Smile at Last

The story

16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.

Cast

M Monika RaideMari H Hendrik ToompereRobi T Tauri TallermaaTauri K Katrin TamlehtKatrin K Kerttu AavingKerttu E Edith-Helen KuuskMelita S Siiri SisaskSiiri J Janika KalmusAnne H Helle KuningasTeacher M Mari LillRobi's Mother E Evald HermakülaMari's Father E Eduard TinnTauri's Father

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A Anneli AunapAnneli R Rein PakkRein M Manfred KärblaneManfred R Rudolf AllabertHeadmaster M Maria KlenskajaÜlo's Lover E Evald AavikMale Teacher R Reet PaavelAnne's Mother T Triin LooritsTriin L Lemmi Tinn T Toivo Karjane P Priit Seli