The Women at Själö

The Women at Själö

2008 fi 57 minutes

Rating: 3.5

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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