December Heat (2008)
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The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
- Date of release
- 2008-10-16
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- War, Action, Drama, History
- Director
- Asko Kase
Casting
- Sergo Vares — Tanel Rõuk
- Liisi Koikson — Anna Rõuk
- Mait Malmsten — Lawyer
- Tõnu Kark — General Põdder
- Tambet Tuisk — Specialist
- Carmen Mikiver — Elsa Kingissepp
- Ain Lutsepp — Julius Saarepuu
- Piret Kalda — Maret Saarepuu
- Emil-Joosep Virkus — Joosep Saarepuu
- Yevgeni Knyazev — Zinovyev
- Ilkka Koivula — Kuusinen
- Roman Kalkajev — Berzins
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
December Heat is a 2008 historic action drama film about the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt directed by Asko Kase and starring Sergo Vares and Liisi Koikson.
Production
Actual conscripts from Tallinn's Guard Battalion were used to play the part of the mass-up soldiers.
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