Awakening
6.4
It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.
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Cast
63 people
Tõnu Kark
Voldemar Rass
Known for
Lilya 4-ever
Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness
Sulev Luik
City Man
Known for
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Jüri Sillart
Also in
Jüri
Piret Tibbo-Hudgins
Rein Saluri
Kaljo Kiisk
Jaan
Also in
Death Under Sail
The Old Thomas was Stolen
Maria Klenskaja
City Woman
Also in
Stolen Meeting
The Joys of Midlife
Ülle Kaljuste
Aliide
Also in
Goodbye Soviet Union
Those Old Love-letters
Väino Laes
Arnold
Also in
City Unplugged
Autumn
Arvo Kukumägi
Kaarel Peterson
Known for
November
Anne Paluver
Salme Peterson
Also in
Pisuhänd
Firebird
Jaan Rekkor
Peeter Kängsepp
Known for
Burial
Jüri Sillart Director · Rein Saluri Writer Mait Mäekivi Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1989 · Produced in Russia · Original title Äratus
Production
Tallinnfilm
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Äratus
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian
Release dates
Italy · January 1, 1989
Monstra Internationale del Film d'Auttore
Russia · February 22, 1990
Limited theatrical · Estonian · Tallin, Estonian SSR, USSR
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
February 22, 1990
Russia
February 22, 1990
Russia
December 17, 1990 · Theatrical · Russian · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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