- December Heat (film)
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Detsembrikuumus Directed by Asko Kase Produced by Artur Talvik Written by Mihkel Ulman
Lauri VahtreStarring Sergo Vares
Liisi Koikson
Tõnu Kark
Mait Malmsten
Tambet Tuisk
Carmen Mikiver
Ain LutseppCinematography Kjell Lagerroos Editing by Tambet Tasuja Distributed by Ruut Pictures Release date(s) 16 October 2008 Running time 100 minutes Country Estonia Language Estonian
Russian
EnglishDecember Heat (Estonian: Detsembrikuumus) is a 2008 historic action drama film about the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt directed by Asko Kase and starring Sergo Vares.
Contents
Plot
"December 1924. It's only a matter of minutes whether Estonian young independence continues to exist or we become a province with minor importance of big communist Russia. Independence which seems so self-evident today depends at that moment on couple of random coincidences." [1]
Cast
- Sergo Vares as Tanel Rõuk.
- Liisi Koikson as Anna Rõuk.
- Ain Lutsepp as Julius Saarepuu.
- Piret Kalda as Maret Saarepuu.
- Emil-Joosep Virkus as Joosep Saarepuu.
- Tambet Tuisk as Specialist.
- Mait Malmsten as lawyer Jaan (prototype: Jaan Anvelt).
- Tiit Sukk as factory owner Indrek.
- Rain Simmul as Head of Intelligence.
Historic people
- Tõnu Kark as Major General Ernst Põdder.
- Priit Pedajas as Major General Johan Unt.
- Carmen Mikiver as Elis Kingissepp.
- Ilkka Koivula as Otto Kuusinen.
- Yevgeni Knyazev as Grigori Zinovjev.
Production
Actual conscripts from Tallinn's Guard Battalion were used to play the part of the mass-up soldiers.
Notes and references
- ^ "Detsembrikuumus". film.com. http://www.film.com/movies/detsembrikuumus/25457888. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
External links
Cinema of Estonia Actors • Directors • Films A-Z • Chronology of films • Cinematographers • Composers • Editors • Producers • Screenwriters • Studios
Categories:- 2008 films
- Estonian films
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