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Seamstress

"So great is to die and live for happiness and freedom"

A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a disappointment in the system and failure in unity of the Finnish nation. The legacy of the civil war had left systems of persecution in place for those with socialist ideals. Martta and her fellow revolutionaries were determined to continue the resistance movement although they knew that at worst it could cost their lives. Martta was imprisoned twice before she was shot. She was an idealist, whose seemingly harmless, naive beliefs in peace and justice were the most dangerous traits a person could have at the time.

Top Cast

  • Martta Koskinen

    Martta Koskinen

    Herself (Archive footage)

  • Vera Kiiskinen

    Vera Kiiskinen

    Martta Koskinen (voice)

  • Pekka Milonoff

    Pekka Milonoff

    Narrator (voice)

  • Laura Birn

    Laura Birn

    Hertta Kuusinen (voice)

  • Elena Leeve

    Elena Leeve

    Mirjam Koskinen (voice)

  • Vilma Melasniemi

    Vilma Melasniemi

    Elvi Sinervo (voice)

  • Taisto Oksanen

    Taisto Oksanen

    EK:n / Valpon etsivä (voice)

  • Antti Seppänen

    Antti Seppänen

    EK:n / Valpon etsivä (voice)

  • Antti Virmavirta

    Antti Virmavirta

    EK:n / Valpon etsivä (voice)

Overview

A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a disappointment in the system and failure in unity of the Finnish nation. The legacy of the civil war had left systems of persecution in place for those with socialist ideals. Martta and her fellow revolutionaries were determined to continue the resistance movement although they knew that at worst it could cost their lives. Martta was imprisoned twice before she was shot. She was an idealist, whose seemingly harmless, naive beliefs in peace and justice were the most dangerous traits a person could have at the time.

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