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The Interrogation
(Kuulustelu) |
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Script: |
Olli Soinio |
Director: |
Jörn Donner |
Cinematography: |
Pirjo Honkasalo |
Set design: |
Pentti Valkeasuo |
Costumes: |
Auli Turtiainen |
Make-up: |
Mila Niemi |
Sound: |
Joona Jyrälä |
Music: |
Pedro Hietanen |
Editing : |
Klaus Grabber |
Production: |
Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari |
Shooting: |
04/2009 |
Budget: |
520 000 € (SES 160 000 €) |
Release: |
25.9.2009 |
Actors: |
Minna Haapkylä, Marcus Groth, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Lauri Nurkse |
Synopsis: |
Kerttu Nuorteva, a Finnish-born Soviet citizen and spy was dropped into Finland by parachute in February 1942.
She operated undercover in Helsinki until September 7th when she was arrested after a mistake she had made.
The Interrogation is, as the title reveals, the story about her interrogations that were conducted by three consecutive men. At first, they got no results.
Kerttu, whose true identity was slowly revealed, refused to believe when she was told about the cruelty of Stalin´s killing machinery that also targeted Finns. Little by little, her defences began to crumble as the World War was irrevocably turning in favour of the Soviet Union. In spite of her cooperation, Kerttu was sentenced to death. She was, however, saved by the ending of the war.
This is a film about Kerttu Nuorteva´s difficult and mainly impossible choices.
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Festivals: |
Finnish Film Week, St. Petersburg, Russia, 27.11.-2.12.2009
33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 29.1.–8.2.2010
European Film Market, Berlin, Germany, 11.-19.2.2010
Yksi Kaksi Filmi – Finnish Film Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 19.–22.8.2010
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Production |
Jörn Donner Productions Oy
PL 214
00171 Helsinki
Tel. +358 45 674 0272
Email. misha@bufo.fi
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Distribution in Finland |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland
Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B
00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8562 9500
Fax. +358 9 8562 9550
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