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Summary
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.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+16)
Critics 59Audiences 75GoodWatch 51
Metascore59
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −18 min on the typical 96
typical 9678Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 63 countries
+53Released
2009
April 10, 2009
17 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Estonian
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishRussianFinnishMade in
- Estonia
Finland
and 11 more37 people
- Kiur AarmaNarrator (voice)
- Jaak KilmiNarrator (voice)
- Alo KõrveNarrator (voice)
- Jaan TootsenNarrator (voice)
- Liina VahtrikNarrator (voice)
- Eduard TomanNarrator (voice)
- GVGerda ViiraUrve
- OVOskar VuksJaak
- TPToomas PoolToomas
- JPJaan-Joosep PuusaagJoosep
- EKEinar KotkaYoung Nikolai
- AAAleksandr AugJoosep's Father
- BVBirgit VeemaaJoosep's Mother
- ESEsko SalminenSelf - Historian
- SKSakari KiuruSelf - Finnish TV Former Head
- ASArvo SildnikSelf - TV Engineer
- ELEdward LucasSelf - Writer
- HSHagi SheinSelf - Sociologist
- GGGeorgi G. PotchepstovSelf - Media Researcher
- VLVoldemar LindströmSelf - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director
- NHNikolai HaugSelf - Inventor
- ÅBÅke BlomqvistSelf (archive footage)
- AAAmi AspelundSelf (archive footage)
- David HasselhoffSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 2
- Jaak Kilmi Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Piret Lepik Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Kiur Aarma Writer, Producer
Production · 5
- Karin Karu Casting
- Margus Karu Casting
- Annika Sucksdorff Co-Producer
- Taina West Researcher
- Aleksi Bardy Co-Producer
Camera · 5
- Manfred Vainokivi Director of Photography
- Asko Kase Camera Operator
- Kristjan Svirgsden Camera Operator
- Vello Kilmi Camera Operator
- Margus Johansson Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Lauri Laasik Editor
Sound · 3
- Ardo Ran Varres Original Music Composer
- Horret Kuus Sound Designer
- Olger Bernadt Sound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Helina Risti Costume Design
- Liisi Eesmaa Costume Design
Other crew · 3
- Marju Lepp Property Master
- Merit Kask Public Relations
- Lili Pilt Translator
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