Movie Details
Production Companies:YLE, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky, Kinoproduction
The Maiden and the Soldier
Audience Score
DirectorKatariina Lillqvist
WriterKatariina Lillqvist
Plot
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.
