Overview
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
Cast
- Sergo Vares as Tanel Rõuk
- Liisi Koikson as Anna Rõuk
- Mait Malmsten as Lawyer
- Tõnu Kark as General Põdder
- Tambet Tuisk as Specialist
- Carmen Mikiver as Elsa Kingissepp
- Ain Lutsepp as Julius Saarepuu
- Piret Kalda as Maret Saarepuu
- Emil-Joosep Virkus as Joosep Saarepuu
- Yevgeni Knyazev as Zinovyev