The level of arts in the independent country is high. The arts also bear witness to the tearing civil war. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
Finland, recovering from the civil war, gets its facial features and opens windows to Europe. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
The contrasts become acute in famine-era Finland, where official art and hushed artist careers collide. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
Finland becomes prosperous, but the great war is already threatening Europe, when Sillanpää collects the Nobel Prize for literature. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
In the years of war, high culture and entertainment combine into a real fighting force. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
The cultural left emerges from the scars of the war, and Sinuhe tells the state of the country after the lost war. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
Expressions of modernism reach all the arts, and Finland of one truth is crumbling. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
On one side is Väinö Linna and the power of Tampere, on the other side is entertainment's protest against the pretense of gentlemen. Directed by Peter von Bagh.
Linna's "Pohjantähti" depicts and Finland of the 60s breaks up its past. Directed by Peter von Bagh