Tulennielijä (Le Cracheur de feu)

Title Tulennielijä (Le Cracheur de feu)
Release date
1998
Director
Type
Couleur
Format
Genre
Runtime
100
Importance du cirque
Sypnosis

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.

Cast

Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve, Elsa Saisio, Vappu Jurkka

Production company
Marko Röhr Productions, SVT Drama
Country
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