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- BFI identifierN-619700
- Date2015
- Production countryFinland, Germany, Estonia
- Production companyMaking Movies OY, Kick Film, Allfilm, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE, YLE, Eesti Rahvusringhääling, Haapsalu, Auto Forte, Corona, Tradehouse, Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe, Eesti Kultuurkapital, Nordisk Film, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Suomen Elokuvasäätiö, DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds, KMS, European Film Institute
- SynopsisIn the 1950s the fencer Endel Nelis, a former member of the Estonia resistance to Soviet occupation, flees the secret police in Lenigrad to begin a new life as a teacher back in Estonia. When he introduces his pupils to fencing he sets in train a series of events that will lead his students towards a tournament in Leningrad and the danger he fled. (Synopsis)
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Title
Miekkailija (Original)
The Fencer (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/02AF-E9F7-AF5F-7428-4025-GCategory
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