The Women at Själö

IMDb 3.5 2008 • 57 min • Documentary

Director

Mikaela Weurlander

Country

FI

Plot Summary

"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".

Top Cast

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