Drama ·War · Finland · 2005 · 1h 51m

Mother of Mine

Äideistä parhain

Mother of Mine poster
Director
Klaus Härö
Cast
Topi Majaniemi as Eero Lahti Marjaana Maijala as Kirsti Lahti - Eeron äiti Maria Lundqvist as Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa Michael Nyqvist as Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa Esko Salminen as Eero Lahti - nykyaika Aino-Maija Tikkanen as Kirsti Lahti - nykyaika
Crew
Jarkko T. Laine — Director of Photography Darek Hodor — Editor Tuomas Kantelinen — Original Music Composer Jimmy Karlsson — Screenplay Kirsi Vikman — Screenplay Heikki Hietamies — Novel
Synopsis

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookfinnish war childrenwar child
Key Collaborators
Klaus Härö Director Jarkko T. Laine Director of Photography Darek Hodor Editor Tuomas Kantelinen Original Music Composer Jimmy Karlsson Screenplay Kirsi Vikman Screenplay Heikki Hietamies Novel Ilkka Matila Producer Cecilia Bornebusch Production Design Anna Svärdendahl Costume Design
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