In 1937 a sensation arrived in Vyborg. It came in the shape of a film. Its name was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And it would not leave a single child cold in Vyborg. Having seen the film I felt like a different person. I was accompanied in the cinema by our subtenant who was simply called Miss Hiltunen. She was a nurse. I watched with enchantment when she painted ribbons for garlands and funeral decorations in the evenings to make some extra money. In my nocturnal dreams Miss Hiltunen became a hermaphrodite.