''Darkness in Tallinn'' (a.k.a. "City Unplugged") (

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160, ...

: ''Tallinn pimeduses'') is a 1993 feature film, a

satirical Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or ...

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directed by

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (28 November 1961 – 5 March 2023) was Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film was ''Spy Games'' (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York (state), New Yor ...

and written by Paul Kolsby. The film premiered on September 12, 1993 at the

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, and later played at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1994. Written by an American and directed by a Finn (the two met at New York University), the film was one of the more unusual and most popular of 1993. It was reshown at the Rotterdam Filmfestival 2013 for professional audience.

Cast

Ivo Uukkivi Ivo Uukkivi (born 11 October 1965) is an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actor, television producer and, under the nickname Munk, founder of and singer with the punk rock, punk band Velikije Luki. Early life and education Ivo Uukkivi ...

as Toivo *Elina Aasa as Violinist *Milena Gulbe as Maria *

Jüri Järvet Jüri Järvet (18 June 1919 – 5 July 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет. His birthna ...

as Anton *Kristel Kärner as Extra *Kadri Kilvet as Nurse *

Salme Poopuu Salme Poopuu (18 October 1939 – 13 May 2017) was an Estonian filmmaker and actress. Poopuu's career in the film and television industry spanned nearly fifty years working in a variety of positions, such as an actress, production assistant, prod ...

as Nurse * Andres Raag as Contreras *

Enn Klooren Enn Klooren (21 June 1940 – 26 March 2011) was an Estonian actor. Klooren was born in Tallinn and grew up in Türi. After graduating the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1968 Klooren worked in the Estonian Drama Theatre. Since 1989 he ...

as Mikhail *Ulvi Kreitsmann as Nurse *

Väino Laes Väino Laes (born 26 September 1951 in Jõhvi) is an Estonian actor. In 1974 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. From 1978 to 1989 he worked at Rakvere Theatre, 1989–1995 in Estonian Drama Theatre, and since 1995 in Vanalinnastuudio. ...

as Andres *Kristel Leesmend as Saleswoman *Anna-Liisa Lehtimetsä as Extra *Leida Paju as Cleaning woman * Külli Palmsaar as Extra *Kerstin Raidma as Gang girl *

Salme Reek Salme Reek (10 November 1907 – 9 June 1996) was an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actress and stage director whose career spanned nearly seventy years; sixty-six of which were spent as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre. ...

as Shoplady *Garmen Tabor as Diana

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1993 films Estonian-language films Films set in Tallinn 1990s Finnish-language films Political satire films 1990s political thriller films 1990s satirical films Finnish thriller films Finnish satirical films Finnish multilingual films Estonian multilingual films 1993 multilingual films {{1990s-thriller-film-stub