His Majesty´s Warship talks about The Estonian War of Independence and the activities of the British Royal Navy in the Gulf of Finland during the war years 1918-1919. The film uses the letters that a British sailor wrote home to his wife from battle. Russian historian Vitali Pirogov and British historian Terry Charman from the Imperial War Museum in London give interviews from the forts and harbor of Kronstadt. Charman says: „We wanted to re-establish democratic rule in Russia. Thus, we also had to deal with Estonians who were fighting for their independence.“ This is fairly open confession, asi ...
Director: Indrek Kangur
Producer | Reet Sokmann | Urmas Dresen |
Director | Indrek Kangur |
Screenwriter | Vello Mäss | Indrek Kangur |
Cinematographer | Andres Kull | Meelis Kadastik | Kaido Peremees | Vello Mäss | Avo Jüris | Aldis Balcevičs |
Sound Designer | Mati Jaska |
Editor | Marju Juhkum |