September

Synopsis

September is a film about the complicated choices of simple people. The internationally renowned Estonian author, Jaan Kross (1920-2007) was arrested in 1944 by the Nazis. A year after the Soviet forces entered Tallinn and he was arrested again. The accusation was the same both times: conspiracy with the underground independence revolutionaries. Based on the author's journal, pieces from his oeuvre and interviews, the film creates a story about a few monumental weeks in Tallinn, in September 1944.

CAST

Ilmar Raag

Director

Jaan Kross

Self (archive footage)

Vello Salo

Self

Ilmar Raag

Director

Jaan Kross

Self (archive footage)

Vello Salo

Self