Wildeye

2015 Finnish film

Antti Jokinen
Katja Kettu

Based onKätilö
by Katja KettuProduced by

Markus Selin
Jukka Helle

Starring

Krista Kosonen
Lauri Tilkanen

CinematographyRauno RonkainenEdited byBenjamin MercerMusic byPessi Levanto

Production
company

Solar Films

Distributed byNordisk Film

Release date

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)

CountryFinlandLanguagesFinnish, German, Russian

Wildeye (Finnish: Kätilö), also known as Finland 1944, is a 2015 Finnish romantic war drama film directed by Antti Jokinen. It is an adaptation of Finnish author Katja Kettu's bestselling 2011 novel The Midwife (Kätilö) set before and during Lapland War. The film stars Krista Kosonen and Lauri Tilkanen with Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Leea Klemola, Seppo Pääkkönen, Elina Knihtilä, Tommi Korpela, and Johannes Brotherus in supporting roles. The film tells the story about a love affair between a Lapp midwife and a SS officer set against the backdrop of the Lapland War, which opposed Finnish and German armies in 1944–45.^[1]^[2] The film won the Best Film and the Best Actress awards at the 2015 Waterloo International Historical Film Festival and the Best Actress award at the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Cast

Krista Kosonen as Helena
Lauri Tilkanen as Johannes
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Jouni
Leea Klemola as Aune
Seppo Pääkkönen as Björne
Elina Knihtilä as Heta
Tommi Korpela as a Nazi SS officer Gödel
Johannes Brotherus as Aleksei

Production

Principal photography began in Lithuania on 13 May 2014.^[3] Krista Kosonen who plays female lead, Helena, cut her hair on camera for the role.^[4] She also learned Finnish dialect from Katja Kettu's novel. Many cast members change their physical appearances; Tommi Korpela lost 44 pounds for his role as a SS officer; Elina Knihtilä lost 22 pounds for her character Heta, prisoner of war.^[5]^[6] On 10 April 2015 Jokinen informed in an interview that the production of the film was finished and that the film was complete.^[7]

Accolades

Award	Date	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
Golden Goblet Award for Best Actress	21 June 2015	Best Actress	Krista Kosonen	Won	^[8]

References

^ ""Katilo", 2014". Nordic Productions. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "WILDEYE (KÄTILÖ)". Cinando. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Antti J. Jokisen Kätilö-elokuvan kuvaukset alkavat Liettuassa tänään". Solar Films (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Krista Kososen hiukset kynittiin kameran edessä - katso kuva". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Tommi Korpela laihdutti natsiupseerin roolia varten 20 kiloa - katso kuva!". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Elina Knihtilä laihdutti roolia varten – yli 10 kiloa lähti". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Antti J. Jokisen Kätilö valmistui: "Koskettava projekti"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ "Golden Goblet Award Winners of the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival". Shanghai International Film Festival. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.