A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Cast
Kiur Aarma
Narrator (voice)
Jaak Kilmi
Narrator (voice)
Alo Kõrve
Narrator (voice)
Jaan Tootsen
Narrator (voice)
Liina Vahtrik
Narrator (voice)
Eduard Toman
Narrator (voice)
Gerda Viira
Urve
Oskar Vuks
Jaak
Toomas Pool
Toomas
Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Joosep
Einar Kotka
Young Nikolai
Aleksandr Aug
Joosep's Father
Birgit Veemaa
Joosep's Mother
Esko Salminen
Self - Historian
Sakari Kiuru
Self - Finnish TV Former Head
Arvo Sildnik
Self - TV Engineer
Edward Lucas
Self - Writer
Hagi Shein
Self - Sociologist
Georgi G. Potchepstov
Self - Media Researcher
Voldemar Lindström
Self - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director
Nikolai Haug
Self - Inventor
Åke Blomqvist
Self (archive footage)
Ami Aspelund
Self (archive footage)
David Hasselhoff
Self (archive footage)
Karl Vaino
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Panda Nikander
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Teija Sopanen
Self (archive footage)
Urho Kekkonen
Self (archive footage)
Väinö Purje
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Andropov
Self (archive footage)
Lieko Zachovalová
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Aivar Võimre
Self (archive footage)
Mauno Koivisto
Self (uncredited)
Arnold Rüütel
Self (uncredited)
Crew
Jaak Kilmi
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Kiur Aarma
Writer, Producer
Lauri Laasik
Editor
Manfred Vainokivi
Director of Photography
Annika Sucksdorff
Co-Producer
Aleksi Bardy
Co-Producer
Vello Kilmi
Camera Operator
Asko Kase
Camera Operator
Margus Johansson
Camera Operator
Kristjan Svirgsden
Camera Operator
Karin Karu
Casting
Margus Karu
Casting
Liisi Eesmaa
Costume Design
Helina Risti
Costume Design
Horret Kuus
Sound Designer
Olger Bernadt
Sound Recordist
Ardo Ran Varres
Original Music Composer
Piret Lepik
Script Supervisor
Marju Lepp
Property Master
Lili Pilt
Translator
Merit Kask
Public Relations
Taina West
Researcher
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