Movie·2014·1h 26m
In the Crosswind
Country
Estonia
Language
Russian
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The Story
Original title: Risttuules
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.
Producer
Pille Rünk, Piret Tibbo-Hudgins
Cinematography
Erik Põllumaa
Editor
Liis Nimik
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Laura Peterson-Aardam
Erna
Tarmo Song
Heldur
Mirt Preegel
Eliide
Ingrid Isotamm
Hermiine
Einar Hillep
Chairman of the Kolkhoz
// crew
Crew
Martti Helde
Director, Screenplay
Erik Põllumaa
Director of Photography
Pille Rünk
Producer
Liis Nimik
Editor
Piret Tibbo-Hudgins
Producer
Helen Vinogradov
Executive Producer
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