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Status: Released
Average Rating: 5
Release Date: Oct 30, 1998
Rating: 1998-10-27
Run Time: 1h 44m
Original Language: Finnish
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Production Countries: Sweden , Finland
Production Companies: SVT Drama , MRP Matila Röhr Productions
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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
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Directing | Director |
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Pirjo Honkasalo
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Writing | Writer |
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Pirkko Saisio
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Editing | Editor |
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Michał Leszczyłowski
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Bernhard Winkler
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Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
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Arja Könönen
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Auli Turtiainen-Kinnunen
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Production | Producer |
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Marko Röhr
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Associate Producer |
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Ilkka Matila
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Lighting | Gaffer |
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Ville Penttilä
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Art | Production Design |
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Tiina Makkonen
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Camera | Director of Photography |
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Kjell Lagerroos
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
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Richard Einhorn
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Sound Designer |
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Pekka Karjalainen
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