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Movie basic details

Current status - Released
Total runtime - 100 mins.
Release date - 29-10-1998
Release year - 1998
Genres - Drama

Overall ratings and scores for Tulennielijä:
Happiness Score - 5.4/10, World Popularity Score - 0.946/100, IMDB Score - 6.6, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 6.6/10, .
Tulennielijä movie has Total Global Votes - 11, Total IMD Votes - 343

Tulennielijä Movie Introduction: Movie Tulennielijä, release year 1998 is written by Pirkko Saisio and directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. The leading star-cast in this movie are Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve along with the other stars and crew members.

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Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank

Movie in-short: 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 un...

Movie story-line: 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...

Movie synopsis: 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 Helena has looked into her past, ceased to hate and now, for the first time in her life, voluntarily accepts responsibility for another human being.

Highlights - Tulennielijä (1998)

Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - SVT DramaMarko Röhr Productions
Produced in - SwedenFinland
Available languages - Finnish (suomi),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 12 wins & 4 nominations
Certificate(s) -

Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Tulennielijä (1998)

Lead Actors - Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve
Writer(s) - Pirkko Saisio
Director(s) - Pirjo Honkasalo