Elli Ylimaa

Acting

Elli Ylimaa

Born — Died

1900-06-11 — 1982-05-11

Place of birth

Turku, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Elli Ylimaa (1900–1982) was a Finnish film actress and older sister of actresses Regina Linnanheimo and Rakel Linnanheimo.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 12 titles

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

Kaikkien naisten monni poster
6.7

The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attempts are made to teach him in different ways - the women of the locality are also interested in teaching. Soon Nieminen will be the competing with sergeant major Vasikainen for the affections of the colonel's cook Vieno.

Kaikkien naisten monni

1952

Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla poster
5.6

Pekka is given the task of renting a summer place, but real estate agent Aadolf Muikku tricks him into buying a villa.

Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla

1953

Muuan sulhasmies poster
8.0

Mauritz Grafvenhjelm, alias Moppe, an impoverished nobleman, and his friend Ville enjoy a carefree life as vagabonds in summery Porvoo until Moppe finds a large sum of money and receives a reward for it. After celebrating thoroughly at the Belvedere restaurant, he wakes up in the morning in a cell with no memory of what happened and learns that he has become engaged to the restaurant owner, Miss Svea Jonson.

Muuan sulhasmies

1956

2 hauskaa vekkulia poster
5.3

Musical comedy about two friends trying to advance in music business at any price.

2 hauskaa vekkulia

1953

Maailman kaunein tyttö poster
6.0

Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.

Maailman kaunein tyttö

1953

Asessorin naishuolet poster
8.0

After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.

Asessorin naishuolet

1958

Olet mennyt minun vereeni poster
5.9

Remembering the past, Rea returns to the moment that changed her life. Coming of age, Rea's alcoholic fate is wrapped around two men, composer Tauno Tarras and sea captain Erkki.

Olet mennyt minun vereeni

1956

Kesäillan valssi poster
7.0

A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.

Kesäillan valssi

1951

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

Rikollinen nainen poster
5.3

Eeva Isokari flees her home from the jealousy of her husband, judge Lauri. The next day, a body is found on the railway tracks. Lauri thinks his wife is dead. The woman, who has lost her memory, has ended up in a prison run by her husband. Known in english as A Woman of Crime.

Rikollinen nainen

1952

Gabriel, tule takaisin poster
6.3

A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.

Gabriel, tule takaisin

1951

1940s · 9 titles

Varaventtiili poster
8.0

Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women when the eligible bachelor, doctor Eino Korpinen, takes a liking to her.

Varaventtiili

1942

Neiti Tuittupää poster
5.0

Teacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to study administrative sciences, but nasty fellow students make the girl leave the university and apply to become a nurse.

Neiti Tuittupää

1943

Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä poster
5.5

Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.

Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä

1946

Antreas ja syntinen Jolanda poster
7.0

Blind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic person. Kind high school girl Martta loves Antreas, while office worker Jolanda is the fulfillment of his dreams. The blind and poor man's feelings are not reciprocated, but when he inherits millions, even the flighty Jolanda seeks Antreas' company.

Antreas ja syntinen Jolanda

1941

Vuokrasulhanen poster
8.0

A story about Meeri who is going through a divorce. She is hiding the relationship with a boxer. After seeing an advertisement in a magazine, she then hires a cavalier from an ad agency to escort her home from an upper-class party.

Vuokrasulhanen

1945

Intohimon vallassa poster
6.9

A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her family in hopes of securing their future, but her husband turns out to be an alcoholic brute of a man and she longs for the man she truly loves. In English known as Passionate Power.

Intohimon vallassa

1947

Hedelmätön puu poster
8.0

Erkki, a journalist, suffers from epilepsy and agrees to be sterilized in order to marry his fiancée Helena. Unhappy about his infertility, Erkki begins to drink more and more, and eventually Helena returns to Helsinki to continue her studies. There she meets Associate Professor Sysikorpi, who falls hopelessly in love with her.

Hedelmätön puu

1947

Tositarkoituksella poster
5.7

A young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her. She eventually does good, and charms the employer at the same time.

Tositarkoituksella

1943

Puck poster
8.1

Liisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history, everyone does not accept the relationship. In addition, Liisa has her own doubts, and a secret that does not endure the daylight.

Puck

1942

1930s · 9 titles

Vihreä kulta poster
4.2

After many years away a woman returns to her hometown in Lapland with her husband. There she falls in love with a handsome forester.

Vihreä kulta

1939

The Song of the Scarlet Flower poster
6.0

Olavi, a farmer's son, leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.

The Song of the Scarlet Flower

1938

Koskenlaskijan morsian poster
7.0

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna. The happiness of Hanna, who has fallen in love with Antti of Rehti Koskenalusta, is threatened by the evil and dangerous Korpikoski.

Koskenlaskijan morsian

1937

The Women of Niskavuori poster
5.4

Aarne marries Martta because his mother tells him it is his duty as the eldest son to marry a wealthy girl. However, the attractive school teacher Ilona arrives in the village and causes complications when Aarne falls in love with her.

The Women of Niskavuori

1938

Taistelu Heikkilän talosta poster
9.0

Anni, the daughter of the Heikkilä family, is forced by her father to give up her plans to marry her beloved farmhand, Matti Väliportti. Anni's life becomes a struggle when her father's choice of husband for her, Toivo Erkkilä, turns out to be a violent alcoholic.

Taistelu Heikkilän talosta

1936

Vaimoke poster
5.4

Esko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when she finds about the bet, she agrees to marry him in order to get her revenge.

Vaimoke

1936

Mieheke poster
6.8

Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. She lies that she has recently married and then gets a stranger from a nearby restaurant to pose as her husband. Complications arise when they have to continue their charade.

Mieheke

1936

Nuorena nukkunut poster
7.0

An adaptation of Frans Eemil Sillanpää's novel of the same title. Only a fragment of this film survives.

Nuorena nukkunut

1937

Aktivistit poster
5.7

In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, and his fellow activists take on smaller tasks in the fight for freedom.

Aktivistit

1939