Maija Karhi

Acting

Maija Karhi

Born — Died

1932-03-18 — 2018-05-28

Place of birth

Turku, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Maija Karhi was a Finnish actress, who worked in both theatre and film.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 11 titles

Autotytöt poster
10.0

Underaged girls hitch-hike across Finland.

Autotytöt

1960

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä poster
5.2

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä

1960

Vain neljä kertaa poster
NR

Lasse divorces his second wife Pirko when it turns out that he has a child with Raija. They get married, but as Lasse reflects on his three marriages, he soon becomes unsure whether marrying for the sake of the child was a wise decision after all.

Vain neljä kertaa

1968

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

Äl' yli päästä perhanaa poster
7.0

In the farce, the producer has invited people to his place to plan a film celebrating the centenary of independence. They get drunk and come up with three possible films, which they also act in themselves. The topics chosen, in the spirit of Finnish nationalism, are the life of Colonel Sandels, moonshining, and the 1974 presidential election.

Äl' yli päästä perhanaa

1968

Nina ja Erik poster
3.8

Nina, Erik, and Heikki are charged in court and receive prison sentences, with the girl receiving a suspended sentence. Erik's father Tauno returns home and finds Nina waiting for him. The girl recounts the events that led to the situation, which are presented in flashback.

Nina ja Erik

1960

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

Olin nahjuksen vaimo poster
7.0

While living separated, Mr. Kaski finds out that her wife has written a book about their marriage. And the book is not very flattering in tone towards Mr. Kaski and his abilities as a man.

Olin nahjuksen vaimo

1961

Kultainen vasikka poster
7.5

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Kultainen vasikka

1961

Älä nuolase… poster
6.2

Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the prize is actually worthless. Posing as American oil millionaires, the men get caught up in a web of deception.

Älä nuolase…

1962

Vaarallista vapautta poster
7.5

Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in danger.

Vaarallista vapautta

1962

1950s · 17 titles

Kuriton sukupolvi poster
7.2

Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.

Kuriton sukupolvi

1957

Vääpelin kauhu poster
4.6

A Finnish military farce about an elderly man who is commanded back to service.

Vääpelin kauhu

1957

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

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

Kun on tunteet poster
4.5

Based on short stories by early 20th century feminist writer Maria Jotuni, the film is a series of lively dialogue scenes between men and women, young and old, living in a small Finnish town. Most episodes evolve into humorous battles between the sexes. The film's central character is a young maid played by Maija Karhi.

Kun on tunteet

1954

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

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

Oi, muistatkos… poster
7.0

Life on a farm in Kitkankoski is disrupted when construction of a hydroelectric power plant begins in the area. Determined Emma, who has returned from America, and stubborn local farmer Jeremias Junnila clash when Junnila refuses to produce milk for the construction site. At the same time, a romance blossoms between Junnila's daughter Hillevi and Eero, who works at the construction site, but Eero is not the only worker who seeks Hillevi's love.

Oi, muistatkos…

1954

Minä soitan sinulle illalla poster
9.0

Factory manager Risto Järviö is under his mother's thumb. When his mother forbids him from dancing with factory girl Seija Vaara, Seija decides to make anonymous phone calls to Risto to annoy his controlling mother. Risto falls in love with the voice on the other end of the line and begins to make major changes in his life.

Minä soitan sinulle illalla

1954

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

Murheenkryynin poika poster
7.5

Heikki Aaltonen enlists in military service, leaving behind his father Hemminki, mother Mimmi, and beloved Helvi on the family farm. At the same time, another Heikki Aaltonen enlists, who is completely different in character from the future small farmer Aaltonen. The constant confusion between the men's names, the overprotective attitude of their parents, and Helvi's admission to a domestic science school near the regiment are all factors that tend to disrupt Heikki's military service.

Murheenkryynin poika

1958

Ratkaisun päivät poster
7.0

A major wounded in war falls in love with a nurse who has been widowed in the hospital. However, their love is hindered by the death of the nurse's husband, for which the major is responsible.

Ratkaisun päivät

1956

Sadan miekan mies poster
6.0

Captain Kaarnoja finds himself caught up in intrigues and a dispute between the noblewoman Elisabeth and her cousin, Captain Gyllenskiöld. Kaarnoja comes into possession of a mysterious letter, which leads him and his loyal companion Sergeant Erkinpoika into battles, ambushes, and sword fights.

Sadan miekan mies

1951

Tyttö tuli taloon poster
7.5

Hitchhiking girls Eila and Tilly end up at screenwriter Saku's summer house by mistake, thinking it's their cousin's.

Tyttö tuli taloon

1956

Siltalan pehtoori poster
5.2

The new steward of Siltala ends up falling in love with the beautiful widow of the house. Their romance is endangered by misunderstandings and the fact that the estate of Siltala is swimming in debt. And the new steward isn't quite what he seems to be.

Siltalan pehtoori

1953

Kahden ladun poikki poster
9.0

Young Anna marries Tuomas, an old widower. Tuomas reluctantly sells his forest to the boss of Ruukki and is forced to take in a group of loggers, among whom the handsome womanizer Humu begins to seduce the young mistress of the house.

Kahden ladun poikki

1958

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

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