Ask the Dead About the Price of Death (1977)
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.
Director:
Kaljo Kiisk
Writer:
Mati Unt
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Juozas Kiselius as Anton |
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Maria Klenskaja as Ester |
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Gediminas Girdvainis as Bruno |
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Elle Kull as Dora |
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Enn Kraam as Nameless |
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Paul Laasik as Boy |
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Kalju Komissarov as Investigator |
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Mikk Mikiver as Minister |
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Mari Lill as Anton's Wife |
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Rudolf Allabert as A |
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Robert Gutman as B |
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Eino Tamberg as President of the Court Martial |
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Ants Jõgi as Anton's Father |
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Katrin Välbe as |
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Tõnis Kask as Man in Leningrad |
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Endel Simmermann as Dora's Guest |
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Ita Ever as Old Prostitute |
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Elga Vilbiks-Terasmägi as Prostitute #2 |
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Eduard Kaselaid as |
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Rein Kotkas as Deputy Minister |
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Heino Tölp as |
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Helle Pihlak as President of the Court Martial's Wife |
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Eero Spriit as |
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Tõnu Saar as |
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Lembo Mägi as |
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Kaljo Kiisk as Medical Examiner (uncredited) |
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Oskar Liigand as Prison Officer (uncredited) |
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Margit Mikson as Prostitute #1 (uncredited) |
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Merle Talvik as Store Attendant (uncredited) |
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Tõnu Mikiver as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Lembit Ulfsak as Bruno (voice) (uncredited) |
| Camera | Jüri Sillart | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kullo Must | Producer |
| Camera | Gennadi Meleshko | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Juri Poljakov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tatjana Putnik | Camera Operator |
| Art | Tõnu Virve | Production Design |
| Art | Mart Must | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Ado-Rein Täker | Gaffer |
| Directing | Peeter Urbla | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helve Sikk | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Virve Lunt | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Airi Kasera | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Margit Ojasoon | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kadi Müür | Sound |
| Directing | Kaljo Kiisk | Director |
| Editing | Ludmilla Rozenthal | Editor |
| Sound | Lepo Sumera | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mati Unt | Screenplay |
| Sound | Lepo Sumera | Conductor |
| Writing | Jüri Müür | Script Editor |