Directing

Maila Tuomi

Born — Died

1925-11-13 — 2009-11-13

Place of birth

Reposaari, Finland

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 10 titles

Veteraanin voitto poster
7.0

Timo learns about his grandfather Santeri's background in the workers' sports movement. Inspired by this, he begins to encourage his alcoholic father to practice his own sport, javelin throwing.

Veteraanin voitto

1955

Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä poster
5.0

Pete and Runt travel to Lapland to hunt the snowman in the hope of a cash reward, and take Justiina along as a bait.

Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä

1954

Kiinni on ja pysyy poster
5.5

Pekka and Pätkä work as inventors. Pätkä accidentally takes a photograph of bank robbers, who begin to track down the photographer. Soma Koivu, the former secretary of the property manager Kiivas, and police officer Antero Kangas help Pekka and Pätkä catch the robbers at a film studio where Pekka is working as a stand-in for Superman.

Kiinni on ja pysyy

1955

Kaunis Kaarina poster
6.7

Kaarina, an orphan girl raised by Taneli, the innkeeper, notices that her friendship with her childhood friend Antti is turning into romance. Henrik, the patron, also has his eye on Kaarina.

Kaunis Kaarina

1955

Vain laulajapoikia poster
9.0

The story is set in Helsinki's revue theater Punainen Mylly, run by Jalmari Haapala with Erkki Pajula as its lead singer. Between performances, dancer Kaarina and doctor Kalle are offered the chance for romance, despite some misunderstandings.

Vain laulajapoikia

1951

Varsovan laulu poster
7.8

A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.

Varsovan laulu

1953

Herra sotaministeri poster
7.0

Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to a court martial, and he resigns from his ministerial post to start a new life with his neighbor Leena.

Herra sotaministeri

1957

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

Rovaniemen markkinoilla poster
5.0

Based on a song by the same name. It was the Genre Popularizer for the Rillumarei film and live entertainment genre that drew from the musical couplet genre of light, cleverly written, often satirical songs. Many of these films were based on an existing song, or a song was specifically written to be the foundation of a film.

Rovaniemen markkinoilla

1951

1940s · 4 titles