Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with German money and create a new national state of Estonia in the north-east of Russia. For security reasons, five counterparts will be found and trained for Lenin; all of them are finally sent to Russia for participating in the revolution. How will the real Lenin put up with all this? How will the surrounding women and fellow fighters react? These are the questions clever Kesküla is asking - and the answers will be born even ...
Director: Hardi Volmer
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Faama Film, Lenfilm (Russia) |
| Color | color |
| Sound | sound |
| Film Category | Feature film, Full length feature |
| Genre | Thriller, Comedy |
| Text / Dialogue | Estonian, German, English, Russian, French |
| Subtitles | Estonian, Russian, English, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian |
| Duration | 98:16 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Mati Sepping |
| Director | Hardi Volmer |
| Screenwriter | Toomas Kall | Ott Sandrak | Hardi Volmer |
| Cinematographer | Arko Okk |
| Art Director | Toomas Hõrak |
| Costume Designer | Hannes Võrno |
| Composer | Thomas DeRenzo |
| Sound Designer | Ivo Felt |
| Editor | Marju Juhkum |
| Content Editor | Tõnu Karro |
Cast
View allLeading roles
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Üllar Saaremäe
Aleksander Kesküla
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Viktor Suhhorukov
V.I.Lenin/Vanja
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Andrus Vaarik
Alfred Müller
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Indrek Taalmaa
Oskar Elevant
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Helene Vannari
Nadežda Krupskaja
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Janne Ševtšenko
Inessa Armand
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Peeter Volkonski
Grigori Zinovjev
Supporting roles
First releases
View all- in cinema: 2.10.1997, Cinema Kosmos, Tallinn, Estonia
- at other places: 02.1998, Stockholm, Sweden
- at other places: 23.02.1998, Culture Centre Andalūzijas Suns, Riia, Latvia
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Prize, Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 1997, Toomas Kall, Hardi Volmer, Viktor Suhhorukov
- Award, Ursa Major - Cultural Award of Estonia (Estonia), 1997, Best Director; Best Production Design; Best Actor: Viktor Suhhorukov
- Award, Baltic Pearl Film Festival (Riga, Latvia), 1998, Special Mention - Viktor Suhhorukov
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