The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Martti HeldeDirector
- Martti HeldeScreenplay
Cast
- Laura Peterson-AardamErna
- Tarmo SongHeldur
- Mirt PreegelEliide
- Ingrid IsotammHermiine
- Einar HillepChairman of the Kolkhoz
Stills
Themes
deportation