The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1990
Awakening
Directed by
Jüri Sillart
It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.
The story
It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.
Cast
Tõnu KarkVoldemar Rass
Sulev LuikCity Man
Kaljo KiiskJaan
Maria KlenskajaCity Woman
Ülle KaljusteAliide
Väino LaesArnold
Arvo KukumägiKaarel Peterson
Anne PaluverSalme Peterson
Jaan RekkorPeeter Kängsepp
Mati KloorenRichardi Sass
Katrin KohvLinda
Feliks KarkAnts Tammemets
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Vladimir LaptevOfficer #2
Liina LintropLittle Liisi
Rein OjaMunicipal Man #2
Elle KullLeida
Andreas KangurLeida's Son
Hilja VaremArmilde
Kaie MihkelsonWoman #1
Tiit TrallaSoloist
Kaarin RaidCountry Woman
Heino TorgaMunicipal Man #1
Hannes KaljujärvKomsorg
Elen NuterPrincipal
Anne MaasikSinging Teacher
Sergei TšerkassovOfficer #1
Yevgeniy VlasovOfficer #3
Nikolai HrustaljovSergeant
Dmitri ReitmanSoldier #1
Oleg RogatšovSolder #2
Vladimir RõbnikovSoldier #3
Eduard AguSolder #5
Vassili BezdušnõiDriver #1
Vladimir BeloussovDriver #2
Vadim StepanovDriver #3
Lembit EelmäeImportant Comrade
Andrus VaarikMister
Ene JärvisMother with Child
Herta ElvisteLady
Liina TennosaarWoman #2
Robert GutmanFarmer
Asko AltsooMart Seedrimägi
Roland SaarnikRaul
Heli KohvGym Teacher
Ülo LodessonCatcher
Talvo PabutCity Man
Kalle Kadakas
Urmas Määste
Anna-Maria Ots
Paul Poom
Rein Randoja
Triinu Rebane
Rasmus Reinsoo
Taavi-Kristo Reinsoo
Kristjan Ruubel
Hendrik Karu
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