The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.
Acting
Tiina Weckström carries impossible complexity with zero vanity.
Production
Period details that whisper 'we had a budget and taste.'
Director
Juha Wuolijoki
Tiina Weckström
Hella Wuolijoki
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Valtiollisen poliisin etsivä
Matleena Kuusniemi
Vappu Tuomioja, o.s. Wuolijoki
Maria Heiskanen
Kerttu Nuorteva, "Elina Sigrid Hämäläinen"
Antti Litja
Raivio
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Eino Salmelainen
Marjaana Maijala
Nanny
Lilga Kovanko
Aleksandra Nikolajevna, aik. Voskresenskaja, "rouva Jartseva"
Kaija Pakarinen
Linda Tanner
Sampo Sarkola
Businessman
Maria Sid
Passarivanki
Wanda Dubiel
Sukulaisrouva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hella Wuolijoki's actual plays were performed across Europe; Brecht adapted her work without credit for 'Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti.'
Director Juha Wuolijoki is her great-grandnephew, making this less biopic and more complicated family reckoning.
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