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The Midwife

The Midwife

"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.

Release DateSeptember 4, 2015
StatusReleased
Original TitleKätilö
Runtime1h 59min
Budget$1,803,780
Revenue$2,460,914
LanguageFinnish, German
Original LanguageFinnish
Production CountriesFinland
Production CompaniesSolar Films