The Midwife Page #4

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But now, take me to Bjrne's store.

He must have a third eye

for the bad times.

How would he guess

we'd be coming today?

I told him. Take it easy inside,

don't ask questions.

Tell you later.

When Lispetti gave birth

to the negro -

I said now I've seen it all.

These will get you to Sweden

and over the sea to Southern Finland.

We'll leave Johannes' passport

at the cabin.

He'll find it there

if he's still alive.

He has a Finnish passport? -Yes.

Got him a Finnish birth certificate.

Damn you, Wildeye.

Follow the swamp to the sea.

You know why

I never had to go to the war?

Shot a bullet in my leg

through a block of wood.

I'm a coward.

I knew about it.

You're not a coward, brother.

Just plain crazy.

We'll see again soon!

It's cold.

I'll make a fire for Johannes.

So you stayed here to die.

Take it easy. Sit.

I'm not afraid of dying.

I wouldn't move around much, though.

Gorges full of SS bomb units.

Russians at the Teno already,

German patrols all the way from Alta.

Fritzes burn up Lapland

as they retreat.

Told me to slaughter everyone

in these fjords.

And they pay me well.

They'll burn this cabin, too.

And you, when they find you.

The axe is outside.

And you have no gun.

No guns, no.

Don't kill me.

Now you have one.

Left the bullets on a rock outside.

You just might be crazy enough

to shoot me.

Dried meat, tinned British beef,

a keg of rum.

Your father told me

to give this to you.

Killed him a year ago. I had to.

A good man, though.

Watched over you,

regretted everything.

Forgive me.

TWO MONTHS LATER

Hey! Where're you going?

Stop! Do you hear?

Volodka, who is he?

Show me your papers.

Did you lose your keys?

Stand back.

I'll open the door.

Right. Come here.

Alarm!

A prisoner escapes!

Men! Our orders are

to burn the house.

I say we lock it up first,

and call Ifjord.

All right?

I will write a few more lines.

There is no more food.

I even ate the candle.

Darling, it was not tasty.

I will die now, knowing

that you are on your way here.

If you were here -

we would talk at the same time -

as lovers do when they meet again.

I will smile, happy, and...

lam here.

Good that you are here.

You took your bloody time.

I carry...

I carry our child inside me.

It is a quiet one.

I can't feel its heartbeat any more.

I was so afraid-

and now you saved us.

I cooked for you.

Bloody hell.

I put the candle in it.

Do you want to love a man like me?

I'm sure I don't.

But I do love you so.

I feel like I am resurrected.

Now to Sweden

and then to safety in Finland.

We'll be always together. Always.

Now I have nothing more to tell.

HELENA ALATALO AND

JOHANNES ANGELHURST ESCAPED -

FROM THE DEAD MAN'S CABIN

ON 19.11.1944.

THEY WERE MARRIED IN SWEDEN,

BUT RETURNED TO FINLAND -

AND STARTED A FAMILY IN TURTOLA

IN THE VALLEY OF TORNIONJOKI.

THE LAPLAND WAR ENDED

WITH THE WITHDRAWAL -

OF THE LAST GERMAN TROOPS FROM

NORTHWEST FINLAND ON 27.4.1945.

MOST OF THE WOMEN ACCOMPANYING

THE GERMAN SOLDIERS -

WERE ABANDONED IN NORWAY - ONLY A

FRACTION OF THEM REACHED GERMANY.

THE NEW FINNISH SOCIAL ORDER

DID NOT RECOGNIZE -

THE STATUS OF THE APPROXIMATELY

700 CHILDREN BORN -

OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN

THE GERMANS AND THE FINNISH WOMEN.

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