The Wild Swans
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Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell.
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Cast
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Katri Horma
Eliise
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Juris Žagars
Young King
Known for
The Agency
The Pagan King
Andrejs Žagars
Archbishop
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The Life of Klim Samgin
The Double
Ines Aru
Good Mother
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Cabbage Head
Postmark from Vienna
Gunnar Kilgas
King, Eliise's Father
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Life in the Citadel
Pöördel
Liina Orlova
Evil Queen
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Supernova
Sunday Only
Helend Peep
Old Man
Also in
Pimedad aknad
Men from the Fisherman's Village
Arvo Kruusement
Chamber Master
Also in
The R Document
My Younger Brother
Kaspar Jancis
Eliise's Brother
Also in
Cosmonaut
Piano
Levi-Danel Mägila
Eliise's Brother
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Peter Murdmaa
Eliise's Brother
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Jürmo Eespere
Eliise's Brother
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Helle Karis Director · Savva Kulish Writer Juhan Viiding Writer
First release December 18, 1987 · Produced in Russia · Original title Metsluiged
Production
Tallinnfilm
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Metsluiged
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian
Release dates
Russia · December 18, 1987
Theatrical · Estonian SRR
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
January 1, 1988 · Theatrical · Russian SFSR
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