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Fire-Eater (1998)

ALL 10/30/1998 (fi) Drama 104 Min
  • Release
    10/30/1998
  • Production
    SVT Drama, MRP Matila Röhr Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    54%
  • Original title
    Tulennielijä
  • Original language
    fi
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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...

  1. Pirjo Honkasalo

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Marko Röhr

    Producer



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  1. Elina Hurme

    Helena

  2. Tiina Weckström

    Mother

  3. Elena Leeve

    Helena 14 Years

  4. Elsa Saisio

    Irene 14 Years

  5. Jani Volanen

    Clown

  6. Vappu Jurkka

    Grandmother

  7. Jordi Borrell

    Ramon

  8. Unna Kitti

    Girl

  9. Sari Havukainen

    Helena 8 years

  10. Inka Vogt

    Irene 8 years

  11. Per Ragnar

    Circus Director

  12. Sulevi Peltola

    Arvo

  13. Tõnu Kark

    Soviet Officer

  14. Kristo Salminen

    Heinz

  15. Eeva-Maija Haukinen

    Godmother

  16. Raija Paalanen

    Godmother

  17. Rea Mauranen

    Orphanage Director

  18. Vieno Saaristo

    Saunottaja

  19. Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

    Orphanage employee

  20. Rauha Puntti

    Orphanage employee

  21. Göran Schauman

    Priest

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 14

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Fire-Eater (1998) 104 Min

ALL 10/30/1998 (fi)
Drama
  • Release 10/30/1998
  • Production
    SVT Drama, MRP Matila Röhr Productions
  • Original title Tulennielijä
  • fi
  • Revenue0.00

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...

  1. Pirjo Honkasalo

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michał Leszczyłowski, Bernhard Winkler

    Editor

  4. Marko Röhr

    Producer



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