Darkness in Tallinn (1993)
(Tallinn pimeduses)
Country: EST/SV/FIN/US
Technical: bw/Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Ilkka Järvilaturi
Cast: Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Enn Klooren, Jüri Järvet
Synopsis:
Gangsters plan to hijack the Bank of Estonia's gold when it returns from safekeeping in Paris after independence from the Russian Federation. A power station employee helps them by engineering a black-out, but his wife goes into labour prematurely and he regrets his decision.
Review:
Full of the stylistic energy of newfound freedom (and international money), this testosterone-driven thriller also manages some wistful touches, such as the ghostly former criminal 'godfather' and the mantra-like 'Thine eyes shall not see the evil' that precedes the various executions. The symbolism of a new nation being given birth through the courage of its people is inescapable, but is lent a post-Soviet self-awareness by the very undogmatic flavour of the packaging. In short, genre entertainment for the cognoscenti.
(Tallinn pimeduses)
Country: EST/SV/FIN/US
Technical: bw/Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Ilkka Järvilaturi
Cast: Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Enn Klooren, Jüri Järvet
Synopsis:
Gangsters plan to hijack the Bank of Estonia's gold when it returns from safekeeping in Paris after independence from the Russian Federation. A power station employee helps them by engineering a black-out, but his wife goes into labour prematurely and he regrets his decision.
Review:
Full of the stylistic energy of newfound freedom (and international money), this testosterone-driven thriller also manages some wistful touches, such as the ghostly former criminal 'godfather' and the mantra-like 'Thine eyes shall not see the evil' that precedes the various executions. The symbolism of a new nation being given birth through the courage of its people is inescapable, but is lent a post-Soviet self-awareness by the very undogmatic flavour of the packaging. In short, genre entertainment for the cognoscenti.
(Tallinn pimeduses)
Country: EST/SV/FIN/US
Technical: bw/Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Ilkka Järvilaturi
Cast: Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Enn Klooren, Jüri Järvet
Synopsis:
Gangsters plan to hijack the Bank of Estonia's gold when it returns from safekeeping in Paris after independence from the Russian Federation. A power station employee helps them by engineering a black-out, but his wife goes into labour prematurely and he regrets his decision.
Review:
Full of the stylistic energy of newfound freedom (and international money), this testosterone-driven thriller also manages some wistful touches, such as the ghostly former criminal 'godfather' and the mantra-like 'Thine eyes shall not see the evil' that precedes the various executions. The symbolism of a new nation being given birth through the courage of its people is inescapable, but is lent a post-Soviet self-awareness by the very undogmatic flavour of the packaging. In short, genre entertainment for the cognoscenti.