The Ideal Landscape

The Ideal Landscape (1981)

Drama

In post-World War II Estonia, Mait Kukemeri, an activist of the Young Communist League arrives to the Metsa collective farm in the back of a traveling cinema truck. As a commissary of the spring sowing, he has orders to usher all the people to the field, even if the water is high enough to soak your boots and the machines sink in the mud. Harald Tuvikene, the head of the farm, keeps dragging his feet, trying to pitch his peasant wisdom against the senseless demands of the central power. For the first time in his life, Kukemeri faces a real problem - does he do what's right or does he follow the party's inept commands in order to further his own career?

Director: Peeter Simm
Writer: Karl Helemäe

Casts

	Arvo Kukumägi as Commissioner
	Tõnu Kark as Chairman
	Kalju Komissarov as District Committee Secretary
	Priit Adamson as Asser
	Reet Paavel as Liina
	Aarne Üksküla as Liina's Father
	Paul Poom as Peeter Viksur
	Aire Koop as Viksur's Wife
	Roland Selav as Vana Kits
	Helle Kuningas as Asser's Aunt
	Urmas Kibuspuu as Vidrik Kits
	Viire Valdma as Reet Pärn
	Ines Aru as Liina's Mother
	Helme Rattas as Tuvike's Wife
	Helve Halla as Auditor
	Konstantin Žukovski as Tamme's Driver
	I. Rehi as Tractor Driver (uncredited)
	Aleksei Zahharov as Tuvike's Friend (uncredited)
	H. Rammo as Kitse's Neighbour (uncredited)
	O. Litsak as Cinema Mechanic (uncredited)
	Feliks Kark as Barber (uncredited)
	Elmar Kivilo as Elder (uncredited)
	Paul Laasik as Man with Glasses (uncredited)
	H. Reinjärv as Motorcyclist (uncredited)
	Eneken Aksel as Secretary (uncredited)
	Jaan Sumberg as Forest Brother (uncredited)
	Mari Simm as Aunt's Child (uncredited)
	Kadri Simm as Aunt's Child (uncredited)
	Urmas Glase as Aunt's Child (uncredited)

Crew