The Women at Själö (2008)
0h 57m | PG-13
"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".
Director: Mikaela Weurlander
Studio: YLE
Genre: Documentary
Video: 720p
Cast
Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn
as
Signe Erfors
as
Cécile Orblin
as
Joachim Thibblin
as narrator
Gungerd Wikholm-Östling
as narrator