Ville Salminen

Directing

Ville Salminen

Born — Died

1908-10-02 — 1992-11-28

Place of birth

Maarianhamina, Finland

Known for

Directing

Credits

74 titles

Ville Salminen (1908–1992) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter, art director and actor who specialised in playing villains.

Known for

Tytön huivi poster
7.0

Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy girl Marketa.

Tytön huivi

1951

Mikä yö! poster
8.0

Colonel Barring has purchased the Maanala estate, where strange things are happening. She wants to cancel the sale and writes to Major Hector, who is acting as the owner's representative. The major sets off for the estate with the colonel, his wife, his nephew George, and George's fiancée Vappu. The colonel's son Leo also arrives, accompanied by his new love interest, Sirka. The group spends an unforgettable night in the haunted house.

Mikä yö!

1945

The Clan: Tale of the Frogs poster
6.7

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.

The Clan: Tale of the Frogs

1984

Poikamiesten holhokki poster
5.4

Katariina, an orphaned girl from the north, travels to Helsinki to live with her distant relative Mauri, who has been appointed her guardian. The unpretentious child of nature irritates, amuses, and charms Mauri, who is accustomed to high society, and his bachelor friends.

Poikamiesten holhokki

1938

Tähtisumua poster
4.5

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Tähtisumua

1961

Hiipivä vaara poster
9.5

A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.

Hiipivä vaara

1944

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

1950s · 9 titles

Tytön huivi poster
7.0

Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy girl Marketa.

Tytön huivi

1951

Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli? poster
4.8

St. Peter's announcement interrupts the Welcome to Morning Coffee radio program. He asks people for help because he does not know whether private detective Uljas Uriel Vaaksanpää has died or is still alive. The strange events are followed from the perspective of different characters.

Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?

1952

Rion yö poster
4.0

Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang.

Rion yö

1951

Kipparikvartetti poster
4.2

Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, the ensemble is named the Kipparikvartetti.

Kipparikvartetti

1952

Laivaston monnit maissa poster
4.2

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Laivaston monnit maissa

1954

No artwork available
5.2

A man dreaming of becoming a private detective gets suck into an investigation of a crime involving the theft of a secret chemical formula.

Paksunahka

1958

Sven Tuuva the Hero poster
5.7

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.

Sven Tuuva the Hero

1958

Laivan kannella poster
7.0

Young sailor Arvi falls in love with a dance girl Kerttu in a Spanish tavern, who says that she is half-Finnish and wants to go find her real father.

Laivan kannella

1954

Lentävä kalakukko poster
6.2

After a robbery, a gang of bandits led by Kulaus-Ramperi flees Helsinki on the Kuopio express train "Lentävä kalakukko" and tries to hide in the crowded train filled with music and singing. The cheerful conductor Saastamoinen protects the motley crew traveling on the train.

Lentävä kalakukko

1953

1940s · 13 titles

Mikä yö! poster
8.0

Colonel Barring has purchased the Maanala estate, where strange things are happening. She wants to cancel the sale and writes to Major Hector, who is acting as the owner's representative. The major sets off for the estate with the colonel, his wife, his nephew George, and George's fiancée Vappu. The colonel's son Leo also arrives, accompanied by his new love interest, Sirka. The group spends an unforgettable night in the haunted house.

Mikä yö!

1945

Hiipivä vaara poster
9.5

A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.

Hiipivä vaara

1944

Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut poster
7.5

Pekka Lipponen is trying to trace hidden diamonds before a group of bandits finds them. He enlists his friend Kalle-Kustaa Korkki to help him.

Kalle-Kustaa Korkin seikkailut

1949

Cross of Love poster
5.8

The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she ends up selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.

Cross of Love

1946

Pontevat pommaripojat poster
5.5

Poke and Pena, two private investigators in debt, see an advertisement in the newspaper about Dr. Peltonen's disappearance and the promised reward for finding him. The boys retreat to investigate the case in a house they have rented in the countryside, which happens to be next door to the criminal gang that kidnapped the doctor. The gang's boss, 'Synkkä' (Gloomy), and his sister, 'Kaunotar' (Beauty), try to distract the boys by hiring them to guard their villa.

Pontevat pommaripojat

1948

Ryhmy ja Romppainen poster
6.0

Sergeant Kalle Ryhmy, Second Lieutenant Ville Romppainen, and Mörökölli the cat travel from the front lines to Helsinki for a vacation. The trio, traveling by train, rescue the mysterious beauty Dora and Argentine war reporter Santa Rosa from a snowdrift, who lead them on the trail of an international spy ring hunting for military secrets.

Ryhmy ja Romppainen

1941

Kyökin puolella poster
8.7

A romantic story about a rich girl, who is not used to household work, charms many men while working in the "Haukka" manor. The reason for this undercover work is a bet. Despite being a bad cook she soon becomes attracted to engineer Karma.

Kyökin puolella

1940

En ole kreivitär poster
4.8

Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess and a false one cause misunderstandings. The film won Jussi Awards for filming and staging.

En ole kreivitär

1945

Kuollut mies vihastuu poster
7.0

Rainer Sarmo and Mikko Vehmer stumble upon a Russian counterfeit league. They help Leila Varta, who tries to save her brother Raimo from the evil Josef Hakim. The beautiful pianist Maria Lichter is puzzled by the events.

Kuollut mies vihastuu

1944

Nuoruus sumussa poster
7.5

Three young men trying to find a place in society after the war.

Nuoruus sumussa

1946

Herra ja ylhäisyys poster
5.0

Lieutenant General T.J.A. Heikkilä travels to the Republic of Sierranueva together with his military servant Tlaca and Captain Silvio. The trio uncovers political machinations and helps the righteous marquis don Ramiro. Women can't resist the handsome Heikkilä, who takes the heart of even the beautiful Camilla.

Herra ja ylhäisyys

1944

Viimeinen vieras poster
10.0

Inspector Puosu investigates the murder of smuggler Nelly with journalist Harn. Doubts are directed at wholesaler Antti Rajapalo, whose innocence is believed only by Rajapalo's secretary Ane Arvila.

Viimeinen vieras

1941

Laulava sydän poster
7.0

Bank clerk Aarno Harjus is dismissed from his job due to false criminal allegations, and at the same time his wife leaves him. With the help of his friend, Detective Inspector Erä, Harjus gets the opportunity to appear on the radio under the pseudonym Con Amore. Like many other women, nurse Rauni also becomes interested in the handsome singer.

Laulava sydän

1948

1930s · 5 titles

Behind the camera

Tytön huivi poster
7.0

Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy girl Marketa.

Tytön huivi

1951

Tytön huivi poster
7.0

Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy girl Marketa.

Tytön huivi

1951

Mikä yö! poster
8.0

Colonel Barring has purchased the Maanala estate, where strange things are happening. She wants to cancel the sale and writes to Major Hector, who is acting as the owner's representative. The major sets off for the estate with the colonel, his wife, his nephew George, and George's fiancée Vappu. The colonel's son Leo also arrives, accompanied by his new love interest, Sirka. The group spends an unforgettable night in the haunted house.

Mikä yö!

1945

Mikä yö! poster
8.0

Colonel Barring has purchased the Maanala estate, where strange things are happening. She wants to cancel the sale and writes to Major Hector, who is acting as the owner's representative. The major sets off for the estate with the colonel, his wife, his nephew George, and George's fiancée Vappu. The colonel's son Leo also arrives, accompanied by his new love interest, Sirka. The group spends an unforgettable night in the haunted house.

Mikä yö!

1945

Menneisyyden varjo poster
3.2

A story of a stunning ladies man engineer Rainer Leimu, whose life is weighed down by a broken family background. Rainer marries his employer's daughter, but the happiness of the young couple is overshadowed by Rainer's jealousy and the tragic past of his parents.

Menneisyyden varjo

1946

Menneisyyden varjo poster
3.2

A story of a stunning ladies man engineer Rainer Leimu, whose life is weighed down by a broken family background. Rainer marries his employer's daughter, but the happiness of the young couple is overshadowed by Rainer's jealousy and the tragic past of his parents.

Menneisyyden varjo

1946

Irmeli, seitsentoistavuotias poster
5.3

Irmeli worships the memory of her deceased composer father, but falls in love with her mother Ruuti's new fiancé, Dr. Hallamaa. Unhappy love depresses Irmeli, and she tries to run away to Sweden. Antti, an engineering student who lives as a tenant in the family's home, sets off after Irmeli to bring her back home.

Irmeli, seitsentoistavuotias

1948

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta poster
4.2

Tar Steam Princess Armada travels along Lake Saimaa to St. Petersburg and back during the years of Russian rule over Finland. The ship's crew gets tired of their sophisticated coffee maker and replaces her with Roma girl Veera, who has escaped from an arranged marriage. On the way back, mysterious passengers appear on the ship.

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta

1950

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta poster
4.2

Tar Steam Princess Armada travels along Lake Saimaa to St. Petersburg and back during the years of Russian rule over Finland. The ship's crew gets tired of their sophisticated coffee maker and replaces her with Roma girl Veera, who has escaped from an arranged marriage. On the way back, mysterious passengers appear on the ship.

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta

1950

Oho, sanoi Eemeli poster
9.0

Eemeli, a lazy farm boy, is sent out into the world by his parents due to poor potato harvest forecasts. On his way to the logging camp, he meets Tommi, a man from Helsinki who sells razors and is headed to the same destination. At the logging camp, the loggers and Eemeli perform several musical numbers and flee from Isabella, the cook, who is hungry for men.

Oho, sanoi Eemeli

1960

Toukokuun taika poster
6.3

Tuija Suvi, who works as a model, is delivering a dress to the daughter of a commercial counselor, but she has an accident and ends up meeting musician Asko Kari. Asko assumes that Tuija is the daughter of the commercial counselor and ends up inviting her to a restaurant, where both try to pretend to be something they are not. Gradually, however, the couple begins to truly fall in love with each other.

Toukokuun taika

1948

Toukokuun taika poster
6.3

Tuija Suvi, who works as a model, is delivering a dress to the daughter of a commercial counselor, but she has an accident and ends up meeting musician Asko Kari. Asko assumes that Tuija is the daughter of the commercial counselor and ends up inviting her to a restaurant, where both try to pretend to be something they are not. Gradually, however, the couple begins to truly fall in love with each other.

Toukokuun taika

1948

Kaks' tavallista Lahtista poster
4.3

The musical comedy tells the story of two friends about Usko and Toivo, both of whom happen to have same surname, Lahtinen.

Kaks' tavallista Lahtista

1960

Rion yö poster
4.0

Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang.

Rion yö

1951

Kipparikvartetti poster
4.2

Composer and program director Harri forms a quartet, recruiting Apon, Teika, Kauko, and Olli as members. Based on an idea from Olli's beloved Raija, the ensemble is named the Kipparikvartetti.

Kipparikvartetti

1952

Laivaston monnit maissa poster
4.2

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Laivaston monnit maissa

1954

Laivaston monnit maissa poster
4.2

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

Laivaston monnit maissa

1954

Lumikki ja 7 jätkää poster
5.0

The three girls catch the eye of the handsome lumberjack when the city kids happen to camp near the lumberjack's cabin during their bike trip. Liisa runs away from her friend's advances into the forest and ends up as the mistress of the lumberjacks, who resemble the seven dwarfs from the classic fairy tale.

Lumikki ja 7 jätkää

1953

Lumikki ja 7 jätkää poster
5.0

The three girls catch the eye of the handsome lumberjack when the city kids happen to camp near the lumberjack's cabin during their bike trip. Liisa runs away from her friend's advances into the forest and ends up as the mistress of the lumberjacks, who resemble the seven dwarfs from the classic fairy tale.

Lumikki ja 7 jätkää

1953

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! poster
4.2

Eemeli leaves the countryside for Helsinki to obtain tax money for the bailiff who is pursuing him. In the capital, he becomes the assistant driver of Andersson, a cab driver. One night while driving, Eemeli meets Vesa and his little sister Jaana, whom Andersson and his granddaughter Katriina take into their family as foster children.

Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!

1960

Pontevat pommaripojat poster
5.5

Poke and Pena, two private investigators in debt, see an advertisement in the newspaper about Dr. Peltonen's disappearance and the promised reward for finding him. The boys retreat to investigate the case in a house they have rented in the countryside, which happens to be next door to the criminal gang that kidnapped the doctor. The gang's boss, 'Synkkä' (Gloomy), and his sister, 'Kaunotar' (Beauty), try to distract the boys by hiring them to guard their villa.

Pontevat pommaripojat

1948

Säkkijärven polkka poster
10.0

Young Vesterinen gets to fulfill his musical dreams with the support of his friend Mirja. His passion for playing the accordion takes Vili from Viipuri to Helsinki, where his friendship with pianist Jaakko helps him advance his career.

Säkkijärven polkka

1955

Säkkijärven polkka poster
10.0

Young Vesterinen gets to fulfill his musical dreams with the support of his friend Mirja. His passion for playing the accordion takes Vili from Viipuri to Helsinki, where his friendship with pianist Jaakko helps him advance his career.

Säkkijärven polkka

1955

Alaston malli karkuteillä poster
3.7

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

Alaston malli karkuteillä

1953

Alaston malli karkuteillä poster
3.7

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

Alaston malli karkuteillä

1953

Mitäs me taiteilijat poster
8.0

The director of the Vaudeville Theater is looking for new performers after the former star was forced to give up her singing career. Out of numerous auditionees, singer P. Waltteri Vitikka is hired. At the same time, the janitor tries to maintain order in the theater.

Mitäs me taiteilijat

1952

Mitäs me taiteilijat poster
8.0

The director of the Vaudeville Theater is looking for new performers after the former star was forced to give up her singing career. Out of numerous auditionees, singer P. Waltteri Vitikka is hired. At the same time, the janitor tries to maintain order in the theater.

Mitäs me taiteilijat

1952

Taas tyttö kadoksissa! poster
6.3

Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.

Taas tyttö kadoksissa!

1957

Taas tyttö kadoksissa! poster
6.3

Police chief Olavi, health nurse Liisa Niemi and photo reporter Takola are investigating the disappearance of a local girl.

Taas tyttö kadoksissa!

1957

Kenraalin morsian poster
10.0

In a military camp, the arrival of a group of women causes admiration and confusion. In particular, Sofia, the captain's mother-in-law, turns the lives of the general and soldier Hurska upside down.

Kenraalin morsian

1951

Orpopojan valssi poster
8.0

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful couplet singer - the "king of couplets".

Orpopojan valssi

1949

Haaviston Leeni poster
7.0

Leeni, a country girl, leaves to seek her fortune in Helsinki, but encounters numerous difficulties.

Haaviston Leeni

1948

Haaviston Leeni poster
7.0

Leeni, a country girl, leaves to seek her fortune in Helsinki, but encounters numerous difficulties.

Haaviston Leeni

1948

Pekka Puupää poster
5.1

Pete and Runt set up a kindergarten at their home, and unknowingly end up taking care of a kidnapped baby.

Pekka Puupää

1953

Köyhä laulaja poster
8.5

Sisters Irma and Airi Ranna's café Iltatähti has run into financial trouble. Touring musicians Heikki and Jussi end up as tenants in the same boarding house where the siblings and the poetic accountant live. Since the landlady does not allow music in her nursing home, the musicians practice at Iltatähti and revolutionize the life of the cafe.

Köyhä laulaja

1950

Yks' tavallinen Virtanen poster
6.5

Engineer Kallio, who is searching for uranium, arrives at the summer hotel owned by Director Lehtelä, accompanied by his assistants Joltinen and Pummi and painter Väinö. The manager's daughter Anni, his wife Mammi, and hotel employee Sirkka try to figure out the guests' secret identities.

Yks' tavallinen Virtanen

1959

Viimeinen vieras poster
10.0

Inspector Puosu investigates the murder of smuggler Nelly with journalist Harn. Doubts are directed at wholesaler Antti Rajapalo, whose innocence is believed only by Rajapalo's secretary Ane Arvila.

Viimeinen vieras

1941

Viimeinen vieras poster
10.0

Inspector Puosu investigates the murder of smuggler Nelly with journalist Harn. Doubts are directed at wholesaler Antti Rajapalo, whose innocence is believed only by Rajapalo's secretary Ane Arvila.

Viimeinen vieras

1941

Evakko poster
7.1

Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.

Evakko

1956

Evakko poster
7.1

Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.

Evakko

1956