Disco and Atomic War

5.6
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 78 min
  • Premiere: 2009. April 10.

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

Discover

Kiur Aarma

Narrator (voice)

Jaak Kilmi

Narrator (voice)

Alo Kõrve

Narrator (voice)

Jaan Tootsen

Narrator (voice)

Liina Vahtrik

Narrator (voice)

Eduard Toman

Narrator (voice)

Toomas Pool

Toomas

Einar Kotka

Young Nikolai

Aleksandr Aug

Joosep's Father

Birgit Veemaa

Joosep's Mother

Esko Salminen

Self - Historian

Sakari Kiuru

Self - Finnish TV Former Head

Arvo Sildnik

Self - TV Engineer

Edward Lucas

Self - Writer

Hagi Shein

Self - Sociologist

Georgi G. Potchepstov

Self - Media Researcher

Voldemar Lindström

Self - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director

Nikolai Haug

Self - Inventor

Åke Blomqvist

Self (archive footage)

Ami Aspelund

Self (archive footage)

David Hasselhoff

Self (archive footage)

Karl Vaino

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Panda Nikander

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Teija Sopanen

Self (archive footage)

Urho Kekkonen

Self (archive footage)

Väinö Purje

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Andropov

Self (archive footage)

Lieko Zachovalová

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Aivar Võimre

Self (archive footage)

Mauno Koivisto

Self (uncredited)

Arnold Rüütel

Self (uncredited)

Camera

Vello Kilmi

Camera Operator

Asko Kase

Camera Operator

Margus Johansson

Camera Operator

Manfred Vainokivi

Director of Photography

Kristjan Svirgsden

Camera Operator

Jaak Kilmi

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Helina Risti

Costume Design

Liisi Eesmaa

Costume Design

Crew

Marju Lepp

Property Master

Lili Pilt

Translator

Merit Kask

Public Relations

Directing

Jaak Kilmi

Director

Piret Lepik

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Kiur Aarma

Producer

Karin Karu

Casting

Margus Karu

Casting

Taina West

Researcher

Annika Sucksdorff

Co-Producer

Aleksi Bardy

Co-Producer

Sound

Horret Kuus

Sound Designer

Olger Bernadt

Sound Recordist

Ardo Ran Varres

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jaak Kilmi

Writer

Kiur Aarma

Writer

Camera

Vello Kilmi

Camera Operator

Asko Kase

Camera Operator

Margus Johansson

Camera Operator

Manfred Vainokivi

Director of Photography

Kristjan Svirgsden

Camera Operator

Jaak Kilmi

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Helina Risti

Costume Design

Liisi Eesmaa

Costume Design

Crew

Marju Lepp

Property Master

Lili Pilt

Translator

Merit Kask

Public Relations

Directing

Jaak Kilmi

Director

Piret Lepik

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Kiur Aarma

Producer

Karin Karu

Casting

Margus Karu

Casting

Taina West

Researcher

Annika Sucksdorff

Co-Producer

Aleksi Bardy

Co-Producer

Sound

Horret Kuus

Sound Designer

Olger Bernadt

Sound Recordist

Ardo Ran Varres

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jaak Kilmi

Writer

Kiur Aarma

Writer