The Ideal Landscape

Ideaalmaastik

In post-World War II Estonia, Mait Kukemeri, an activist of the Young Communist League arrives to the Metsa collective farm in the back of a traveling cinema truck. As a commissary of the spring sowing, he has orders to usher all the people to the field, even if the water is high enough to soak your boots and the machines sink in the mud. Harald Tuvikene, the head of the farm, keeps dragging his feet, trying to pitch his peasant wisdom against the senseless demands of the central power. For the first time in his life, Kukemeri faces a real problem - does he do what's right or does he follow the party's inept commands in order to further his own career?

Screenplay

Karl Helemäe

Director

Peeter Simm

Music

Erkki-Sven Tüür

Novela

Karl Helemäe

Status

Released

Release date

20/04/1981

Original language

Estonian