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Pädaste (2022)

Students film | Thriller | Drama Duration 19:44

Plot summary

In 1919 Estonia as Bolsheviks' riots swipe through the country, a Baltic German father goes to no end to ensure his daughter`s safety.

A story told through the game of Hide-and-Seek. Kitty is a 8-year-old Baltic-German girl (Elli Hoyer), who sees tragic events unfold in thebeginning of 20th century Estonia: Baltic-Germans are being killed and forced to flee the country. We follow the Buxhoeveden family`s escape: Kitty, her father and her uncle are stopped by a local mob consisting of their own disloyal servants. The brothers are killed but through the game of Hide- and-Seek Kitty manages to escape and survive.

Keywords: baltisaksa aadliperekond | Baltic Germans | Bolsheviks | Communism | burning down manors | atrocities of war | View all »

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