Eila Pehkonen

Acting

Eila Pehkonen

Born 1924-10-18 · Lieksa, Finland

Acting credits

Uuno Epsanjassa poster
5.8

Uuno Turhapuro is searching for a job and takes a correspondence course in tour guiding. Eventually he gets a job in a small travel agency and takes a group of Finnish tourists to Marbella, Spain. Unfortunately Uuno's father-in-law Tuura is in the group, too, with his wife and daughter, Uuno's wife Elisabet. Tuura tries to get a signature to an important paper from a minister who's having a holiday in the area. Meanwhile, Uuno just relaxes and enjoys the sun.

Uuno Epsanjassa

1985

Niskavuori poster
6.4

Ilona, a young teacher, arrives in a village in Tavastia. She and Aarne, the wealthy owner of the Niskavuori farm, who is frustrated with his marriage, fall in love. The relationship becomes a public secret. Aarne's wife Martta, who owns half of Niskavuori, wants to hold on to her husband until the last. For Loviisa, the matriarch of Niskavuori, the most important thing is the reputation and honor of the family.

Niskavuori

1984

Time of Roses poster
5.0

In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media.

Time of Roses

1969

No artwork available
NR

A day in the life of Valto Hakamaa.

Ei jälkeäkään

1988

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi poster
5.3

The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli.

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi

1977

Punahilkka poster
6.5

Tells the story of young Anja, a teenage girl living in an approved school (otherwise known as a reform school), and the problems she faces in the outside world after running away.

Punahilkka

1968

Rintamalotta poster
7.3

Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.

Rintamalotta

1956

Lain ulkopuolella poster
5.3

On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with guilt. When the court releases the perpetrator inlack of evidence, Saara's aggressive brother Jari talks her mild-mannered husband Sakari into a self-made revenge plot. Armed with two rifles, Jari and Sakari take matters into their own hands.

Lain ulkopuolella

1987

Näkemiin Helena poster
7.3

A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.

Näkemiin Helena

1955

Ansa poster
NR

Daniel Gorban's wife Elisabet has left home after an argument and has been missing for ten days. Daniel is worried about his wife, but the inspector reassures him that there is no cause for concern yet. Pastor Maxim arrives unexpectedly at Daniel's house and tells him that Daniel's wife is with him. However, Daniel does not recognize the woman with the pastor. The woman claims to be Elisabet and has identification to prove it. Furthermore, during the inspector's questioning, the woman knows even the smallest details of the Gorbanis' marriage. Who is telling the truth? And what really happened between the couple?

Ansa

1981

People in the Summer Night poster
6.2

A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

People in the Summer Night

1948

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla poster
5.5

This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood.

Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla

1990

Maaret – tunturien tyttö poster
8.0

Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.

Maaret – tunturien tyttö

1947

Lumisten metsien tyttö poster
8.0

Wintery forest and stubborn 16 year old girl dazzle the teacher from Helsinki.

Lumisten metsien tyttö

1960

Punainen viiva poster
6.0

The story of the first elections in Finland. Farmer Topi Romppainen lives a modest life with his family in Kainuu in the early 20th century. While shopping in the village, Topi hears about the upcoming parliamentary elections. His wife Riikka decides to find out more and ends up at a meeting of the Social Democrats.

Punainen viiva

1959

Pää pystyyn Helena poster
7.0

Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.

Pää pystyyn Helena

1957

The Scarlet Dove poster
6.1

Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.

The Scarlet Dove

1961

Sixtynine poster
5.3

Tuula's husband Jukka takes care of all domestic chores. Tuula seems to have no idea that her husband spends his evenings working as a major league ice hockey referee. She also finds out about his extra-marital affair with a female rally driver. In revenge, Tuula starts seeing her gynecologist Timo Paasi, a married man with six children.

Sixtynine

1969

Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva poster
5.7

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.

Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva

1990

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut poster
6.5

The unlucky layabout Isarkar Keturi brings a criminal gang to heel with the help of his assistant Mikael. He frees Irma, the daughter of mining magnate Tömstet, from captivity and a forced marriage to Kurt. Irma achieves her dream of becoming a pop star, with Isaskar's help.

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

1960

Villi Pohjola poster
6.8

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.

Villi Pohjola

1955

Pikku Pietarin piha poster
7.0

A little orphan boy is the focus of attention, as well as his stepmother whose special qualities engender a certain mystery around her person – and hint at magical powers.

Pikku Pietarin piha

1961

Yhteinen vaimomme poster
4.8

A story set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen, who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni. However, during his four-year imprisonment, Erkki has been pronounced dead and Jenni has remarried to office manager Nevamaa.

Yhteinen vaimomme

1956

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