In the Crosswind (2014)
Risttuules
90 min
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.
- Release date
- March 26, 2014
- Country of origin
- Estonia
- Music
- Pärt Uusberg
- Budget
- $650,000
Where to watch
Free
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Trailer
Cast
- Laura Peterson-Aardam as Erna Tamm
- Tarmo Song as Heldur
- Mirt Preegel as Eliide
- Ingrid Isotamm as Hermiine
- Einar Hillep as kolhoosi esimees
- Einar Hillep as Chairman of the Kolhkoz (Collective)
Crew
- Martti Helde · Director
- Martti Helde · Writer
- Liis Nimik · Writer
- Pille Rünk · Producer
- Piret Tibbo-Hudgins · Producer
- Pärt Uusberg · Composer
- Erik Põllumaa · Cinematographer
- Liis Nimik · Editor
- Tanel Toomsalu · Editor
- Reet Brandt · Production designer