Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater (1998)

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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  • Release Date: 1998-10-30
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Pirjo Honkasalo

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Cast

  • Elina Hurme

    Helena

  • Tiina Weckström

    Mother

  • Elena Leeve

    Helena 14 Years

  • Elsa Saisio

    Irene 14 Years

  • Jani Volanen

    Clown

  • Vappu Jurkka

    Grandmother

  • Jordi Borrell

    Ramon

  • Unna Kitti

    Girl

  • Sari Havukainen

    Helena 8 years

  • Inka Vogt

    Irene 8 years

  • Per Ragnar

    Circus Director

  • Sulevi Peltola

    Arvo

  • Tõnu Kark

    Soviet Officer

  • Kristo Salminen

    Heinz

  • Eeva-Maija Haukinen

    Godmother

  • Raija Paalanen

    Godmother

  • Rea Mauranen

    Orphanage Director

  • Vieno Saaristo

    Saunottaja

  • Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

    Orphanage employee

  • Rauha Puntti

    Orphanage employee

  • Göran Schauman

    Priest

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