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The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 66GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for dramas, −5 min on the typical 109
typical 109104Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1998
October 30, 1998
28 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Finnish
Original language
Made in
Sweden- Finland
21 of 21
- EHElina HurmeHelena
Tiina WeckströmMother
Elena LeeveHelena 14 Years
Elsa SaisioIrene 14 Years
Jani VolanenClown- VJVappu JurkkaGrandmother
- JBJordi BorrellRamon
- UKUnna KittiGirl
- SHSari HavukainenHelena 8 years
- IVInka VogtIrene 8 years
Per RagnarCircus Director
Sulevi PeltolaArvo
Tõnu KarkSoviet Officer
Kristo SalminenHeinz
Eeva-Maija HaukinenGodmother- RPRaija PaalanenGodmother
Rea MauranenOrphanage Director
Vieno SaaristoSaunottaja- AMAnna-Leena Mäki-PenttiläOrphanage employee
Rauha PunttiOrphanage employee
Göran SchaumanPriest
Directing · 2
- Pirjo Honkasalo Director
- Malla Hukkanen Script Supervisor, Still Photographer
Writing · 1
- Pirkko Saisio Writer
Production · 2
- Marko Röhr Producer
- Ilkka Matila Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Kjell Lagerroos Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Michał Leszczyłowski Editor
- Bernhard Winkler Editor
- Timo Nousiainen Colorist
Sound · 3
- Richard Einhorn Original Music Composer
- Pekka Karjalainen Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
- Kauko Lindfors Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Tiina Makkonen Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Auli Turtiainen-Kinnunen Costume Design
- Arja Könönen Costume Design
Lighting · 1
- Ville Penttilä Gaffer
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