Elu tsitadellis
Drama
Director
Gerbert Rappaport
Writers
August Jakobson, Leonid Trauberg
Stars
Hugo Laur, Aino Talvi, Gunnar Kilgas
Release Date
November 6, 1947
Language
Estonian
Country
Soviet Union, Estonia
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🎭 Top Cast
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Hugo Laur
as Prof. Miilas
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Aino Talvi
as Eeva Miilas
Gunnar Kilgas
as Karl Miilas
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Lia Laats
as Lydia Miilas
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Lembit Rajala
as Ralf Miilas
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Andres Särev
as Dr. Richard Miilas
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Betty Kuuskemaa
as Anna
Rudolf Nuude
as Ants Kuslap
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Aleksander Randviir
as Kiinast
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Boris Dobronravov
as Prof. Golovin
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Lenfilm Studio
🏷️ Keywords
based on play
🎯 Categories
Drama
⭐ Featured Review
Citadel indeed
"The first Estonian feature film after the WW II, "Life in the Citadel" deals pretty much with the same matters as the first German post-WW II film "The killers are among us" (1946). The war ends, Russians arrive as the "liberators" and those who were collaborating with the Nazis are sought out and punished. It's all about guilt and payment, and Soviets are the ones who deal in justice. Everything ends in festive adoration of the new power and Comrade Stalin. "The Citadel" is a family estate, a microcosm which tries hard to ignore that the world is ..."
💡 Did You Know?
First Estonian language feature film after World War II.
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📖 Synopsis
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