Letters from the East (1995)
Original title: Kirjad idast
For Gert and Are Helbemäe
Anna travels from England back to her native country Estonia in order to find her mother whom she has lost during the war. While getting in the middle of the events of restoration of Estonian's independence, Anna meets people full of yearning for freedom. She will discover that despite of having been abroad for a long time she is still having a deep connection to her native land.
Director: Andrew Grieve
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Lantern East (United Kingdom) |
| Color | color |
| Sound | sound |
| Film Category | Feature film, Full length feature |
| Text / Dialogue | Estonian, English |
| Voiceower | English |
| Subtitles | English, Finnish |
| Duration | 110:00 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Ene Vanaveski | Jamie Brown |
| Co-producer | Peeter Urbla | Helga Bähr | Niklas Eklöf | Stefan Andersson |
| Director | Andrew Grieve |
| Screenwriter | Andrew Grieve |
| Dialogue Writer | Andrew Grieve |
| Cinematographer | Ian Mc Millan |
| Art Director | Bernd Lepel |
| Costume Designer | Andrea Galer |
| Composer | John Keane |
| Editor | Derek Bain |
Cast
View allLeading roles
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Ewa Fröling
Anna Kaleva
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Mark Womack
Rein
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Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Marie
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Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Ema (1944)
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Märta Laurent
Ema (1989)
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Nicolas Le Prevost
Alan
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Terence Longdon
Jüri
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Rein Oja
Hans Kaleva, father (1944)
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Mikk Mikiver
Hans Kaleva, father (1989)
Supporting roles
First releases
View all- at other places: 04.10.1996, United Kingdom
- on television: 07.05.1997, Sky Movies Screen 1, United Kingdom
- in cinema: 10.1995, Cinema House, Tallinn, Estonia
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Nomination, Montreal World Film Festival (Canada), 1995
- Participation, Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland, Great Britain), 1996
- Participation, Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA), 1996
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