一对孪生姐妹,从小被母亲抛弃,由外婆抚养长大,外婆过世后姐妹俩被孤儿院收留。她们的母亲靠跟着不同的男人过活。某一日母亲与在马戏团的男友突然在孤儿院中出现,他是来自马戏团内表演秋千的艺人,第一眼就看中灵巧、身体柔韧的姐姐,想带她离开。而孤儿院要求他们把妹妹一起带走。在马戏团内严厉的训练下让姐姐心生厌烦,一日在表演中从高高的秋千上掉下来,其实身体并没有受到很大的伤害,但她的内心却从此尘封了起来,不跟人说话。马戏团巡回表演到匈牙利,母亲与两个女儿对于男友而言已毫无利用价值,在一次混乱中,男友也离她们而去。母亲又凭着一贯的伎俩,利用一位俄国军官,带着两个女儿撘上火车到了芬兰。在火车上,妹妹发现自己偷偷地学会了吞火的技巧,也因此得到母亲的赞赏,她们三人搭乘一辆老旧的巴士,在芬兰北部地区巡回演出,她表演吞火,妈妈和姐姐当助理,所有男客贪婪的眼光都盯着她那近乎半裸的身体不放。有一天表演之后,两姊妹发现母亲又和一个老男人在床上,姐姐再也无法忍受母亲这种水性杨花的个性,她冲向树林跳入冰冷的河水中,妹妹奋不顾身的将她救上岸来,但是最后无情的命运终究还是拆散了她们。
别名
fire-eater
tulennielij
表演
kari rissanen/repossession man #3
alexandre zilberman/russian soldier
蒂娜·维克斯托姆/mother
kristóf lukácsfy/doctor
vieno saaristo/attendant in sauna
eeva-maija haukinen/godmother #1
kristo salminen/heinz
elina hurme/helena
jani volanen/clown
unna kitti/girl
皮尔·拉格纳/circus director
juhani heikkinen/repossession man#2
kaisla puurtinen/irene 2 months
istvan galfi/revolutionary
sari havukainen/helena 8 years
vappu jurkka/grandmother
rainer kaunisto/man from tyrol
göran schauman/priest
armi parkkinen/train servant
lidia usvalahti/train servant
jarmo hyttinen/man in pub
sulevi peltola/arvo
艾琳娜·里夫/helena 14 years
elsa saisio/irene 14 years
rea mauranen/orphanage manageress
sesam tsokkinen/helena 2 months
anna-leena mäki-p../nurse
tõnu kark/russian officer
raija paalanen/godmother #2
esko nevapuro/repossession man#1
hannu hartikainen/girl's father
rauha puntti/nurse
hannele röhr/bowling girl
jordi borrell/ramon
inka vogt/irene 8 years
角色
arvo
attendant in sauna
bowling girl
circus director
clown
doctor
girl
girl's father
godmother
grandmother
heinz
helena
helena 14 years
helena 2 months
helena 8 years
irene 14 years
irene 2 months
irene 8 years
man from tyrol
man in pub
mother
nurse
orphanage manageress
priest
ramon
repossession man
revolutionary
russian officer
russian soldier
train servant