Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater

1998
1h 44m
5.2

5.2/10

13 votes • View on IMDb
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...

Status: Released

Language: FI

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Production Information

Production Companies
SVT Drama MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Production Countries
Sweden Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Quick Facts

Original Title Tulennielijä
Release Date October 30, 1998
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0120872

Cast

Elina Hurme
Elina Hurme

Helena

Tiina Weckström
Tiina Weckström

Mother

Elena Leeve
Elena Leeve

Helena 14 Years

Elsa Saisio
Elsa Saisio

Irene 14 Years

Jani Volanen
Jani Volanen

Clown

Vappu Jurkka
Vappu Jurkka

Grandmother

Jordi Borrell
Jordi Borrell

Ramon

Unna Kitti
Unna Kitti

Girl

Sari Havukainen
Sari Havukainen

Helena 8 years

Inka Vogt
Inka Vogt

Irene 8 years

Per Ragnar
Per Ragnar

Circus Director

Sulevi Peltola
Sulevi Peltola

Arvo

Key Crew

Pirjo Honkasalo
Director
Pirkko Saisio
Writer
Marko Röhr
Producer