Movie: The Women at Själö

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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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    Kvinnorna på Själö

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    "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".

  • Release Date

    2008-01-14

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    4.333

  • Rating:

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    svenskasuomi
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