The Women at Själö

The Women at Själö

2008 fi 57 minutes

Rating: 4.333

Plot

"You who enter, leave all your hope behind." Själö was Finland's first mental hospital. The hospital opened in 1622. Intended for those suffering leprosy. But Själö hospital also had a secret ward. A house for the insane. The ungodly and mentally ill were deposited here forever and their property fell to the church. In 1889 Själö became a storage area for women with "unbearable insanity".

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Cast

Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn

Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn

Signe Erfors

Signe Erfors

Cécile Orblin

Cécile Orblin

Joachim Thibblin

Joachim Thibblin

narrator

Gungerd Wikholm-Östling

Gungerd Wikholm-Östling

narrator

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