The historical drama directed by Hardi Volmer is a love story combining the elements of epopee and comedy, the grotesque of early silent film and the melodrama of the golden era of cinema.
The film brings to life in one nightmarish vision three detailed engravings from the early 30s created by Estonian artist Eduard Viiralt: "The Preacher", "Cabaret" and "Hell".
Graduation ceremony and festive procession in the American International College.
Chronicles about Berkshire music festival, Benson private zoo and flower show in Vermont.
Activity of the Boston Estonian Society in pre-war time. An overview consisting of different pieces (14) about life and activities of expatriate Estonians at the end of the 1930s in neighbourhood of Boston (USA).
Roses in home garden and in the garden of Elizabeth Park in June 1937. Parade of Yankee Division (YD) in 1939. New York World Fair on June 7, 1939.
Benson's wild animal farm, Hagenbeck-Wallace circus parade in Hartford & Springfield.
Old couple visiting the Baltsars.
Holiday trip of expatriate Estonians to Florida in 1939.
The black-and-white amateur film about the pre-war Estonia shot by a US or British film amateur in 1938.
The family Baltsar's home garden full of blooms.
Family Baltsar's home garden in Hartford, USA.
A short overview about vacation of a middle-class family in a southern state of the USA in 1939, town and nature views, canoe trip along the river and walk.
Overview about the pre-war life in USA.
Holiday trip of John Baltsar's family to Greenfield and the views of Boston, USA.
Pre-war life in Hartford - parade in the town centre, procession of Shriners clubs, home garden of the Baltsar family.
Parade of the ex-servicemen who fought in foreign wars, Brookshire Lodge, Mount Washington in New Hampshier and Multnomah Falls in Oregon. Parade of Shriners clubs in Hartford.
Pre-war surroundings of Viljandi, the main building of the University of Tartu with Soviet symbols.
The Baltsar family is visiting Estonia in 1931.