''December Heat'' () is a 2008

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about the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt directed by

Asko Kase Asko Kase (born 26 February 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea acros ...

and starring Sergo Vares and

Liisi Koikson Liisi Koikson (born 4 June 1983 in Kilingi-Nõmme) is an Estonian singer, singing teacher and actress. Liisi Koikson attended Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium, graduating in 2001. Her first singing coach was composer, choir director and vocal pedagogue ...

Plot

"December 1924. It's only a matter of minutes whether

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n young

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continues to exist or we become a province with minor importance of big communist Russia. Independence which seems so self-evident today depends at that moment on couple of random coincidences."

Cast

* Sergo Vares as Tanel Rõuk *

as Anna Rõuk *

Ain Lutsepp Ain Lutsepp (born 6 May 1954) is an Estonian actor and politician. Early life and education Born in Tallinn, Ain Lutsepp began his career as a child actor at age thirteen as the character Tõnisson in the 1969 Arvo Kruusement directed Estonia ...

as Julius Saarepuu *

Piret Kalda Piret Kalda (born 4 February 1966) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress. Early life and education Piret Kalda was born and raised in Tartu. She was one of three siblings. She attended schools in Tartu, graduating from Tartu No. 5 se ...

as Maret Saarepuu * Emil-Joosep Virkus as Joosep Saarepuu *

Tambet Tuisk Tambet Tuisk (born 23 May 1976) is an Estonian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1976 births Living people Estonian male film actors {{Estonia-actor-stub ...

as Specialist *

Mait Malmsten Mait Malmsten (born 6 September 1972 in Viljandi) is an Estonian actor. Malmsten comes from a family of actors. His father is actor Rein Malmsten. His paternal grandparents were actors Franz Malmsten and Eva Meil. His great-uncle was actor Hugo M ...

as lawyer Jaan (prototype:

Jaan Anvelt Jaan Anvelt (also known by the pseudonyms Eessaare Aadu, Jaan Holm, Jaan Hulmu, Kaarel Maatamees, Onkel Kaak; in Russian or ; 18 April 1884 – 11 December 1937), was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, ...

) *

Taavi Teplenkov Taavi Teplenkov (born 2 May 1975 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. Since 1998 he works at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles he has also played on several films and television series. Roles Selected film roles * ''Must veri'' (200 ...

as Veidesoo * Tiit Sukk as factory owner Indrek *

Rain Simmul Rain Simmul (born 18 August 1965, in Tartu) is an Estonian actor. In 1988 he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. 1988–1999 he worked at Vanemuine Theatre. Since 1999 he is working at Tallinn City Theatre. ...

as Head of Intelligence Historic people *

Tõnu Kark Tõnu Kark (born 4 December 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. His older brother is actor and caricaturist Feliks Kark. Notable roles Notable film roles: * '' Nest of Winds'' (1979) * '' Metskannikesed'' (1980) * '' Nukitsamees'' (1981) * ' ...

as Major General

Ernst Põdder Ernst-Johannes Põdder VR I/1 (10 February 1879 – 24 June 1932) was an Estonian military commander in the 1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence. In 1900, Põdder graduated from the Vilnius Military Academy. In the Russo-Japanese war he a ...

Priit Pedajas Priit Pedajas (born 21 January 1954) is an Estonian actor and theatre director. Biography Pedajas was born 21 January 1954 in Tallinn. In 1976, he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory' Performing Arts Department. From 1979 until 198 ...

as Major General Johan Unt *

Carmen Mikiver Carmen Mikiver (until 1989 Carmen Uibokant; born on 13 January 1964 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress. In 1989 she graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute in theatrical directing speciality (). 1987-1993 and 1996-1998 she worked at Estonian ...

as Elsa Kingissepp * Ilkka Koivula as

Otto Kuusinen Otto Wilhelm "Wille" Kuusinen (; ; 4 October 1881 – 17 May 1964) was a Finnish-born Soviet politician, literary historian, and poet. After the defeat of the Reds in the Finnish Civil War, he fled to the Soviet Union, where he worked unti ...

* Yevgeni Knyazev as Grigori Zinovjev

Production

Actual conscripts from Tallinn's Guard Battalion were used to play the part of the mass-up soldiers.

Notes and references

External links

* * 2008 films 2008 drama films Estonian drama films {{Estonia-film-stub