Feature

Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel

Hukkunud Alpinisti hotell
(1979)
Director:
Screenwriter: Arkadi Strugatski, Boriss Strugatski
Cinematographer: Jüri Sillart
Production Designer: Tõnu Virve
Composer: Sven Grünberg
Editor: Sirje Haagel
Producer: Raimund Felt, Veronika Bobossova
Main cast: Uldis Pūcītis, Jüri Järvet, Lembit Peterson, Mikk Mikiver, Kârlis Sebris, Irena Kriauzaite, Sulev Luik, Tiit Härm.
Duration: 83 min
Language: Estonian
Subtitle language: English
Available formats: mov
Colour: Colour

Festivals:

  • Estonian Film Days in Lisbon (Portugal), 2023
  • Budapest Classics Film Marathon IFF (Hungary), 2022
  • SIFF – Syros International Film Festival (Greece), 2020
  • Trento Film Festival (Italy), 2019
  • Offscreen Film Festival (Belgium), 2012
  • CPH PIX (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2011
  • Estonian SSR Film Festival (USSR), 1980, Award: 1st Prize: Jüri Sillart – for the best cinematography (together with “Wild Violets”); 1st Prize: Tõnu Virve – for the best art design (together with “Wild Violets”); Jury Special Prize: Sven Grünberg – for novel expressions in film music
  • Trieste Science Fiction (Italy), 1980, Silver Asteroid Award
  • USSR Film Competition (Shostka, USSR), 1979, Award for Jüri Sillart

Police Inspector Glebsky, arriving at a remote Alpine hotel to investigate a callout, encounters a seemingly serene resort atmosphere instead of a crime. Yet the initially pleasant evening in the company of the inn’s somewhat eccentric guests acquires increasingly bizarre qualities when an ominous anonymous letter is planted in Glebsky’s pocket. In the shadow of the night, a completely alien world unfolds.

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Head of Film Heritage Department
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Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
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