PRINCIPAL CAST

Kirill Karo, Lembit Ulfsak, Mart Avandi, Liisa Koppel, Kaarle Aho, Ursula Ratasepp, Kai Nordberg, Joonas Koff, Mikhail Pashchuk, Andres Lepik, Kaili Narep, Carmen Mikiver, Maria Avdjushko

DIRECTOR

Klaus Haro

WRITER

Anna Heinamaa

SYNOPSIS

A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia, in the early 1950s. Having left Leningrad to escape the secret police, he finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students. Endel becomes a father figure to his students and starts teaching them his great passion — fencing, which causes a conflict with the school's principal. Envious, the principal starts investigating Endel's background...

Endel learns to love the children and looks after them; most are orphans as a result of the Russian occupation. Fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children and Endel becomes a role model. The children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad, and Endel must make a choice: risk everything to take the children to Leningrad or put his safety first and disappoint them.

BOX OFFICE

$0.1 Million

GENRE

Drama

RATING

Not Rated

RUN TIME

99 Minutes

STUDIO

Music Box Films