Kätilö

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

Sep 4 2015 N/A 1h 59m
Drama, Romance, War

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.

Plot

A Finnish midwife falls in love with a German-Finnish SS-officer during the Lapland War, in the middle of WWII.

Written by

Antti J. Jokinen, Katja Kettu

Directed by

Antti J. Jokinen

Cast

Krista Kosonen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Crew

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Production Countries

Finland

Production Companies

Solar Films

Languages

suomi, Deutsch

Awards

5 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
THE MIDWIFE Official trailer
Scores
# of Votes
1,582
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA