December Heat
December Heat 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 Union of Soviet [Socialist Republics|communist Russia]. Independence which seems so self-evident today depends at that moment on couple of random coincidences."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
- Taavi Teplenkov as Veidesoo
- Tiit Sukk as factory owner Indrek
- Rain Simmul as Head of Intelligence
- Tõnu Kark as Major General Ernst Põdder
- Priit Pedajas as Major General Johan Unt
- Carmen Mikiver as Elsa Kingissepp
- Ilkka Koivula as Otto Kuusinen
- Yevgeny Knyazev as Grigori Zinovjev
Production