Seamstress

Seamstress (2015)

So great is to die and live for happiness and freedom

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2015-09-25
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: suomi
  • Production Company: Illume
  • Production Country: Finland
  • Director: Ville Suhonen
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Summary

A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a disappointment in the system and failure in unity of the Finnish nation. The legacy of the civil war had left systems of persecution in place for those with socialist ideals. Martta and her fellow revolutionaries were determined to continue the resistance movement although they knew that at worst it could cost their lives. Martta was imprisoned twice before she was shot. She was an idealist, whose seemingly harmless, naive beliefs in peace and justice were the most dangerous traits a person could have at the time.

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  • Martta Koskinen

    as Herself (Archive footage)
  • Vera Kiiskinen

    as Martta Koskinen (voice)
  • Pekka Milonoff

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Laura Birn

    as Hertta Kuusinen (voice)
  • Elena Leeve

    as Mirjam Koskinen (voice)
  • Vilma Melasniemi

    as Elvi Sinervo (voice)
  • Taisto Oksanen

    as EK:n / Valpon etsivä (voice)
  • Antti Seppänen

    as EK:n / Valpon etsivä (voice)
  • Antti Virmavirta

    as EK:n / Valpon etsivä (voice)
  • Merja Ritola

    as Elma Wahlsten (voice)
  • Seppo Louhi

    as Emil Soinala (voice)
  • Nicholas Wancke

    as Hj. A. Paunu (voice)
  • Mila Nirhamo

    as Martta (dramatisoidut kuvat)
  • Ville Suhonen

    as Olavi Heiman (voice)
Sound Pietari Koskinen Sound Designer
Sound Olli Huhtanen Sound Editor
Production Pertti Veijalainen Producer
Writing Ville Suhonen Writer
Sound Heikki Kossi Foley Artist
Camera Pekka Uotila Director of Photography
Production Merja Ritola Producer
Production Marianne Mäkelä Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up Kaisa Mäkinen Costume Design
Production Venla Hellstedt Producer
Editing Tuuli Kuittinen Editor
Directing Ville Suhonen Director
Art Kaisa Mäkinen Production Design

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