Fire-Eater

Name: Fire-Eater
Genre: Drama
Released: 30 Oct 1998
Rating: 5.40
Cast: Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve, Elsa Saisio, Jani Volanen

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...

Year: 1998

Genre: Drama

Studio: SVT Drama, MRP Matila Röhr Productions

Director: Pirjo Honkasalo

Cast: Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve, Elsa Saisio, Jani Volanen, Vappu Jurkka

Crew: Pekka Karjalainen (Sound Designer), Pirjo Honkasalo (Director), Pirkko Saisio (Writer), Michał Leszczyłowski (Editor), Arja Könönen (Costume Design), Auli Turtiainen-Kinnunen (Costume Design)

Runtime: 104 minutes

Release: Oct 30, 1998

IMDb: 5.40/10 by 12 users

Popularity: 1

Country: Sweden, Finland

Language: suomi