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The Midwife (2015)
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Original name: Kätilö
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
'The Midwife' (fin.'Kätilö') is a romance-drama set during WWII in Finland’s Lapland province, a major European battle ground of the war. Based on Katja Kettu’s bestselling novel, 'The Midwife' turns on the love affair between a Lapp midwife and a Nazi SS officer set against the backdrop of the Lapland War, which opposed Finnish and Germany armies in 1944-45. The themes in the story are international. It’s about conquering love and war, and class boundaries that are broken down.
Style:
romantic, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
world war two, love, midwife, genocide, ss officer, fall in love, torture, mass murder, concentration camp, war crime, nurse, drugs, violence, pregnancy, sex scene, racism, guilt, suspense, wartime life, russo finnish war, nazi officer, german, female nudity, photographer, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
norway, finland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and sincere films with plots about world war two, female nudity, war, nazi, love, military and suspense mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like The Midwife: Suite Française (2014), The English Patient (1996), The Exception (2016), Where Hands Touch (2018), Warsaw 44 (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 162 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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touching, uplifting, romantic, sincere, feel good ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
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world war two, spy, espionage, german soldier, nazi germany, gestapo, nazi officer, nazi occupation, nazi, conspiracy, german army, third reich ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 122 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Story:
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Duration: 123 min.
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100%
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36%
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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