![The Women at Själö](/assets/images/no-cover.png)
Plot
"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".
Writer | N/A |
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Director | Mikaela Weurlander |
Actor | Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn, Signe Erfors, Cécile Orblin |
Country | Finland |
Production | YLE |