Fire-Eater

Synopsis

The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...

Main Cast

Elina Hurme

Helena

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tiina Weckström

Mother

Age : 69 | Popularity : 7%

Elena Leeve

Helena 14 Years

Age : 42 | Popularity : 21%

Elsa Saisio

Irene 14 Years

Age : 44 | Popularity : 19%

Jani Volanen

Clown

Age : 54 | Popularity : 40%

Vappu Jurkka

Grandmother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Jordi Borrell

Ramon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Unna Kitti

Girl

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Pirjo Honkasalo
Writing	Writer	Pirkko Saisio
Editing	Editor	Michał Leszczyłowski Bernhard Winkler
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Arja Könönen Auli Turtiainen-Kinnunen
Production	Producer	Marko Röhr
	Associate Producer	Ilkka Matila
Lighting	Gaffer	Ville Penttilä
Art	Production Design	Tiina Makkonen
Camera	Director of Photography	Kjell Lagerroos
Sound	Original Music Composer	Richard Einhorn
	Sound Designer	Pekka Karjalainen
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