Viimne reliikvia
| Viimne reliikvia (The Last Relic) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Grigori Kromanov |
| Produced by | Tallinnfilm |
| Starring | Aleksandr Goloborodko, Ingrīda Andriņa |
| Edited by | Virve Laev, V. Payev |
| Music by | Tõnu Naissoo, Uno Naissoo |
| Distributed by | Tallinnfilm |
Release dates | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Estonian |
Viimne reliikvia (
historical novel by Eduard Bornhöhe. The film became extremely popular, and some critics consider it the only Estonian cult film.[1]
The film's content editor was later president of Estonia Lennart Meri.[2]
Setting
The movie is set during a
Soviet occupation
.
Movie sets
Scenes for the movie were recorded in
Tallinn church of St. Nicholas
.
Success
A typical live action movie of the era had a standardised budget of 350,000
roubles. As a special case, the team of Viimne reliikvia managed to haggle themselves a budget of 750,000 roubles — more than double the customary. This lavishness paid off very well, as within the very first year, 772,000 tickets were sold in Estonia only. (Remarkably, Estonia's population at that time was around 1,300,000.) The movie set the absolute box office record for the entire Soviet Union in 1971 by selling 44.9 million tickets.[3][4] It was distributed by the Soviet film export internationally in more than 60 countries.[citation needed
]
Russian version
A Russian language version was dubbed by the Mosfilm studio. It is 89 minutes in length.
Digital
In 2000, the
digital remastering
. This became the first digitally remastered Estonian movie; others followed.
The digital copy was re-launched on 15 March 2002, and again, became a bestseller. As of 2007, the remastered movie is available on DVD.
Cultural influence
The movie became extremely influential, and as such, has been repeatedly
Wigla Show, featuring quotes such as "We don't get paid for chitchat" (Estonian: Meil lobisemise eest palka ei maksta) and "What will become of us? — A joint venture." (Estonian: Mis meist saab? — Ühisfirma.) Many of these parody quotes became independently popular, and then, in turn, became lampooned in other venues, such as the Ugala Theatre's production of The Love for Three Oranges.[5] Also, several parodies of the movie's songs have been circulated in the Internet.[citation needed
]
Cast
- Aleksandr Goloborodko as Gabriel (Estonian voice: Mati Klooren)
- Ingrīda Andriņa as Agnes von Mönnikhusen (Estonian voice: Mare Garšnek)
- Elza Radziņa as Abtiss (Estonian voice: Aino Talvi)
- Rolan Bykov as Brother Johannes (Estonian voice: Jüri Järvet)
- Eve Kivi as Ursula
- Uldis Vazdiks as Siim (Estonian voice: Aksel Orav)
- Raivo Trass as Hans von Risbieter
- Peeter Jakobi as Ivo Schenkenberg (Estonian voice: Olev Eskola)
- Karl Kalkun as Rebel Leader
- Valdeko Ratassepp as Johann von Risbieter
- Jüri Uppin as Delvig
- Helmut Vaag as Innkeeper
- Katrin Karisma as Chambermaid
- Ago Saller as Priest in the monastery
- Priit Pärn as Insurgent
- Ants Lauter as Elder
- Hans Kaldoja as Monk
- Ain Jürisson as Monk
- Hugo Laur as Monk
- Kalju Komissarov as Monk
- Feliks Kark as Robber
- Valdo Truve as Robber
- Viivi Dikson as Lute player
Vocals: Estonian: Peeter Tooma (:et), Russian: Georg Ots
References
- ^ Sulev Teinemaa: "Viimne reliikvia" kolmkümmend aastat hiljem Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Last Relic (1969) - Eesti filmi andmebaas".
- ^ Bridging the Cultural Divide By Sigrid Rieuwerts; p. 325
- ^ Box office for Viimne reliikvia @ IMDB
- ^ Transcript of Vigla's parody Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
