In the Crosswind
7.5
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.
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Cast
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Laura Peterson-Aardam
Erna
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Erik Stoneheart
Laura Peterson
Erna Tamm
Tarmo Song
Heldur
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Kinnunen
Mirt Preegel
Eliide
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Ingrid Isotamm
Hermiine
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Einar Hillep
Chairman of the Kolkhoz
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Martti Helde Director · Erik Põllumaa Cinematographer Liis Nimik Editor
Budget $650K · First release March 28, 2014 · Produced in Estonia
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Budget
$650,000
Production
Baltic Pine Films
Production
Allfilm
Production
Estonia
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Languages
Original title
Risttuules
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian · Russian
Release dates
Estonia · March 28, 2014
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
June 16, 2016 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 20, 2014 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
January 21, 2015 · Premiere · Angers European First Film Festival
March 11, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 4, 2017 · Theatrical
September 19, 2017 · Physical · DVD
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