Spring (1969 film)

Kevade
Directed byArvo Kruusement
Screenplay byKaljo Kiisk
Voldemar Panso
Based onKevade
by Oskar Luts
Produced byTallinnfilm
CinematographyHarry Rehe
Edited byLudmilla Rozenthal
Music byVeljo Tormis
Production
company
Release date
  • January 5, 1970 (1970-01-05)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesEstonian SSR
Soviet Union
LanguageEstonian

Spring (Estonian: Kevade) is a 1969 Estonian film directed by Arvo Kruusement[1] and is a film adaptation of Oskar Luts' popular novel of the same name.[2] The movie placed first place in the Estonian feature films top ten poll held in 2002 by Estonian film critics and journalists.[3] In 1970 the movie sold 558,000 tickets in Estonia, then nearly half of the country's total population of 1.36 million[4] and 8,100,000 in the Soviet Union in 1971.[5] The film was re-released in Estonia on 13 April 2006.

The film was shot in Palamuse, which was the prototype area of Oskar Luts' "Paunvere". It was followed by three sequels: 1976's Summer (Suvi), 1990's Autumn (Sügis) and 2020's Winter (Talve), all of which included original actors from this film.

  1. ^ International Film Guide 1981 - Page 371
  2. ^ Eastern Europe By Tom Masters ISBN 978-1-74104-476-8
  3. ^ tallinnfilm.ee Archived 2008-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "1970 census". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  5. ^ Kevade business @IMDB