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Real Life of Johannes Pääsuke (2019)

In 1912, the first Estonian filmmaker, Johannes Pääsuke, was commissioned to capture life and people in a far corner of Estonian countryside: Setomaa. He returned with more than 1300 photos, but only 7 minutes of film footage. What happened to the rest of it? Our comedy tries to propose a version. Johannes Pääsuke and his assistant Harri Volter, a Baltic German medical student, played by prominent Estonian comedians Ott Sepp and Märt Avandi, travel by train and on horse carriage from Tartu to Petseri and Värska and end up in most surreal adventures leading them to one conclusion: a man has to do what a man has to do. A year later, in 1913,

Year: 2019
Producer: Kopli Kinokompanii
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Producer: Anneli Ahven
Director: Hardi Volmer
Screenwriter: Olavi Ruitlane, Hardi Volmer
Cinematographer: Mait Mäekivi
Artist Director: Katrin Sipelgas, Killu Mägi
Composer: Ardo Ran Varres
Editor: Emeri Abel
Costume designer: Inga Vares
Main actors: Ott Sepp, Märt Avandi
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