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96% Rotten Tomatoes Original title Miekkailija, Vehkleja Written by Anna Heinämaa Screenplay Anna Heinämaa | 7.2/10 IMDb 3/5 The Guardian Directed by Klaus Härö Music by Gert Wilden Jr Director Klaus Härö | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Kaarle AhoKai Nordberg Starring Märt AvandiUrsula RataseppHendrik Toompere Awards Jussi Award for Best Film, Jussi Award for Best Cinematography Cast Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Lembit Ulfsak, Kirill Käro, Kaarle Aho Similar Estonia movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The fencer trailer with english subtitles
The Fencer (Finnish: Miekkailija, Estonian: Vehkleja) is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film adapted from the life story of Endel Nelis, an accomplished Estonian fencer and coach. It was directed by Klaus Härö and written by Anna Heinämaa. Filming began in Estonia in late February 2014.
Contents
- The fencer trailer with english subtitles
- The fencer trailer 35th cambridge film festival
- Plot
- Cast
- References
The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist of nine films, but it was not nominated. The Fencer was also nominated for the Golden Globe award in the Best Foreign Language Film category as a Finnish/German/Estonian co-production.
The fencer trailer 35th cambridge film festival
Plot
The introductory screens set the background of the film: during the Second World War, Estonia was occupied by Nazi Germany, who drafted most of the men into the German army, and then occupied by the Soviet Union, who considered soldiers of the German army criminals. Following the war, the Soviets incorporated Estonia into the USSR.
A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia (then part of the Soviet Union) in the early 1950s, having left Leningrad to escape the secret police. He finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students, where he starts teaching them his great passion – fencing. Disapproving, the school's principal starts investigating Endel’s background. Meanwhile, Endel's friend (and coach) Alexi warns him not to return to Leningrad under any circumstances.
Fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children, and Endel becomes a role model and father figure. He learns to love the children, many of whom have been orphaned as a result of the Russian occupation. When the children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad, Endel must make a choice; risk everything to take the children to Leningrad or put his safety first and disappoint them.