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Release Date:
October 18, 2024
Original Title:
Vari
Genres:
Crime | Thriller
Production Companies:
Apollo Film Productions
HansaFilm
Reede
Taska Film
Production Countries:
Estonia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 93
Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.
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Co-Producer:
Tuuli Roosma
Costume Design:
Anu Lensment
Director:
Jaak Kilmi
Director of Photography:
Mihkel Soe
Editor:
Jaak Ollino Jr.
First Assistant Camera:
Erik Õunapuu
First Assistant Director:
Kadri Kask
Gaffer:
Tõnis Tuuga
Idea:
Arbo Tammiksaar
Jaak Kilmi
Kristjan Mändmaa
Line Producer:
Adeele Meri
Makeup Artist:
Madli Maasikas
Küllikki Pert
Makeup Designer:
Gristina Pahmann
Original Music Composer:
Ardo Ran Varres
Poem:
Juhan Liiv
Post Production Supervisor:
Jan Viljus
Producer:
Kristian Taska
Tanel Tatter
Veiko Esken
Armin Karu
Production Design:
Karoliina Kull
Screenplay:
Indrek Hargla
Script Supervisor:
Katariina Rebane
Second Assistant Director:
Mariann Võhmar
Sound Designer:
Tanel Paats
Steadicam Operator:
Siim Kaarel Saluri
Stunt Coordinator:
Roman Neso Laupmaa
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