The playful documentary tells the story about a strange war of information in Estonian SSR during the 1980s when the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture. And the heroes won. Western pop culture played extremely important part in developing the world view of the Soviet youth - today this may seem rather weird. Finnish Television, that was visible only for people living in Northern Estonia, was the only window to the world of dreams and that was out of reach for the authorities to be banned. The documentary combines political action with fictional stories based on the memories ...
Director: Jaak Kilmi
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Eetriüksus |
| Film Category | Documentary |
| Text / Dialogue | Estonian, Finnish, English, Russian |
| Subtitles | English |
| Duration | 77:14 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Kiur Aarma |
| Co-producer | Aleksi Bardi | Annika Sucksdorff |
| Director | Jaak Kilmi |
| Screenwriter | Kiur Aarma | Jaak Kilmi |
| Cinematographer | Manfred Vainokivi |
| Production Desinger | Manfred Vainokivi |
| Costume Designer | Liisi Eesmaa | Helina Risti |
| Composer | Ardo Ran Varres |
| Sound Designer | Horret Kuus |
| Editor | Lauri Laasik |
Cast
View allLeading roles
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Gerda Viira
Urve
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Oskar Vuks
Jaak
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Toomas Pool
Toomas
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Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Joosep
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Aleksandr Aug
Joosepi isa
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Birgit Veemaa
Joosepi ema
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Einar Kotka
noor Nikolai
Supporting roles
First releases
View all- in cinema: 7.04.2009, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn, Estonia
- on filmfestival: 4.09.2009, Telluride Film Festival, United States
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Prize, Annual Award of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2009, The Annual Award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment: Kiur Aarma and Jaak Kilmi
- Award, Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival (Estonia), 2009, Best Estonian Documentary
- Award, Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland), 2009, Documentary Competition - Best Documentary
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