Mother of Mine (2005)

6.7/10 111 min Drama War

Overview

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.

Cast

Marjaana Maijala

Kirsti Lahti - Eeron äiti

Maria Lundqvist

Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa

Michael Nyqvist

Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa

Esko Salminen

Eero Lahti - nykyaika

Aino-Maija Tikkanen

Kirsti Lahti - nykyaika

Leif Andrée

Gunnar

Marie Göranzon

Rouva Grevnäs

Kari-Pekka Toivonen

Lauri - Eeron isä

Brasse Brännström

Isoisä Ruotsissa

Ia Langhammer

Anna

Timo Tuominen

Saksalainen upseeri

Jukka Puotila

Radioääni Carl-Erik Creutz (voice)

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