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2015

The Midwife

Directed by Antti J. Jokinen
A midwife's forbidden love story... separated by war, joined by love at first sight.

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.

Duration

1h 59m

Released

September 4, 2015

Revenue

$2,460,914

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5.8

Rating34

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Cast16

  • Krista Kosonen
  • Lauri Tilkanen
  • Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
  • Leea Klemola
  • Tommi Korpela
  • Seppo Pääkkönen
  • Elina Knihtilä
  • Johannes Brotherus
  • Tiina Weckström

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