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58% Critic Match
The Midwife
“A midwife's forbidden love story... separated by war, joined by love at first sight.”
5.8 / 10• 2015• 1h 59m•NR• Finnish
DramaRomanceWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Krista Kosonen
Helena
Lead
Lauri Tilkanen
Johannes
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Jouni
Leea Klemola
Aune
Tommi Korpela
Gödel
SP
Seppo Pääkkönen
Björne
Elina Knihtilä
Heta
Johannes Brotherus
Aleksei
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Antti J. Jokinen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Midwife is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
