The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Jaak KilmiDirector
- Kiur AarmaWriter
- Jaak KilmiWriter
- Ardo Ran VarresOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kiur AarmaNarrator (voice)
- Jaak KilmiNarrator (voice)
- Alo KõrveNarrator (voice)
- Jaan TootsenNarrator (voice)
- Liina VahtrikNarrator (voice)
- Eduard TomanNarrator (voice)
- Gerda ViiraUrve
- Oskar VuksJaak
- Toomas PoolToomas
- Jaan-Joosep PuusaagJoosep
- Einar KotkaYoung Nikolai
- Aleksandr AugJoosep's Father
Stills
Themes
cold warpop culturesoviet unionanti-communismdocudramafinlandperestroikaestoniacold war propagandaglasnosttelevision signal