Three Estonian directors, one dying empire, zero hand-holding. Soviet arthouse that actually stings.
A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
Cinematography
1930s Estonia shot like a fever dream you can't wake from.
Direction
Three voices, one devastating historical chord.
Acting
Jüri Järvet's Oskar—quiet menace, maximum damage.
Director
Peeter Simm
Elle Kull
Girl (segment "Promenade")
Lembit Ulfsak
Boy / Hans-Eerik (segment "Promenade")
Külliki Saldre
Membi (segment "Poacher")
Mikk Mikiver
Vambola (segment "Poacher")
Rudolf Allabert
Robert (segment "Poacher")
Jüri Järvet
Oskar (segment "Poacher")
Helend Peep
Mihkel (segment "Poacher")
Enn Klooren
Meier (segment "Poacher")
Kalju Orro
Markar (segment "Poacher")
Heino Raudsik
Kleinert (segment "Poacher")
Peeter Simm
Poacher #1 (segment "Poacher")
Robert Gutman
Poacher #2 (segment "Poacher")
Enn Kraam
Poacher #3 (segment "Poacher")
Arvo Kukumägi
Margus (segment "Tattoo")
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Brezhnev stagnation, this was Estonian cinema's coded love letter to a national identity Moscow tried to erase.
The three directors never worked together again—artistic differences or Soviet pressure? The archives are silent.
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