The Well
108 mins
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.
Otto Hakala
Marko Laakso
Ossi Hakala
Mika Tapani Laakso
Dick Idman
Detective
Henriikka Salo
Attorney
Leif Lindgren
Young singer
Ludowica Eklund
Guard
Erkki Mantere
Speaker
Petri Aalto
Contestant
Arno Virtanen
Contestant
Seppo Kiuru
Policeman
Sauli Uhre
Taxi driver
Hector Mazzaglia
Foreign man
Lola Odusoga
Girl drinking soda (uncredited)
Veikko Honkanen
Police officer at hearing (uncredited) (voice)
Eeva-Liisa Haimelin
Maternity ward nurse (uncredited)
Marja-Leena Kouki
Warden (uncredited) (voice)
Lauri Tykkyläinen
Man at funeral (uncredited)
Pekka Lehto
Director
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Anu Maja
Production Design
Esa Vuorinen
Director of Photography
Outi Nyytäjä
Screenplay
Anssi Tikanmäki
Original Music Composer
Juhani Liimatainen
Sound Effects
Marja-Leena Mikkola
Original Story
Chuck Rowley
Production Manager
Artūras Pozdniakovas
Editor
Oskari Viskari
Sound
Pekka Lehto
Producer
Peter Nordström
Sound Effects
Bengt Svedberg
Set Decoration
Marjatta Nissinen
Costume Design
Antero Honkanen
Sound Effects
Raili Hulkkonen
Makeup Artist
Johan Hake
Sound
Kati Lukka
Property Master
Veikko Aaltonen
First Assistant Director
Tiina Kaukanen
Second Assistant Director
Raimo Paananen
Second Unit Director of Photography
Lauri Tykkyläinen
Still Photographer
Kari Laine
Location Manager