Fenno-Filmi was a Finnish film production company. The company was founded by film directors Yrjö Norta and

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in 1942. Luts and Erkki Uotila were the co-directors of the first Fenno-Filmi production ''Salainen ase'' which premiered on 3 January 1943. ''Erehtyneet sydämet'' was released in April 1944, with Uotila and Eero Leväluoma sharing the director's credits. Later that year, Yrjö Norta directed a film ''Hiipivä vaara''. Norta directed five of Fenno-Filmi's 18 films.

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made his first Fenno-Filmi effort ''Houkutuslintu'' in 1946. He soon became the head director for the company, a position which he later kept in

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as well.

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, Jorma Nortimo and

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were some of the other directors who worked for Fenno-Filmi. The company was not able to produce commercially successful films and suffered from financial problems since the beginning. When

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became the head of the company in 1949, efforts were made to merge the productions of Fenno-Filmi and

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. This happened in 1950, and the new company was named Fennada-Filmi. The

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has been holding the rights to the Fenno-Filmi productions since 1982.

Films produced by Fenno-Filmi

*''Salainen ase'' (1943) *''Maskotti'' (1943) *''Varjoja Kannaksella'' (1943) *''Erehtyneet sydämet'' (1944) *''Hiipivä vaara'' (1944') *''Suviyön salaisuus'' (1945) *''Sinä olet kohtaloni'' (1945) *''Matkalla seikkailuun'' (1945) *''Kyläraittien kuningas'' (1945) *''Houkutuslintu'' (1946) *''Kultainen kynttilänjalka'' (1946) *''Sisulla ja sydämellä'' (1947) *''Pikajuna pohjoiseen'' (1947) *''Läpi usvan'' (1948) *''Keittiökavaljeerit'' (1949) *''Hornankoski'' (1949) *''Vain kaksi tuntia'' (1949) *''Hallin Janne'' (1950)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fenno-Filmi History of film Film production companies of Finland Mass media companies established in 1942 Mass media companies disestablished in 1950 1942 establishments in Finland 1950 disestablishments in Finland

Films produced by Fenno-Filmi

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