The Dissidents
6.4
In Soviet-era Estonia, three young mavericks drop everything and flee to Sweden, but soon learn the free world is not all it's cracked up to be.
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Cast
71 people
Märt Pius
Ralf Tamm
Known for
1944
Attack on Finland
Karl-Andreas Kalmet
Mario Viik
Known for
1944
Firebird
Veiko Porkanen
Einar Kotkin "Meathead"
Known for
Sisu: Road to Revenge
Esko Salminen
Lars-Jukka Lampinen
Known for
Hamlet Goes Business
The Winter War
Julia Berngardt
Rita
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Tõnu Kark
Grandpa
Known for
Lilya 4-ever
Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness
Henrik Kalmet
Mario's Brother
Known for
1944
Helena Valkee
Neighbour Lady
Also in
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara
Fabian Silén
Swedish Police Officer
Also in
Dirty Snow
Tove
Jari Nissinen
Jarmo
Also in
Rumble
Harvoin tarjolla
Dmitrijs Paless
Einar's Father
Also in
Izmeklēšanā noskaidrots
Ott Sepp
Hillbilly
Also in
Men at Arms
Alien 2 or: The Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters
Jaak Kilmi Director · Martin Algus Writer Aigars Sērmukšs Cinematographer
Budget $1.2M · First release February 17, 2017 · Produced in Latvia, Finland, Estonia
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Production
MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Production
Taska Film
Production
Film Angels Studio
Production
Matila Röhr Productions (MRP)
Production
Latvia · Finland · Estonia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sangarid
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
English · Estonian · Finnish · Russian · Swedish
Release dates
Estonia · February 17, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
November 17, 2017 · Premiere · Ottawa European Union Film Festival
November 24, 2017 · Theatrical · Vancouver European Union Film Festival
Finland
July 5, 2017 · Digital
February 21, 2018 · Physical · DVD
France
March 14, 2021 · Digital · VOD
November 26, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
October 8, 2017 · Theatrical · Hamburg Film Festival
Latvia
May 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 20, 2018 · Theatrical · European Union Film Festival
Sweden
May 1, 2018 · Digital
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