Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater

Release date : October 30, 1998
Runtime : 1h 44m
Countries of origin : Sweden / Finland /
Original Language : Finnish /
Director : Pirjo Honkasalo /
Writers : Pirkko Saisio /
Production companies : SVT Drama / MRP Matila Röhr Productions /
October 30, 1998 1h 44m Sweden Drama Finnish More
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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. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...
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Elina Hurme
Helena
Elena Leeve
Helena 14 Years
Elsa Saisio
Irene 14 Years
Vappu Jurkka
Grandmother
Sari Havukainen
Helena 8 years
Inka Vogt
Irene 8 years
Per Ragnar
Circus Director
Tõnu Kark
Soviet Officer
Raija Paalanen
Godmother
Rea Mauranen
Orphanage Director
Vieno Saaristo
Saunottaja

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  • title:Fire-Eater
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1998
  • Runtime:1h 44m
  • Genres: Drama ·
  • Countries of origin: Sweden · Finland ·
  • Original Language: Finnish ·
  • Director: Pirjo Honkasalo /
  • Writers: Pirkko Saisio ·
  • Production companies: SVT Drama · MRP Matila Röhr Productions ·
  • Overview: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. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...
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