Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Suomalaislapsia Ruotsiin / Finnish Children to Sweden


Suomalaislapsia Ruotsiin / Finnish Children to Sweden (FI 1944). D: Holger Harrivirta. DP: Björn Soldan. Narrator: Veikko Itkonen. From: Children in Media: Suomalaislapsia Ruotsiin, 6 Sep 2022. Please do click on the photo montage to enlarge it.

FI 1944. PC: Finlandia-Kuva. D: Holger Harrivirta. DP: Björn Soldan. Narrator: Veikko Itkonen. 9'. A vintage 35 mm nitrate print with generally good definition. Viewed at Orion, Helsinki, 25 May 2005. An eloquent documentary on the great Swedish action to take care of Finnish children (70.000 altogether) during WWII. We follow a train journey of Karelian children via Haparanda to Stockholm, and a ship journey on the Ariadne from Vasa to Umeå. Highly moving. Personally touching for me, as my mother was one of "war children" for whom the experience was a happy one.

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