Letters from the Island of the Insane
Kirjad Sõgedate külast
Release: 1967-07-10
·Runtime: 75m
·★ 5.0
Drama
Martin Puri is an elderly fisherman who is told to retire because of his old age. When a group of people has to be saved from a boat in an autumn storm, Martin understands that one cannot act against the sea but together with it.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Tallinnfilm
Cast
Aarne Üksküla
as Writer
Marje Metsur
as Secretary
Jüri Garšnek
as Boatswain of "Pühadekari"
Juhan Liiva
Raimund Felt
as Driver (uncredited)
Heino Raudsik
as Village Man (uncredited)
Ilmar Tammur
as August Puri
Paul Ruubel
as Garibald Sturm
Valdeko Ratassepp
as Joosep Saar
Rein Vaharo
Olev Eskola
as Captain of "Pühadekari"
Jüri Müür
as Head of the Collective Farm
Karl Levoll
as Journalist
Peeter Kard
as Ruudi Aer
Tamara Abel
as Shop Woman
Elsa Ratassepp
as Village Woman (uncredited)
Kaarel Karm
as Martin Puri
Tõnu Aav
as Ervin Räim
Aino Seep
as Martin's Wife
Eili Sild
as Ruudi's Wife
Helend Peep
as Secretary of the Communist Party
Gunnar Vilms
Ines Aru
as Waitress (uncredited)
Ants Jõgi
as Man in the Tavern (uncredited)
Crew
Arkadi Pessegov
Producer
Eino Tamberg
Original Music Composer
Eri Klas
Conductor
Lennart Meri
Script Editor
Juhan Smuul
Novel, Screenplay
Veronika Bobossova
Assistant Director
Toomas Tahvel
Assistant Director
Aita Levoll
Makeup Artist
Arvo Kruusement
First Assistant Director
Airi Kasera
Assistant Director
Rein Raamat
Production Design
Jüri Müür
Director, Screenplay
Mikhail Dorovatovskiy
Director of Photography
Jüri Garšnek
Director of Photography
Harald Läänemets
Sound Designer