Movie Details
Production Companies:YLE, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky, Kinoproduction
The Maiden and the Soldier
Audience Score
A strikingly realized puppet tale, based on an old folk ballad of a maiden who sets out to search for her lost fiancé in the turmoils of war. The beloved is found in a stationary hospital where the Grim Reaper is preparing for his gloomy task. It was inspired by the poem The Legend of the Dead Soldier by Bertolt Brecht.
DirectorKatariina Lillqvist
WriterKatariina Lillqvist
