Blu-ray
November
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
In Estonian & German, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Taavi Eelmaa.
Publication Information
[New York] : Oscilloscope Pictures, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"In this tale of love and survival in 19th century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, but Hans is inexplicably infatuated by the visiting German baroness that possesses all that he longs for. For Liina, winning Hans's requited love proves incredibly complicated in this dark, harsh landscape where spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil himself converge, where thievery is rampant, and where souls are highly regarded, but come quite cheap. With alluring black and white cinematography, Rainer Sarnet vividly captures these motley lives as they toil to exist--is existence worth anything if it lacks a soul?"--Container.
Notes
"BD-OSC 86"--Container.
Based on the novel by Andrus Kiviräkh.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2017.
Special features: Test footage of the kratt character ; video essay with film critic John DeFore ; Retk läbi Setumaa (Journey through Setomaa) (1913), one of the first films made in Estonia.