Feature

Awakening

Äratus
(1989)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Rein Saluri
Cinematographer: Mait Mäekivi
Production Designer: Toomas Hõrak, Heikki Halla, Ann Lumiste
Composer: Kuldar Sink
Editor: Marju Juhkum
Producer: Piret Tibbo, Karl Levoll
Main cast: Tõnu Kark, Sulev Luik, Kaljo Kiisk, Maria Klenskaja, Ülle Kaljuste, Väino Laes.
Duration: 108 min
Language: Estonian, Russian
Subtitle language: English, Estonian
Available formats: mov
Colour: Colour
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Festivals:

  • Around the Baltic Film Festival (Gotland, Sweden), 2001
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland, Great Britain), 1990
  • Riga International Film Festival (Latvia), 1990
  • Espoo Ciné International Film Festival (Finland) , 1990
  • Monstra Internationale del Film d’Auttore (San Remo, Italy), 1989, Jury Award

It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia.
The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.
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Head of Film Heritage Department
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Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
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