Goodbye Soviet Union
6.4
“Always being different”
Johannes, a young Ingrian Finn, grows up in Soviet Estonia with his liberal student mother and pro-Soviet grandmother. The boy's life is revolutionized when he experiences first love and his mother decides to leave for Finland.
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Cast
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Niklas Kouzmitchev
Johannes
No other roles listed
Nika Savolainen
Mother
Known for
Attack on Finland
Ülle Kaljuste
Grandma
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Tõnu Oja
Grandpa
Known for
1944
Pääru Oja
Uncle Kolja
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Vikings: Valhalla
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Elene Baratashvili
Vera
No other roles listed
Jekaterina Novosjolova
Lidija
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Naked Harbour
Dima Bespalov
Gena
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Three August Days
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Sten Karpov
Tamerlan
Known for
Firebird
Tatjana Manevskaja
Teacher Ivanova
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Сыщик без лицензии
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Viktor Lanberg
Principal
Also in
Isayev
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Anne Reemann
Social Worker #1
Known for
1944
Purge
Lauri Randla Director · Elen Lotman Cinematographer Leo Liesvirta Editor
Budget $1.6M · First release July 10, 2020 · Produced in Estonia, Finland
Box office
Budget
$1,590,000
Production
Exitfilm
Production
Bufo
Production
Oy Bufo Ab
Production
Estonia · Finland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Hüvasti, NSVL
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian · Finnish · Russian · Swedish
Release dates
Finland · July 10, 2020
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
November 18, 2020 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Russia
April 24, 2021 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
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