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The Midwife

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5.8/10 • 34

2015-09-041h 59m

DramaRomanceWar

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.

Directors
Antti J. Jokinen
Editors
Benjamin Mercer

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Krista Kosonen

    Krista Kosonen

    Helena

  2. Lauri Tilkanen

    Lauri Tilkanen

    Johannes

  3. Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

    Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

    Jouni

  4. Leea Klemola

    Leea Klemola

    Aune

  5. Tommi Korpela

    Tommi Korpela

    Gödel

  6. Seppo Pääkkönen

    Seppo Pääkkönen

    Björne

  7. Elina Knihtilä

    Elina Knihtilä

    Heta

  8. Johannes Brotherus

    Johannes Brotherus

    Aleksei

  9. Tiina Weckström

    Tiina Weckström

    Haataja

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Leilah Maneveld Avatar

Leilah Maneveld

May 9, 2016

Firstly this movie is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Johannes, he is an amazing actor. I literally read all right through the movie as it was not in English. But I feel that this movie was of a high quality, I am personally not a drama and love fan but he made it brilliant! Leilah Ps Johannes call me lol....

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    Finnish
    Budget
    $1,803,780.00
    Revenue
    $2,460,914.00
    Keywords
    based on novel or bookworld war iimidwifelovenazi officerlapland war