Smile at Last
Naerata ometi
Release: 1985-11-28
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 5.8
Drama
Family
16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Tallinnfilm
Cast
Monika Raide
as Mari
Hendrik Toompere
as Robi
Tauri Tallermaa
as Tauri
Katrin Tamleht
as Katrin
Edith-Helen Kuusk
as Melita
Siiri Sisask
as Siiri
Helle Kuningas
as Teacher
Mari Lill
as Robi's Mother
Evald Hermaküla
as Mari's Father
Eduard Tinn
as Tauri's Father
Anneli Aunap
as Anneli
Rein Pakk
as Rein
Rudolf Allabert
as Headmaster
Maria Klenskaja
as Ülo's Lover
Evald Aavik
as Male Teacher
Reet Paavel
as Anne's Mother
Lemmi Tinn
Crew
Leida Laius
Director
Tõnu Virve
Production Design
Silvia Rannamaa
Novel
Kersti Miilen
Editor
Arno Saar
Assistant Camera
Tõnis Lepik
Camera Operator
Kaljo Nikker
Gaffer
Ly Pulk
First Assistant Director
Ants Tomband
Producer
Tõnu Virve
Costume Design
Arvo Iho
Director of Photography
Lepo Sumera
Original Music Composer
Aita Levoll
Makeup Artist
Enn Säde
Sound Recordist
Arvo Iho
Co-Director