Kevade

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Movie
Original title Kevade
Country of production Estonian SSR
original language Estonian
Publishing year 1970
length 84 minutes
Rod
Director Arvo Kruusement
script Kaljo Kiisk
Voldemar Panso based
on the novel of the same name by Oskar Luts
production Kullo Must
Tallinnfilm
music Veljo Tormis
camera Harry deer
cut Ludmilla Rozenthal
occupation

Kevade (in German Spring ) is the title of an Estonian feature film from 1970. It is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name (two volumes, 1912/13) by Oskar Luts .

action

The action takes place in the (fictional) Estonian community Paunvere at the beginning of the 20th century. Everyone knows everyone in this small rural cosmos with its numerous network of relationships.

The focus of the film is the village school, where both boys and girls are taught. The young people spend most of their time in it and experience numerous adventures. Small everyday stories quickly lead to big ethical and philosophical questions. Good and bad friendships, desires, and jealousy are tough trials on the way to adulthood.

Everyone knows the characters from their own school days: the funny Kiir, the fantastic Toots, the gigantic Tõnisson, the dreamer Arno, the musical genius Imelik. But especially the blond tea is the focus of the boys' interest.

Movie

The director of Kevade was the Estonian actor and director Arvo Kruusement (* 1928). The film was shot in black and white. The young teenage actors were cast in a national competition . This contributed significantly to the later popularity of the film.

The shooting took place from December 18, 1968 to December 10, 1969. The cost of production was only 300,000 rubles .

Kevade premiered on January 5, 1970 in the Estonian SSR . In the same year it was also demonstrated in Finland . The film was shown in the entire Soviet Union and abroad from 1971 . It became one of the greatest Estonian audiences ever. In 1970 alone 558,000 tickets were sold in Estonia (more than a third of the population) and 8.1 million in the Soviet Union the following year.

On April 30, 2012, the film was voted the best Estonian film of the century 1912–2012 in a poll by the Postimees newspaper .

Novel

The film is based on the adolescence and school novel of the same name by the Estonian folk writer Oskar Luts , which focuses on growing up in the Estonian countryside. Kevade was published in two parts in 1912 and 1913. The novel is still very popular in Estonia to this day. Every Estonian knows the first lines of Luts' work. Luts published the two sequels under the title Suvi ("Der Sommer") and Sügis ("Der Herbst").

Suvi was made into a film in 1976 and Sügis in 1990. Both films were again directed by Arvo Kruusement. The same actors appear as in Kevade , who, through their natural aging, give the two sequel films authenticity.

literature

  • Olaf-Mihkel Klaassen: "Kevade" tee ekraanile. Tallinn 1977

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dinaview.com/?p=282
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064542/business
  3. ↑ Sajandi parimaks filmiks valiti «Kevade» (Postimees, April 30, 2012, Estonian, accessed May 1, 2012)