1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.
Acting
Ville Virtanen's trembling resolve carries the entire film.
Direction
Klaus Härö makes paperwork feel like a ticking bomb.
Director
Klaus Härö
Ville Virtanen
Abraham Stiller
Nina Hedström
Vera Stiller
Rony Herman
Georg Kollman
Naemi Latzer
Janka Kollman
Kari Hietalahti
Arno Anthoni
Peter Kanerva
Detective Kauhanen
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Cabinet Minister Tanner
Carl-Kristian Rundman
Cabinet Minister Horelli
Satu Tuuli Karhu
Journalist
Rain Tolk
Heinrich Huppert
Ruben Tolk
Kurt Huppert
Tomi Salmela
Chief of Police Ryynänen
Ragnar Halmann
Refugee
Oskar Kröönström
Refugee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Klaus Härö is Finland's most Oscar-nominated filmmaker — this is his sixth feature.
The film exposes Finland's buried WWII history: official silence on Jewish deportations lasted until the 2000s. The real Abraham Stiller's memoir shattered that.
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