Antti Tuuri

Antti Tuuri is a Finnish author, best known for his works dealing with Southern Ostrobothnia and World War II. Many of his novels have been made into films, including The Winter War (1989), Ambush (1999) and Eternal Road (2017).

Works

Never Alone

1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.

Release Date2025-01-17

DepartmentWriting

JobDialogue

Vote Count17

Lapland War

Young soldier Heikki fights on the Karelian Isthmus alongside his friend Pauli. Arvo, recently released from prison, joins the company, challenging the others' views on war and duty with his worldview. The ceasefire raises hopes of returning home, but it soon becomes clear that Finland must turn against its former German allies in Lapland. At the same time, Saara, who works as a German interpreter in Rovaniemi, must choose her future: stay in Finland or flee to Germany with her beloved, Major Duisberg.

Release Date2026-10-23

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Eternal Road

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.

Release Date2017-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count46

The Winter War

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.

Release Date1989-11-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count92

Ambush

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.

Release Date1999-01-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count43

The Winter War

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon. A five-part television miniseries extension of Pekka Parikka's 1989 film of the same name.

Release Date1991-11-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count1

Plainlands

Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with Finnish traditions, the brilliant acting, directing, plus the warm, beautiful Finnish summer more than make up for the cultural gap.The story begins with a group of brothers with their families coming up to honour the memory of their recently deceased father. Spending time together, opening old wounds and creating new ones... it all boils down to brotherhood. No matter what happens, brothers take care of their own.

Release Date1988-02-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count17

Underwater Iceland

Marko Röhr's film crew takes the viewer to Europe's last unexplored area: Iceland's unique underwater world. We explore the geysers of boiling waters and the crystal clear lakes off the coast of Iceland. We dive under the icebergs, into the tears between the continental plates and into the deep caves.

Release Date1997-05-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Lakeuden kutsu

Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen brothers with his business partner Taisto Matsomppi. Erkki misses his wife Kaisu, who back in the day stayed in Finland, and his child, but will the man be forgiven for years of absence?

Release Date2000-01-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count13

Tale of a Lake

Tale of a Lake is a film about the thousands of lakes that Finland is known for. It takes the viewers on an unprecedented adventure, ranging from the crystal clear springs all the way to the basins of the big lakes. It opens a whole new world of underwater nature for the viewers, and tells about the many old tales and beliefs in the land of thousands of lakes. The story of the film is told through tales that are based around the myths, legends and old beliefs that are part of the Finnish mythology.

Release Date2016-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count19

Hunajan maku

Hunajan maku

Release Date1993-08-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Tale of the Sleeping Giants

Tale of the Sleeping Giants is a movie filmed entirely in Lapland in the most mythical wilderness: the mountains, lakes and rivers of Lapland. It is a journey into the rich mythology of ancient Scandinavians and Lapps told in the form of a nature movie.

Release Date2020-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count10

Paradise America

Finnish friends escape taxes to Florida.

Release Date1990-02-09

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count12

Tammisunnuntai 1918

Dramatized documentary of the early hours of Finland's Civil War in January 1918.

Release Date2017-11-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Suuri vaino

The Great Purge orchastrated in the Soviet Union during 1937-38 cost almost 700 000 lives. Especially ethnic minorities were targeted. Four-part documentary tells the story of what happened to the people living the Soviet Union, and how the terror was built in the red dictatorship.

Release Date2026-02-16

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Episode Count4

Vote Count1