page_title: Fennada-Filmi
section_title: 1950–1960
hierarchical_section_title: Fennada-Filmi / 1950–1960
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the studio hall of Fennada-Filmi in Kulosaari, Helsinki.
context_page_description: Fennada-Filmi was a Finnish film production company which was in operation from 1950 to 1982. It was one of the largest companies in its field in Finland from 1950s to 1970s. Mauno Mäkelä was the head of the company during its entire run.
context_section_description: The final film for Fenno-Filmi, Hallin Janne by Roland af Hällström, was finished in the summer of 1950. At the same time, shooting began for Fennada-Filmi's first production Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri, directed by Hannu Leminen. In 1952, Lasse Pöysti joined the company as a director, and made a total of eight films during the next years. Director Ville Salminen switched from Suomen Filmiteollisuus to Fennada-Filmi in 1953, and the next year Aarne Tarkas joined in as well.
  In 1955, Hällström directed Fennada-Filmi's first commercial success, Ryysyrannan Jooseppi which received three Jussi Awards. When Hällström died the next year, Mauno Mäkelä hired Matti Kassila as his replacement. Kassila's first Fennada-Filmi production was Elokuu (1956). Although the film received critical acclaim and won six Jussi Awards, it was not a commercial success. However, Kassila's next two films, Kuriton sukupolvi (1957) and Syntipukki (1957) – both remakes of the 1930s Finnish films – did well at the box office.
caption: The Fennada-Filmi studio, a former indoors tennis court, in Kulosaari, Helsinki, taken into film use ca. 1950, photographed here in 1971.
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