Three male friends decide to travel to Harakasa, a city far from Tallinn because Veikko needs to solve a problem there.
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
Priit Pedajas (born January 21, 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor and theatre director. In 1976, he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory' Performing Arts Department. From 1979 until 1985, he was an actor and director at Ugala Theatre. From 1985 until 1991, he was a director at Endla Theatre. From 1991 until 1999, he was the director of the Estonian Drama Theatre. Since 1999 he is the principal stage manager (Estonian: peanäitejuht) of Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has also appeared in a number of films and on television.
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