The Midwife (2016)

  • 16
  • 01/22/2016 (DE)
  • Drama, Romance, War
  • 1h 59m

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

Overview

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.

Katja Kettu

Screenplay, Novel

Antti J. Jokinen

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Krista Kosonen's headshot

Krista Kosonen

Helena
Lauri Tilkanen's headshot

Lauri Tilkanen

Johannes
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius's headshot

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Jouni
Leea Klemola's headshot

Leea Klemola

Aune
Tommi Korpela's headshot

Tommi Korpela

Gödel
Seppo Pääkkönen's headshot

Seppo Pääkkönen

Björne
Elina Knihtilä's headshot

Elina Knihtilä

Heta
Johannes Brotherus's headshot

Johannes Brotherus

Aleksei

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