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Risto Jarva

Director · 26 credits · 7 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Year of the Hare (1977)

Frequent collaborators: Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Directed movies (21 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Year of the Hare

    1977 · ★ 7.3 (21 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    1

  2. Computers Serve

    1968

    Documentary

    2

  3. A Worker's Diary

    1967 · ★ 6.6 (6 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Bensaa suonissa

    1970 · ★ 4.8 (7 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Loma

    1976 · ★ 5.5 (15 votes)

    Comedy

    5

  6. When the Heavens Fall…

    1972 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. 9 runoa

    1959

    7

  8. Frozen Foods

    1969

    Documentary, Comedy

    8

  9. X-Paroni

    1964 · ★ 4.1 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    9

  10. Kitka - a poem in living water

    1963 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. One Man's War

    1974 · ★ 7.1 (10 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Woman and Society

    1968 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Onnenpeli

    1965 · ★ 5.1 (9 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    13

  14. Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

    1970

    14

  15. Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei

    1975 · ★ 5.8 (11 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    15

  16. Town Is Our Future

    1967 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Yö vai päivä

    1962 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    17

  18. Time of Roses

    1969 · ★ 5.1 (14 votes)

    Science Fiction, Drama

    18

  19. Parempaan asumiseen

    1968

    Documentary

    19

  20. Tampere, the City of Joyful Summer

    1964

    Documentary

    20

  21. Työtä ylioppilasteatterissa

    1961

    Documentary

    21

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.