Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater (1998)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1998-10-30
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 12 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: suomi
  • Production Company: SVT Drama
  • Production Country: Sweden, Finland
  • Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
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Summary

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

    as Helena
  • Tiina Weckström

    as Mother
  • Elena Leeve

    as Helena 14 Years
  • Elsa Saisio

    as Irene 14 Years
  • Jani Volanen

    as Clown
  • Vappu Jurkka

    as Grandmother
  • Jordi Borrell

    as Ramon
  • Unna Kitti

    as Girl
  • Sari Havukainen

    as Helena 8 years
  • Inka Vogt

    as Irene 8 years
  • Per Ragnar

    as Circus Director
  • Sulevi Peltola

    as Arvo
  • Tõnu Kark

    as Soviet Officer
  • Kristo Salminen

    as Heinz
  • Eeva-Maija Haukinen

    as Godmother
  • Raija Paalanen

    as Godmother
  • Rea Mauranen

    as Orphanage Director
  • Vieno Saaristo

    as Saunottaja
  • Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

    as Orphanage employee
  • Rauha Puntti

    as Orphanage employee
  • Göran Schauman

    as Priest
Sound Pekka Karjalainen Sound Designer
Directing Pirjo Honkasalo Director
Writing Pirkko Saisio Writer
Editing Michał Leszczyłowski Editor
Costume & Make-Up Arja Könönen Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Auli Turtiainen-Kinnunen Costume Design
Production Marko Röhr Producer
Editing Bernhard Winkler Editor
Lighting Ville Penttilä Gaffer
Art Tiina Makkonen Production Design
Camera Kjell Lagerroos Director of Photography
Sound Richard Einhorn Original Music Composer
Production Ilkka Matila Associate Producer
Editing Timo Nousiainen Colorist

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