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A film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.

Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.

Väinö, Ilmari and Lemminki, inspired by the tales in the Kalevala, go in search of a woman, eventually finding themselves at war with the Nordic people, and consider the great questions of life, their relationship to life, love and death.

Summer 1944 in Finnish Karelia; after a long lull, the Soviet army launches an overwhelming offensive that throws everything into disarray. Martta has barely time to marry Aarne before she is evacuated with relatives Hilkka who has just given birth to a son Helmi Elisa, the children, and their grandmother. In the confusion of the retreat, the women try to hold together and cross the paths of Aarne and Arttu, the only surviving brother of war-widow Helmi Elisa. Implacably, war takes its toll of suffering and death among civilians and soldiers.

They say that the army turns a boy into a man, but what does it do to girls? Female soldiers -series follows young women in army greens for about a year. Many men do their military service just because it is mandatory. But women volunteering to do it are usually aiming high. Achieving big dreams takes lots of hard work and each of the women test their own extreme limits both physically and mentally. There will be tears and disappointments but also laughter, joy and success. In this series for the very first time we get to see a glimpse of how military service in the Finnish defense forces looks like for young women. We follow their journey and dramatic challenges from new recruits towards goals and the dream of a place in leadership training or special crew assignments. How far will the women get and how will the army change the girls?

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.

A documentary of the Finnish musician Pelle Miljoona, who is returning to his old hometown of Hamina for a series of gigs with his band Polla Rules. He also looks back on his career with old friends and musicians.

Jaakko embarks on a quest to uncover his assassin and shield his loved ones and inheritance from the machinations of his adversaries.

Jaakko's bond with Sanni grows stronger while his health deteriorates. In an unexpected turn, Jaakko's attempt to thwart a company takeover proves remarkably successful, perhaps more than he had anticipated.

While Jaakko's sales trip to Japan proves fruitful, distressing news from the doctor back in Hamina jeopardises his business, marriage, and overall well-being.

Jaakko takes measures to conceal his actions while attempting to uncover the identity of the individual among multiple suspects who is determined to bring his day to a premature end.