Risttuules (2014)

Title: In the Crosswind
Original Title: Risttuules
Release Date: 2014-03-28
Status: Released
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 44 votes)
Language: ET
Genres: Drama, History
Production Companies: Baltic Pine Films, Allfilm
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.
Cast

Laura Peterson-Aardam
Erna

Tarmo Song
Heldur

Mirt Preegel
Eliide

Ingrid Isotamm
Hermiine

Einar Hillep
Chairman of the Kolkhoz