Wildeye

Wildeye
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Antti Jokinen
Written by	Antti Jokinen Katja Kettu
Based on	Kätilö by Katja Kettu
Produced by	Markus Selin Jukka Helle
Starring	Krista Kosonen Lauri Tilkanen
Cinematography	Rauno Ronkainen
Edited by	Benjamin Mercer
Music by	Pessi Levanto
Production company	Solar Films
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release date	4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
Country	Finland
Languages	Finnish, German, Russian

Wildeye (Finnish: Kätilö), also known as Finland 1944, is a 2015 Finnish romantic war drama film directed by Antti Jokinen. It is an adaptation of Finnish author Katja Kettu's bestselling 2011 novel The Midwife (Kätilö) set before and during Lapland War. The film stars Krista Kosonen and Lauri Tilkanen with Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Leea Klemola, Seppo Pääkkönen, Elina Knihtilä, Tommi Korpela, and Johannes Brotherus in supporting roles. The film tells the story about a love affair between a Lapp midwife and a SS officer set against the backdrop of the Lapland War, which opposed Finnish and German armies in 1944–45.^[1][2] The film won the Best Film and the Best Actress awards at the 2015 Waterloo International Historical Film Festival and the Best Actress award at the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival.