Movie
Movie· 1998· 1h 44m
Fire-Eater
Tulennielijä
★5.4IMDbDrama
Fire-Eater is not currently streaming on any Indian OTT platform, and is not available to rent or buy in India.
- Director:
- Pirjo Honkasalo
Fire-Eater is a 1998 Finnish drama film directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. It runs 104 minutes. The cast is led by Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström and Elena Leeve. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.4.
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...
Cast
- Elina HurmeElina HurmeHelena
Tiina WeckströmMother
Elena LeeveHelena 14 Years
Elsa SaisioIrene 14 Years
Jani VolanenClown- Vappu JurkkaVappu JurkkaGrandmother
- Jordi BorrellJordi BorrellRamon
- Unna KittiUnna KittiGirl
- Sari HavukainenSari HavukainenHelena 8 years
- Inka VogtInka VogtIrene 8 years
Per RagnarCircus Director
Sulevi PeltolaArvo
Tõnu KarkSoviet Officer
Kristo SalminenHeinz
Eeva-Maija HaukinenGodmother
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- When did Fire-Eater release?
- Fire-Eater released on 30 October 1998.