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Underwater Reefs (1959)

★ 7.5/10 75 min Drama Soviet Union ET
Writer: Aadu Hint
Screenplay by: Andres Särev
Novel: Aadu Hint
Streaming: Not available

Description

Tõnis Hoopkaup is the head of a fishing collective in Tagaranna, a village on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. On the day of his wedding to fishing engineer Riina, he receives two important presents – a new trawling net, which he hopes will help him sail past rival collectives, and a cigarette case with an anchor on it. The case reminds him of his soaring pre-war dreams, when he was in love with the daughter of the most powerful man in Tagaranna. But her hard-hearted father put paid to their wedding plans. Now the bookkeeper Lauer has moved into the old house with his sister Lidia, and Tõnis wants to get close to her, as close as he once was with his great love … The personal and professional misconduct of a functionary who risks foundering morals is at the centre of love triangle drama featuring a wealth of local colour and complex characters.

Top Cast

Aksel Orav
Aksel Orav Tõnis Hoopkaup
Agnessa Peterson
Agnessa Peterson Riina Hoopkaup
Lia Laats
Lia Laats Lidia Lauer
Ants Eskola
Ants Eskola Harald Lauer
Arno Suurorg Linkvist
Ott Raukas Tiudur
Aleksander Mägi
Aleksander Mägi Pime-Juhan
Valdo Truve
Valdo Truve Priidu

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