DAWN OF WAR
by Margus Paju
synopsis
It’s August 1939 and Europe fears an imminent war. Standing alone against Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Third Reich, the country of Estonia suffers a fatal blow when the head of counter-Soviet Intelligence is murdered, raising suspicions of a mole within their ranks. As global, political and military events unfold at a dizzying speed, the task of finding the mysterious Soviet double agent falls to Estonian spy, Feliks Kangur. But whilst chasing down the traitor, Germany and the Soviet Union make their move to invade Poland, and Feliks makes a chilling discovery… The Red Army have actioned a covert operation to annex Estonia next, an event that would have devastating consequences for both his country, and his secret relationship with young Polish art historian, Maria.
international title: | Dawn of War |
original title: | Dawn of War |
working title: | O2 |
country: | Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Margus Paju |
film run: | 100' |
screenplay: | Tom Abrams, Tiit Aleksejev, Eriikka Etholén-Paju, Olle Mirme |
cinematography by: | Meelis Veeremets |
film editing: | Marion Koppel |
art director: | Jaagup Roomet |
costumes designer: | Kristina Lõuk |
music: | Eriks Esenvalds, Rihards Zalupe |
producer: | Esko Rips, Kristian Taska |
co-producer: | Jukka Helle, Janis Kalejs, Diana Mikita, Lukas Trimonis |
associate producer: | Andreas Kask |
line producer: | Hanna Virolainen |
production: | Taska Film, Solar Films Inc. Oy, Film Angels Studio Production, iN SCRiPT |