Anna is a 16-year old in a village where women are accused of witchcraft. It's based on the witch hunts on Åland, Finland in the 1600s.
Acting
Tuulia Eloranta's watchful stillness says everything words cannot.
Direction
Cantell shoots Åland's beauty as its own kind of trap.
Costume
Authentic 17th-century dress that makes escape literally impossible.
Director
Saara Cantell
Tuulia Eloranta
Anna Eriksdotter
Magnus Krepper
Psilander
Elin Petersdottir
Rakel
Claes Malmberg
Bryniel Kjellinus
Kaija Pakarinen
Valpuri
Antti Reini
Karl Jönsson
Lauri Tanskanen
Elias
Maria Sid
Lisbeta Skarp
Johanna af Schultén
Ulrica Johansdotter
Pirkko Hämäläinen
Ebba Matsenkia
Kari Onstad Winge
Lady Elizabeth Psilander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Åland witch trials were Finland's deadliest per capita; 16 women executed in one parish 1666-1667.
Cantell specifically cast Scandinavian actors across language lines to emphasize Åland's liminal identity between Sweden and Finland.
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