List of the best Esko Nikkari movies: Crime and Punishment(1983), A Summer by the River(1998), The Match Factory Girl(1990), Shadows in Paradise(1986), Juha(1999) ... ...
Drama
Finland
1983
91 Minutes
Inspector Pennanen
Markku Toikka Aino Seppo Esko Nikkari Matti Pellonpää Pentti Auer Kari Sorvali Olli Tuominen Hannu Lauri
young man witness driver police detective fiancée bleak gripping touching finland apartment slaughterhouse crime punishment murder unusual romance moral dilemma mourning love revenge sacrifice
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions.
Drama
Finland
1998
86 Minutes
Hannes
Pertti Koivula Simo Kontio Esko Nikkari Anu Palevaara Peter Franzin Sulevi Peltola Vesa Mäkelä Heikki Kujanpää Hannu Virolainen Ilkka Koivula Seppo Timonen
Topi's mother, who is also Tenho's wife dies and Tenho and Topi have to move out from the town because they don't have enough money to pay their rent. Tenho gets a job as a lumberjack (... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1990
70 Minutes
Stepfather
Kati Outinen Elina Salo Esko Nikkari Vesa Vierikko Reijo Taipale Silu Seppälä Outi Maenpaa Marja Packalen Klaus Heydemann
factory worker mother stepfather dancer love interest bleak disheartening finland small town factory family home dance club loneliness desperation family dysfunction pregnancy anger transformation quest 1980s
Romance
Finland
1986
76 Minutes
Co-worker
Matti Pellonpää Kati Outinen Kylli Köngäs Sakari Kuosmanen Esko Nikkari Pekka Laiho Jukka-Pekka Palo Mari Rantasila
garbage collector cashier love interest boss woman best friend dark touching gritty offbeat motel grocery store truck countryside helsinki finland theft unemployment disillusionment death
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Drama
Finland|Germany|France
1999
77 Minutes
Nimismies
Sakari Kuosmanen Kati Outinen André Wilms Markku Peltola Elina Salo Esko Nikkari Outi Maenpaa Ona Kamu
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.