The Midwife

A midwife's forbidden love story... separated by war, joined by love at first sight.

The Midwife — 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.

• Release date
• September 4, 2015
• Runtime
• 119 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance, War
• Director
• Antti J. Jokinen

The Midwife — Cast

Krista Kosonen Helena Lauri Tilkanen Johannes Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Jouni Leea Klemola Aune Tommi Korpela Gödel

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Seppo Pääkkönen Björne Elina Knihtilä Heta Johannes Brotherus Aleksei