Life in the Citadel

Overview

Professor August Miilas has succeeded in hiding in his private house from the war. He thinks this is mainly caused by his complete devotion to science. As August is not interested in anything that is going on outside his citadel, his family members avoid disturbing him. However, the political situation disrupt August's quietude. Right in the middle of his domestic citadel, the professor finds out about dangerous secrets so that he must give up this apolitical attitude and open up for the new reality.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 6, 1947

Original language

Estonian

Spoken languages

Estonian, German

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

Lia Laats,Aleksander Randviir,Boris Dobronravov,Eduard Tinn,Betty Kuuskemaa,Ants Eskola,Voldemar Panso,Hugo Laur,Rudolf Nuude,Andres Särevand 3 more

Director

Herbert Rappaport

Writer

Leonid Trauberg,August Jakobson

Producer

Sergey Vasilev,Isaak Goldin

Cinematography

Sergei Ivanov

Music

Eugen Kapp

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0040014