December Heat
{{short description|2008 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = December Heat
| image = Detsembrikuumus (2008).jpg
| caption =
| director = Asko Kase
| producer = Artur Talvik
| writer = Mihkel Ulman
Lauri Vahtre
| starring = Sergo Vares
Liisi Koikson
Tõnu Kark
Mait Malmsten
Tambet Tuisk
Carmen Mikiver
Ain Lutsepp
| music =
| cinematography = Kjell Lagerroos
| editing = Tambet Tasuja
| distributor = Ruut Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2008|10|16|df=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Estonia
| language = Estonian
Russian
English
| budget =
}}
December Heat ({{langx|et|Detsembrikuumus}}) is a 2008 historic action drama film about the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt directed by Asko Kase and starring Sergo Vares and Liisi Koikson.
Plot
"December 1924. It's only a matter of minutes whether Estonian young independence 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.film.com/movies/detsembrikuumus/25457888 |title=Detsembrikuumus |author= |date= |publisher=film.com |accessdate=2010-01-01}}
Cast
- Sergo Vares as Tanel Rõuk
- Liisi Koikson as Anna Rõuk
- Ain Lutsepp as Julius Saarepuu
- Piret Kalda as Maret Saarepuu
- Emil-Joosep Virkus as Joosep Saarepuu
- Tambet Tuisk as Specialist
- Mait Malmsten as lawyer Jaan (prototype: Jaan Anvelt)
- Taavi Teplenkov as Veidesoo
- Tiit Sukk as factory owner Indrek
- Rain Simmul as Head of Intelligence
Historic people
- Tõnu Kark as Major General Ernst Põdder
- Priit Pedajas as Major General Johan Unt
- Carmen Mikiver as Elsa Kingissepp
- Ilkka Koivula as Otto Kuusinen
- 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
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External links
- {{official website|http://detsembrikuumus.ruut.com}}
- {{IMDb title|1198339|Detsembrikuumus}}
{{Estonian submission for Academy Awards}}
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