Devil's Bride (2016)

Anna is a 16-year old in a village where women are accused of witchcraft. It's based on the witch hunts on Åland, Finland in the 1600s.

Director:

Saara Cantell

Writers:

Saara Cantell, Leena Virtanen

Stars:

Tuulia Eloranta, Magnus Krepper, Elin Petersdottir

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tuulia Eloranta	...	Anna Eriksdotter
Magnus Krepper	...	Nils Psilander
Elin Petersdottir	...	Rakel Larsdotter
Claes Malmberg	...	Bryniel Kjellinus
Kaija Pakarinen	...	Valborg Magnusdotter
Antti Reini	...	Karl Jönsson
Lauri Tanskanen	...	Elias Olsson
Julia Korander	...	Gertrud Bengtsson
Johanna af Schultén	...	Ulrica Johansdotter
Kari Onstad Winge	...	Lady Elizabeth Psilander
Cris af Enehielm	...	Karin Persdotter
Maria Sid	...	Lisbeta Skarp
Pirkko Hämäläinen	...	Ebba Matsenkia
Sonja Halla-aho	...	Lovisa
Clas-Ove Bruun	...	Pyöveli (as Claes Owe Bruun)

Storyline

Anna is a 16-year old in a village where women are accused of witchcraft. It's based on the witch hunts on Åland, Finland in the 1600s.

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Plot Keywords:

f rated | decapitation | 17th century | sweden | history of sweden | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Finland Sweden Norway Latvia Germany

Language:

Finnish Swedish

Release Date:

9 September 2016 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Djävulens jungfru

Filming Locations:

Latvia

Box Office

Budget:

€2,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Götafilm, Periferia Productions Ky, Pomor Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Swedish law, execution method for those convicted of witchcraft was breaking wheel for men and decapitation and burning for women. Atleast 50% of those convicted of witchcraft in Finland (part of Sweden at the time) were men.

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Soundtracks

Poika ja tyttö
Written by Sari Kaasinen
Arranged by Kaija Pakarinen and Tuulia Eloranta

User Reviews

Below mediocre film which fails on too many aspects

Let's face it, movie reviews are all subjective. There is no such thing as an objective movie review because it's all about the tastes and they differ. There's no use dissing anyone's opinions.

This movie has high production values on every aspect but still it manages to be very sloppy. Its pacing is non-existent, it doesn't engage and touch when it should. It's also very hard to like the main character after she causes great pain to other woman. It's hard to have sympathy on that character when it was supposed to be the most likeable person in the film to sympathize with. In my opinion her fate was well earned.

Also the acting is mediocre, even spoken finnish is difficult to follow because of the strong swedish accent. I needed subtitles to make sense of what they were talking about. Better idea would have been to make them all speak swedish.

I was so happy that i never went to see this film on the cinema and paid nothing to watch it. It was such a waste of time that i was disappointed. Usually finnish movies aren't very good. Only Finns keep fussing about them while they don't usually get widely distributed (exception is Kaurismaki films).