The Midwife (2015)
Kätilö
A midwife's forbidden love story... separated by war, joined by love at first sight.
119 min
Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when she falls in love with a German-Finnish officer Johannes, who is leaving to German-led Titovka prison camp in the Soviet Union. Helena enlists into the camp as a nurse, where she experiences the brutality of war.
- Release date
- September 4, 2015
- Country of origin
- Finland, Lithuania
- Budget
- $1,803,780
- Box office
- $2,460,914
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Trailer
Cast
- Krista Kosonen as Helena Alatalo
- Lauri Tilkanen as Johannes Angelhurst
- Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Jouni
- Leea Klemola as Aune
- Tommi Korpela as Gödel
- Seppo Pääkkönen as Björne
- Elina Knihtilä as Heta
- Johannes Brotherus as Aleksei
- Tiina Weckström as Haataja
- Jade Viljamaa as Lispet
- Ylermi Rajamaa as Jaakkima
- Armi Toivanen as Kristiina Alatalo
- Kaarina Hazard as Keskimölsän akka
- Anneli Karppinen as Pöykön emäntä
- Ida Giedraite as Masha
- Marius Repšys as Soldier in Tower
Crew
- Antti J. Jokinen · Director
- Antti J. Jokinen · Writer
- Katja Kettu · Writer
- Jukka Helle · Producer
- Markus Selin · Producer
- Pessi Levanto · Composer
- Rauno Ronkainen · Cinematographer
- Benjamin Mercer · Editor
- Donatas Simukauskas · Casting director
- Kari Kankaanpää · Production designer