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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Letters from the East
1996 1h 50m EN
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7.7
BANGER
★7.7TMDB · 3
Drama
Synopsis
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A woman returns to her native Estonia to unravel the complex mysteries of her family's past. Set in 1989, against the background of the Baltic territory's struggle for peace and independence from the Soviet Union.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ewa Fröling
Mark Womack
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Märta Laurent
Rein Oja
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Andrew Grieve
- Writers
- William Grieve
- Countries
- Estonia, United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Andrew Grieve directs. Produced in Estonia, United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2International production across 2 countries: Estonia, United Kingdom.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Ewa Fröling and Mark Womack and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0113643 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 110 min · 1h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Andrew Grieve
Key crew
- Associate ProducerNigel Gostelow
- Executive ProducerJamie Brown
- Executive ProducerSteve Walsh
- ProducerEne Vanaveski
- Co-ProducerHelga Bähr
- Co-ProducerNiklas Eklof
- Co-ProducerPeeter Urbla
- Co-ProducerStefan Andersson
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1995-10-01
