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Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German prison during the First World War. Yet, there are no peaceful times in their home country. Joonas has hard times when coming back home - his efforts to improve the living conditions of his family will fail. It is namely the successful people who betray Joonas so that he has to face a real gladiator fight in order to understand the important things in life.

Director: Veljo Käsper

Keywords: turpitude | losing a loved one | first love | pretending to be insane | asylum | World War I | broken illusions | infantrymen | church service | mine | View all »