The Midwife

Category: Movies •

Genre: Drama • Romance • War •

Rating: 5.7

Director: Antti J. Jokinen,

Writer: Antti J. Jokinen (Screenplay), Katja Kettu (Screenplay), Katja Kettu (Novel),

Cast: Krista Kosonen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Leea Klemola, Tommi Korpela, Seppo Pääkkönen, Elina Knihtilä, Johannes Brotherus, Tiina Weckström, Jade Viljamaa, Ylermi Rajamaa, Armi Toivanen, Kaarina Hazard, Anneli Karppinen, Ausra Giedraityte, Marius Repšys,

Language: fi

Country: Finland

Release Date: September 4, 2015

Plot: 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.