Tukkijoella poster
4.0

A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pietola and the house matron, Katri is coveted by malicious Rättäri. He owns the IOU papers for Pietola and tries to get Katri using the IOU as blackmail.

Tukkijoella

1951

Tukkijoella poster
4.0

A 3rd remake of the film based on the play by Teuvo Pakkala. Tells the story of the lumberjack group and how the lives of villagers and lumberjacks intertwine. Many loving couples are formed between jacks and village girls. At the same time, the farm of Pietola and the house matron, Katri is coveted by malicious Rättäri. He owns the IOU papers for Pietola and tries to get Katri using the IOU as blackmail.

Tukkijoella

1951

Ylijäämänainen poster
10.0

A film about the destiny of cashier disappointed in love.

Ylijäämänainen

1951

Houkutuslintu poster
5.0

Marja is a prostitute who has to run away, when her pimp Jussi robs and kills one of her costumers. She finds a hiding place in a mansion on the country side. Marja falls in love with the master of the mansion, but Jussi finds out Marjas whereabouts and comes to meet her.

Houkutuslintu

1946

Houkutuslintu poster
5.0

Marja is a prostitute who has to run away, when her pimp Jussi robs and kills one of her costumers. She finds a hiding place in a mansion on the country side. Marja falls in love with the master of the mansion, but Jussi finds out Marjas whereabouts and comes to meet her.

Houkutuslintu

1946

Vain kaksi tuntia poster
7.0

In this story, which focuses on the events of a single evening, Kaarlo Kaarila, a dedicated chief physician, discovers that his wife Irja is having an affair with Dr. Alec von Wentell. The hospital's head nurse, Sister Magda, longs for Kaarila but suppresses her feelings. Irja's car accident sets off a series of dramatic events that force everyone to reevaluate their values in life.

Vain kaksi tuntia

1949

Vain kaksi tuntia poster
7.0

In this story, which focuses on the events of a single evening, Kaarlo Kaarila, a dedicated chief physician, discovers that his wife Irja is having an affair with Dr. Alec von Wentell. The hospital's head nurse, Sister Magda, longs for Kaarila but suppresses her feelings. Irja's car accident sets off a series of dramatic events that force everyone to reevaluate their values in life.

Vain kaksi tuntia

1949

No artwork available
NR

Film about Finnish war hero.

Vänrikki Stoolin tarinat

1939

Lain mukaan poster
6.7

Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.

Lain mukaan

1956

Lain mukaan poster
6.7

Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.

Lain mukaan

1956

Young Love poster
5.5

Story of first love affair during summer school holidays, in a pastoral setting.

Young Love

1955

Young Love poster
5.5

Story of first love affair during summer school holidays, in a pastoral setting.

Young Love

1955

Kuningas kulkureitten poster
5.2

The young Count Martin von Tandenskiöld who has returned from the war is forced into a battle with a Russian colonel after he harasses his bride Karin. Chased by the Cossacks Martin escapes and joins the old wanderer. On the way Martin encounters adventures and beautiful women.

Kuningas kulkureitten

1953

Hallin Janne poster
3.8

In the late 19th century at Längelmäki two men kill a mailman and rob all the money he carried. Based on actual events.

Hallin Janne

1950

Hallin Janne poster
3.8

In the late 19th century at Längelmäki two men kill a mailman and rob all the money he carried. Based on actual events.

Hallin Janne

1950

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa poster
3.4

Three Finnish girls travel to Stockholm to look for work. But soon they notice that the big city is not such a great place as they thought. Most of the foreign men who they meet there are crooks and liars.

Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa

1952

No artwork available
NR

Documentary film.

Cultural Relations Between Soviet Union and Finland Start

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No artwork available
NR

Documentary film.

Cultural Relations Between Soviet Union and Finland Start

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