Yrjö Aaltonen

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.

Suomi-Filmi's 40th anniversary film from December 1959 introduces all aspects of Finland's largest and most diverse film company. The fast-paced documentary showcases the operations of a full-service film studio led by Risto Orko, including Suomi-Filmi's cinema chain. The film, although optimistic about the future, was made as a historic turning point approached: in just a few years the story of big film studios in Finland was over.