The war you never saw: women who held nations together while men held rifles.
The Unknown Woman is a documentary film scripted and directed by Elina Kivihalme. It depicts the reality of Finnish agriculture and forestry during the war years, when the home front relied entirely upon the work and endurance of the women. All farm work, caring for the children, woodcutting and other forestry operations were undertaken by the civilians, as the men in their prime were on the front.
Direction
Kivihalme weaves oral history into visual elegy without sentimentality.
Production
Rare archival footage restores dignity to erased wartime labor.
Director
Elina Kivihalme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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