The Midwife (2015)

5.8/10 119 min Drama Romance War

Overview

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

Krista Kosonen

Helena

Lauri Tilkanen

Johannes

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Jouni

Leea Klemola

Aune

Tommi Korpela

Gödel

Elina Knihtilä

Heta

Johannes Brotherus

Aleksei

Tiina Weckström

Haataja

Armi Toivanen

Kristiina Alatalo

Kaarina Hazard

Keskimölsän akka

Anneli Karppinen

Pöykön emäntä

Ida Giedraitė

Masha

Marius Repšys

Soldier in Tower

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