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Dad said he'll kill you!

I'll pay him back his money, I promise.

Although, I don't really have to.

I filmed your mom and dad exactly as agreed.

Johannes, stop it, you'll ruin my dress! - Show me!

No, I won't, what are you...

People are watching!

People should be watching you!

You'll be Estonia’s first cinema diva!

Did you see the film "Titanic"? - Yeah.

I'll make you Estonia's own Miss Gibson!

Tartu... No, all of Estonia will be full of posters!

A new historical film "Rummu Jüri"!

Featuring Miss Marta Lebedev as mistress of the manor.

Yes, I saw "Titanic" at Illusioon.

And the arrival of czar Nikolai in Tallinn.

You filmed that, right? - No, that was some Russian.

But compared to picture-master Bulla, I'm... - It's coming!

Take the oars, Marta! Quick!

Row! It's coming!

Don't move the boat! - I won't! To the right! Quick!

I's passing! Quick! It's passing!

Marta, it's passing! - I can't!

I told you how to do it! - With both your hands!

After it! We'll catch the end of it! - I can't!

Here you are!

I can’t get a panoramic shot if you’re so slow!

So that pano... parodising is all you're concerned about!

Not courting? - You devil's offspring!

Dad! - Johannes Pääsuke!

Didn't I tell you that I don't want to see you with this scoundrel again!

Off the boat, right now! - I'm not coming!

Johannes promised to make a film and I'll play the mistress of the manor.

And then he’ll take money from you and the profits from the film!

And in the end, he'll cut you out of the film!

Haul it in!

Let's meet him!

Surely there's a civilised solution to this!

You'll be sorry, toad!

I'll find you anywhere!

Old Plato predicted the cinematograph.

When he described how we stare at our shadows on a cave wall.

And then there's someone who sees the daylight casting these shadows.

That someone may well be our young Mr. Pääsuke.

Harri! - Moment, bitte!

What are you staring at? We’re in big trouble!

You’re in trouble, not me.

What's this?

This... Nothing.

You seem to be in bigger trouble than me.

Let's go to Oskar Kallas, ask for an advance of a few roubles,

then head to Kavastu for a week, to Roosi.

Think of it! We'll go rafting, fishing, make pretty pictures.

Until Lebedev calms down.

Roosi? Have you already forgotten Marta?

No, Roosi will be for you.

Really? - Yes! She has such pretty red hair.

When you have children,

they’ll run around in the pasture and people will think...

See, the grass is burning.

Get lost! - You don't understand a joke!

What joke? Where's the joke here?

What's burning? What grass? The pasture? Someone’s head?

I won't come to see Kallas. - Then lend me some money.

Me? You know how much my school costs? - Well, how much?

How much does your journal cost?

I'll tell you how much.

A lot.

Can't you see, I'm broke.

You don't know how much building a cinema camera costs. And film.

You never have any money!

But Roosi is such a nice girl.

You won't let her just sit there in Kavastu, right?

Mr. Pääsuke, I don't have that much money at home!

But then, Mr. Kallas, all is lost. My camera will be useless.

I've just arrived from Stockholm,

haven't been able to discuss your prize with the board yet.

Still, the museum does have

a photographing trip to Setomaa planned, and funds, too...

How about a filming trip to Setomaa, Mr. Kallas! - Oskar!

You couldn't have expected the museum to get moving pictures of Setomaa?

Oskar! Why's the window open? Are you smoking again? - No, I'm not.

We have a board meeting in the morning.

I'll try to persuade them. - We'll come to help.

I'd rather do it myself. - We'll be quiet, I promise.

So let's go to Setomaa.

It's just what we need. We'll get such pictures that...

Lebedev will never find us there.

But Roosi? - What Roosi?

We'll find you a new Roosi there. The old one was cross-eyed anyway.

Damn Lebedev. I'll stay at your place today. - I have no room!

Menning! Tõnisson is coming.

Looks like a normal photocamera. With a crank attached.

It's based on a high-quality Agfa Anzu... - Agfa Ansco.

The best German equipment. - Right.

The crank and gears are made by the mechanics of our telephone factory

from drawings by Pääsuke.

This machine has already filmed Estonian historic sights

and stunt pilot Utochkin flying an aeroplane over Tartu.

The finest piece of work. - Then it has also filmed

the unfortunate walk of merchant Lebedev.

It is true that Mr. Pääsuke has won the prize

and the University of Helsinki has promised to finance the trip.

That doesn’t help us as long as the money hasn't reached us.

I have telegraphed Mr. Krohn in Helsinki

and he is thrilled to get moving pictures in addition to photos.

Luckily for us, Otto Armas Väisänen is going to Setomaa next week

to record leelo songs on wax cylinders.

He can deliver the film rolls and money to Pääsuke.

Well, then... Have a nice trip.

What trip? They don't even have money for train tickets.

Yeah. Pääsuke only has photo plates and two rolls of film.

We’ll buy these for 10 roubles. They can travel for this money.

Gentlemen...

Gentlemen, here you go.

Quia spe commodi movemur omnes. Have a good trip.

Only the prospect of benefit makes us move.

No, no!

Give me the money! - No, I will not!

Pretty young gent, let me see your hand.

No! Nothing to see here!

I have no money! - Not even 2 kopecks for a poor old woman?

You're lying, city gent, you are!

Sure you have 2 kopecks for an old woman.

I have no money. All my money is in this man’s pocket.

Don't ride on trains, young man.

For your life's sake, keep away from all trains!

City gent...

Give me my money, I'll pay her fee.

No!

What? - No!

You won't give me my own money?

You sad bastard of a broke lord of the manor!

I'll beat you up as soon as we get off the train!

You'll get as much as you need, when you need it.

How do you know how much I need?

Give me 2 roubles and I'll leave you alone. - We have work to do!

I can't work like this. I can't get inspired with no money.

Your tickets, please.

Thank you.

Your tickets, please.

And where's your luggage ticket?

Where's the luggage ticket, Volter?

See! Master!

See, that's me!

Don't! - Please!

No! I beg you!

Have a nice stay, gentlemen!

Goodbye.

We have a medal in wrestling now! - One medal! A silver!

Germany took 5 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze medals!

You feeble German!

Lurich would wipe the floor with you! - Why didn't your Lurich fight then?

He'd have won a gold for sure.

So why didn't he wrestle?

Who? - Who? Lurich!

They didn't let him!

He'd have wiped the floor with everyone there!

But he's a pro. Didn't you know? - You are a pro, too.

You take money for every piece of film and lousy photo. - Yeah. Too little.

And even this small amount is in your pocket.

Give me my money!

No, I won't!

You don't drink beer or vodka, what would you... What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Are you serious?

Why does the owner of Illusioon, whatshisname...

Jääger. - Right, this Jääger.

Why did he cut Lebedev out of the Tartu film?

Lebedev bought up his lot where he wanted to build a theatre.

Then tell him you're not guilty. - What's the point?

Why do I have to walk when you take a picture?

It's not a photo picture, it's a moving picture.

A cinematograph. That's why you have to walk.

See, the apparatus is there. You come from the side of the well,

But I'll come from there.

The bush? Why?

Alright, from the bush. Very good.

So, Volter, our first shoot in Setomaa!

Exactly the same pace as we rehearsed.

Ready?

Action!

You can come now!

Why did you stop in the middle? - There was no lady in rehearsal.

So what if there wasn't You don't just stop in the...

Brothers, I'm afraid our monastery is closing.

Why do you think it's a guesthouse? - I don't. Kallas said it is.

Haul your ass up. It's going to be dark soon.

This has to be Dorpat Street.

No place to sleep, boys? - No.

Come on! The other place is far.

Auntie Olga has everything here,

Food, sleep, drink, everything!

We can't stay here. - Why? What's wrong here?

Are you crazy? It's a...

It's a brothel!

Volter! This is real life!

Johannes...

How cute you are! Come here, to mommy!

Tell me, son, what's troubling you?

We are from Yuryev. Photo artists! Dead tired.

I’ll take a picture of you for a warm bed. - Dear God!

But of course, dear! Look!

The young artist will take a picture of me.

I'll take them myself. Scare them, I'll borrow your cart.

Serafim! Food and drink for the guests!

Sinaida, come here! - I've had enough!

Where are you from?

Where are we from? One moment!

Olga! Move yourself!

Now look at these guests! - Look, Gavrila!

This is tsarevich! You get that, monkey? Sit!

Sergo.

Juhan.

A bottle for the table! On me!

What are you paying with? - Hey, you, common mortal,

shall not tell me, the emperor's picture master, what I should do.

You don’t drink vodka, you're a teetotaler. - Yeah!

It's handsa, not vodka.

I'm not drinking. - You're not?

He’s not drinking. Which means, he doesn't respect us.

Be reasonable, don't spit into the glass.

In these parts, people have traditions.

You, Sergo, will take me and my stuff to Värska in the morning

and I will plate you with gold! - Yes, sir!

Let's drink to that!

Olya, I must go.

Have another one!

Let's split! Quick! We must hurry!

Harri, let's go.

I know a better place to stay. Let's go!

Sergei! You took my clients!

Don't you dare show your mug here anymore

That piece of shit.

Shit!

Stolen!

Johannes! Everything is stolen!

Stolen! My medical instruments!

Screw your instruments! My camera! My Zeiss lens!

You took this robber along! - I didn't!

He took us! Don't you remember anything? - Wait.

I hired you to take us to Värska.

I remember it very well!

You got the best cart-driver. I'm an honest man, dammit!

A Vilno military school graduate!

You're not a Seto, are you?

I told you I'm a decent man. You can trust me.

Where's my wallet? Give me my wallet!

One more night like this, and we’ll be broke as a joke.

How much did this scoundrel promise you for the ride?

Hardly a scoundrel!

Last night, he was the emperor's personal picture master!

Later in the night, he was the emperor himself!

Two roubles! - Two roubles?

50 kopecks, that's all.

A Turkish proverb: he who doesn't value a kopeck, won't buy a slave.

Giddyup, dammit!

50 kopecks. Here you go. - No, this is not how it works.

Cheating an old soldier! One rouble, and that's it!

For such a short ride? We have a long journey ahead.

Pay up! We had an agreement! - You had a rouble! Did you drink it away?

Lord above, come and see!

The finer the gent, the worse a thug!

A real relic from the breaking wheel of Jesus!

One rouble, two roubles!

Sergo, what’s all this shouting about? We are partners!

Backed by all the money of Finland!

Take us to Taarka, Väisänen will bring the film rolls there.

Let's have a party! I'll plate you with gold!

What film rolls?

Rolls of money. That’s how it works in Finland.

Väisänen is a rich man, he can cut me as much tape as I ask for.

Sergo! Poverty is not here. It's here!

Do we have to spend expensive film on poor beggars?

The viewers want to see people doing well.

If God made you a beggar, then here it's a profession like any other,

not something to be ashamed of.

Right!

Go to the wall with your hat, I'll film you with the other poor.

I'm not poor!

Soon, my medical studies will allow me... - Until then, you are poor,

as your daddy didn't leave you a kopeck! - To the wall!

Why can't you laugh at yourself for once,

Harri, son of the lord of the manor.

Alright, come back.

Look, they're serving something.

You, boy! Get out of the way!

Come taste this, too!

Cheap cinematograph!

Just 10 kopecks a picture!

Värska Sergo here for the last time!

Come here!

One minute you’re a roaming drunkard and now suddenly a photographer?

Oh, dear Sohvi, my dove! By God!

The last time I saw you, you were a nice polite little girl

But look at you now! See how you’ve changed!

Father said he'll kill you if you don't pay up!

We'll see about that! Come here, Sohvi, my dove.

Stand here, my rosebud. Don't breathe!

If you ruin the photograph, you'll be fined 20 kopecks!

Sohvi the rosebud wants to be photographed.

She's the daughter of Ruudi the innkeeper.

A fine damsel, and has everything you need to grab.

Stand still! She's from a wealthy family.

This sort of a wifey, oh my...

It's a gift from the Father above!

What is it? Get to it!

It'll be your turn in a moment, miss.

Nasta is a servant, not a miss.

I don't want a picture.

Volter. Take a picture of her.

Think about it, Nasta!

Sergo and Co. may be here for the last time.

Let's take the picture! Em... Nasta?

When I shoot the film about Rummu Jüri, I'll need a young lady of the manor.

You will be perfect! - I don't want to.

What do you mean, you don't want to?

All the girls want to! You'll be a famous diva!

I have a soul inside me!

You want me to just give it to you with that picture?

Your soul will not be captured on the picture! - It will!

If I ever give my soul away, it won’t be for glory or money.

For what, then?

For the human being I'll want to give it to.

Is there too little of a human in me?

You're conducting illegal business on a church holiday!

You know what? I'll send you to Siberia!

Let's go! - I'm a veteran of the Turkish war!

What happened? - They took him away.

Where to?

The law of the Russian Empire, it's filthy and it's vile

And the cruelty of the barons is nothing but a guile...

Your Well Born, I'll need the cart-driver.

A cart-driver?

But I gave you a fine.

This will get you there. - For what?

On a church holiday, next to a church, you engaged in illegal activities!

Pay up.

This is an expedition of the National Museum of Yuryev.

Who are they?

The kind of men who make sausages out of children.

But do you have any reference? - What sort of a reference do you need?

I'm a veteran of the Crimean War!

They are my relatives! Not just some counts.

They are cinematographers!

Shut up, Sergei! Or you'll rot in this cage!

Sergo!

We do have a reference.

Release him.

This is what you'll get! General Kuropatkin.

...and then it's down the hill...

That Sohvi was not a girl I'd like to be with.

But the other one... - The other one?

No, the other one, she...

She was proud, uppish, full of herself.

How come?

She said there's too little of a human in me.

No way.

Let’s get down to business!

Let's found a proper Sergo & Company!

So...

This damn drop doesn't get us very far.

And now, to Võõpsu!

Lo, Sergo!

Look, Volter, this is why we came here.

Why are you taking this down? - Võõpsu is my home, don't need it here.

But you're not a Seto, right?

Where are you really from? - My paternal home is in Kihnu.

Don't you know Kihnu island?

So what are you doing here?

I got cut by a sword at Shipka.

Was sent back home from the war.

I passed through Petseri, got off for a moment,

needed some fresh beer.

Then my dear late Darja put her foot down and took me as her husband…

I stayed here. For a while. - The last Turkish war?

It ended 35 years ago.

The Turkish war never ends!

Get on.

Wait! Stop! Not yet!

The hay boat is coming from the left. - I don't have any hay!

I'm a fisherman! - Then be a fisherman,

but stay in one place and move when I tell you.

And you on the other side, do something!

Work! - Shoot! The hay boat's coming!

Crank it!

What are you doing? The hay boat is going downstream, you go up!

As I said!

Don't stand in one place! - I'm a fisherman!

The lake is that way!

He doesn't understand Estonian! - Crank!

Take some fish! The lake is there, fish too!

When I say "Zull-zull!"

then you start to swim and splash water.

And don't look at the camera! Not one of you!

And ask the others, too. Let them swim here.

They can't! They'll get beaten!

Why? - They're from Võõpsu.

And who are you, then? - We are the Beresje boys.

Well, alright. Then...

The Beresje boys, zull-zull!

Right. Zull-zull it is. Ready, boys! - Very well. Shooting!

I told you not to look at the camera!

Where's our money?

I'm telling you,

I'll show you, savages, how a picture moves by itself!

You rascal, you promised to show us a cinegraph!

We’ve seen thieves like that before!

I'll pay you back what this nitwit took from you.

You bumpkins!

How much? - 10 kopecks.

Go ahead, get drunk like pigs!

This is our last trip together!

And the...

the three roubles I paid to the villagers I’ll deduct from your fee!

What for?

You're the museum of Estonian hunger!

Why are you wasting it? Why'd you give them 3?

I only got 1.80 from them!

The girl from Värska...

The pretty one.

The one who said that there's too little of a human in you.

She exaggerated. - How?

There's no human in you at all.

You...

You butcher of a doctor! What do you know of these matters?

Aah, talking about the pretty Nasta?

A man has to have his money and heart matters in order.

Hold the horse.

Ruudi the innkeeper is a good man!

But a shit of a friend.

You dare to come here? You're in debt since February!

Pay up! - Here!

Three kopecks! - You make men drink,

then add to their tab! I brought you free of charge

the picture masters Sergo & Co! And now you're yelling!

What do you want? - We're photographers.

From Tartu, on our way to Hilana. We'd need lodging and supper.

In return, we'd take a photograph of the master and missis.

A photo?

For lodging? - We have equipment with us.

I can set it up in five minutes.

A photograph? Right here?

In that case, let's go inside.

You don't discuss this kind of thing standing outside.

Harri, set up the camera.

Put it here!

You turd, go to the dog house!

Nasta!

Come bring the guest some beer. Ode!

Ode! - Ruudi!

We're leaving.

Very good.

What is it?

Put your better clothes on. See, a photographer came from the city.

A photographer? Dear God!

I have nothing to wear!

You have your wedding clothes ready!

I won't wear Seto clothes on a photograph!

Wear what you like. And wash the snotnose's mug!

Hey, where's my new striped shirt?

Look at Sergo! He’s a rich man. Bought himself a new horse.

Or stole the old one back.

See, nose turned up so high it'll soon be full of rain.

Don't blabber! Better buy your son a wife from the fair!

Or he'll go completely mad.

Here you go.

Nasta! Wait!

I have given much thought to what you said.

What did I say?

You said there's too little human in me.

I didn't. You asked, but how should I know?

Nasta, there is a human in me.

I swear.

And one day, I'll find him!

Nasta, what...

What do I need to do to get you in my picture?

Nasta, go get some cheese for us.

Don't set an eye on my Nasta.

My own wife is a crappy dishwasher.

I take it there's going to be a wedding? - Yeah.

Near Vastseliina.

Do they let strangers in? - It's a Seto wedding.

I don't know. My old lady is Seto, ask her.

What are you afraid of?

Picture masters are welcome at every wedding!

Harri, set the boy right.

Legs...

And the hat... Down.

Up a bit.

To the right, boy, cover my squeaky boots.

Eyes open, snotnose, you'll spoil the photo.

Nasta, come sit here, too.

I don’t want to.

You heard what I said!

It's a family picture. She's not part of the family.

Shut up, Sohvi! Nasta!

Some fine lass indeed!

Ass heavy as a kettlebell.

Nobody moves. Everyone looks straight into the camera.

There’s no air to breathe! And someone reeks of dirty beer mugs.

We're shooting.

Put the light off, I can't sleep.

Already forgotten about Marta? - No!

It's a composition sketch.

Von Habermann has a similar picture.

Depicting a whore of Dionysus or something.

Bleeding dog's life!

Time for a drink! - So be it!

You drink all the time anyway.

This is the sacred Piusa.

The old border river of Russia and Germany.

The Seto people are Russians, too.

Rubbish. Faith does not make one a Russian.

The Seto are proud chaps.

Free monastery people.

While Estonians were whipped in the stables.

Wait.

Empty!

Perhaps it's evaporated? - Just like all our liquids…

Bare your back.

Port Arthur's mighty castle you can not overtake.

But Stessel's out of money, he sells it for his sake.

Breathe deeply in and out.

That's it.

What's it? - One more take and that’s it!

How is he?

Got wet. Caught cold.

You're one smart guy. But finish your medical school.

It'll be good for you. Look at me! A Vilno military school graduate!

See! General-poruchik!

The brightest brain in the whole of Setostan.

I'll be drafted next autumn. - Let me show you.

Give me a bayonet, I'll show you how to stab the japs.

Where's the knife?

There's no war now. - No.

But there will be. - How so?

The emperor says! The command will come! You know what they say in Liu?

Commands from above, death and the need to shit,

are three things a man can't fight.

Stop it.

So shall we sing to you, or dance?

What do you think?

I think we'll do what we did before. Take the sickles. - Wait.

Now?

You see, dear ladies, the National Museum wants pictures of you working.

But we just spent half an hour getting dressed! - I see, but...

If you would still go... We'd see on the field

how you work in these pretty clothes.

And take your children with you!

You, Sergo, are making women dress up for work? - What can I do?

As soon as I mentioned photographing, they dashed home.

Hey! Make it quick!

Can't you see the skies. It'll soak the crop right away!

35 kopecks!

The day is wasted, what else do you want?

35 kopecks. - What 35?

5 kopecks per woman!

Do you know how much film costs?

And the apparatus!

You damn shit!

Hello, madam.

Mrs Taarka. The singing mother herself.

If I'm not wrong.

We came to meet Väisänen.

There's no Väisänen here.

He was supposed to bring our film tapes to you.

What tapes?

Silk tapes?

Taarka, you haven't seen such a Finnish thingy.

The money tapes!

You can cut money from the end of them!

She had in her mind the silk tapes

that women put on their heads when there's a party.

...gnaw at the kopecks,

bite the pure silver...

Excuse me, is Väisänen here or not?

There's no madam here!

And no Väisänen, too!

But I can give you a knife!

That I can do.

Unload the luggage!

But now, come tell old Sergo the truth!

Is it Sergo & Co. or not?

Damn Sergo & Co.

Sergo and the shitheads! Dammit!

The Finnish millionaire will come!

Cutting money from the tape!

Shove your tapes up your ass!

What are you staring at? With your dumb face?

Pay up my fee, dammit!

5 roubles! - I don't have anything

Väisänen will come eventually... - Where the hell is he coming from?

Sergo has had it! Sergo is going to the wedding!

Sergo, wait!

Sergo, you bastard, wait!

I got you out of jail!

Wait!

Maybe we could...

...we could stay at your place for a few days?

Maybe Väisänen is in Setomaa, and will come to you.

Oh, you nice gents,

tall slender youngsters.

How can I let you in?

Where shall I lodge you?

It’s already too small for me.

Good heavens, it's summertime!

The lasses are all sleeping in the haylofts,

and in the storehouses.

But two fine city gents,

they come to sleep with me, the old hag!

What a silly business!

What are you waiting for?

Follow me, let's see what we can do.

Come on!

Where are they going?

To the girls. Don't you know?

Why aren't we?

Because Nasta is in the Orava inn, but that's 20 km away.

We chose the wrong lodging.

We should film this.

It's larger than a pond. It's a lake.

And a farm, too.

It's my home.

It's a wrap!

I'll go to the wedding. I'll take photos at least.

A very good pie. I wonder how they make them.

Home is that way, what's wrong with that?

We need to get the cow home, it has to be milked.

Let's take a picture. Quick. Come on, before she goes away.

It's the same road as yesterday.

I'm not so sure. - You don't see.

The light is completely different.

What are you doing?

Johannes, where are you going? Talk to me!

Where are you going? Are you crazy?

See who's here!

There was a pale foreign man in Obinitsa.

I thought it must be Väisänen!

Indeed.

Hello, guys. - Hello.

And now, to the wedding!

Do you know that in Finnish, "pulm", "wedding", means "trouble".

So a big wedding would be big trouble.

But here are the tapes.

I saw a girl in the woods.

She ran between the trees and suddenly disappeared.

Nasta?

The usual Seto business.

"Eksütäjä", a bewilderer.

Eksütaja?

Eksütäjä.

I'll load a new film.

I saw there's a cave over there.

At Yalu river battle, we saw what death's about,

and ran away at once, with boots on or without.

The law of the Russian Empire is filthy and it's vile.

And the cruelty of the barons is nothing but a guile...

They say he's like a hurdy-gurdy man at the Petseri fair,

but with Sergo instead of a monkey.

They make photographs, right?

A photograph is a picture.

But if they make a cinegraph out of you!

Then you're on a picture with a silly face, wriggling your legs.

What's a cinegraph?

Hello, ye believers!

Stand there, don't move!

We came to see your country bumpkins' culture!

Is it Sergo? What are you doing here, you old drunkard?

Is the bottle empty or what? - Darja, dear!

What's that thing?

The wooden thing I'm pointing at.

The mortar?

Very good. I have everything ready.

What's your name? - Serafim.

Townsfolk don't know what's in there, so just pound a bit

and then take some grains and let them fall, so they see what's there.

You come here...

Right? - Clear.

Ready?

And we shoot.

Naki, dammit! - No, the dog's good!

You go away!

My daughter Ode is working in Petseri.

What were you flirting there with this hag?

You sold me!

For a bottle of vodka! - You silly man!

It was the chance of your life!

Tsängu Senka is the richest Seto!

She'd have got a German doctor, but you, half a kingdom!

Damn fool!

She was ugly! Very ugly! And old!

Well, I wouldn't call her a first rate princess indeed!

So, boys, take some pictures now!

Johannes! - What is it?

My cousin Ivvan is so strong, when he hits you...

Just a picture of you will be left.

Who's the other one? - The other...

A cousin, too. German miracle doctor.

Is that a bride?

Of course!

I guess.

Fuck you, Sergo, you're lying. - No!

I'm not lying! You, Ruudi, know nothing!

You have to fix your own head. It's such a fine business.

Can't be fixed through your ass

Here, eat something.

I don't want to burden my stomach.

Is it them?

Come here!

Oh, these guys!

I've heard a lot about you.

Good you could come. - Good morning.

Harri...

The groom is here. Let's go, quick!

Right...

Mister, would you... - I can't shoot.

Please! Move out of the way.

I can't! What can I do? - Herd them off!

Wait!

Go away!

Where are you going?

Shit! - Exactly!

Harri... - Yeah?

Harri...

Just a...

What?

Nasta!

What are you doing? Are you crazy?

If someone sees you... - I'm not giving up.

What?

I don't know. I...

Nasta, I'm...

No! I mean...

If... If we could...

Go away! We'll see later, if at all.

Go away!

Later, right?

Later.

Sergo, what does "ildappa" mean?

Later.

Sergo, you are the wisest man I know!

Enough having fun, Harri. Let's get to work.

Stand here.

Go away!

Two cameras. One is for filming and the other is a photo camera.

We'd like to film and photograph you. - Don't touch it!

You can just look. Keep away.

Just hold it in your hands. And you can grab it with both hands

and mix it like that, checking whether it's ready.

Then mix it again... - No! Go away.

The museum will like these shots. Let's do it.

Johannes...

I told you to...

Look, mister, we want to be filmed, too. Right!

Me and Sveta and Anni, and Kati there, too...

You get it.

But what'll you do? Dance?

Dance? No, we'll sit.

Then we'll take a photo.

No way...

We'll sit and you will film!

Well... If you pay, then we’ll film.

Volter! Let's go!

Johannes, look...

We're ready.

And... We shoot.

Mister... You are on the picture.

And it's done.

Dammit! Where are you taking this bench?

And of my niece, too! Come!

What's with the money? - That's...

A very good question.

Johannes!

Boys! Do the cinematograph!

Come here now, come on.

How is it? Pretty?

Is that all? Alright...

And we're shooting.

Don't blabber!

And done.

Johannes! Väisänen. - Where are they going?

Where are they going? - Where?

To kirmas. To dance by the river.

Dance?

Volter! Lets go to dance!

Give me 20 kopecks!

You damn bastard!

And done!

Very good. Very very good.

Think of it. In 100 years, you will all be dead.

But the Seto culture, that's going to remain on the film.

Let's do the other thing, too. What was it?

I know what it was.

For the Finnish gentleman Väisänen,

We'd like to do a dance with a song.

We have this nice song and dance, a 'Round Dance'.

Very well. Let's do that.

Ready? Yeah?

So, 3, 2, 1, and... Shoot.

Volter. See what's happening there? They’re dancing there. Let's go.

Volter, I'm shooting...

Shooting!

We don't need you. You're blocking the view.

Just go on like this.

And shooting.

Done.

Why are you filming the Russians? It's Timofey with his wench.

Let them dance. It's a nice dance. - Film the Seto things!

Dammit, Sergo, where did you learn the Krakowiak?

What have you done? You broke it! Murderer!

I didn't mean to!

I drink handsa, dance on my own two legs, stand up alright

This doesn't even stand on three! The legs are all soft!

You're no officer, you are a sad drunk!

Your horse and cart are not worth as much as this!

Harri! Let it be.

Let it be? What shall we do now?

Yeah, well it just fell.

Is it possible to mend it?

The only thing that’s impossible is to wear your trousers as a jacket.

Kolya the smith can put a rivet on a mosquito's cock, if needed.

It's a piece of cake for him!

But why can't you wear trousers as a jacket?

Your head doesn't fit through the fly.

Harri, wait here, I'll be right back.

A picturebox!

What are you doing? Give it to me!

Let's sing. - Thickhead!

We have a young maiden here...

Nasta...

Is it "ildappa" now?

You wanted me on your picture? - Not just that.

I'd like to do a real life... A real artistic picture of you.

If you'd let me.

Alright then.

At the river.

At the river. I'll get my apparatus.

Your words are taken from shit,

your song comes from the barn...

We are praising our young maiden,

She can do any task...

Is this exposed? - No.

There's no point in photographing singing. - Johannes, wait!

Where are you going? - To take a picture.

Alright then. - No!

Volter, this is one picture I have to take on my own.

This is not a place for you, Sergo! Your pants are all torn behind!

Oh I know where you are torn, you gossip! My pants I can mend.

Come here, I'll show you. Come on, it’s getting interesting.

Move away, the cinematographer is here!

Let him through! Take a look!

It’s just getting interesting.

What's happening? - They're drinking a pillow soft.

It will get softer, it will.

I don't know how. Look.

The more you drink, the softer it gets.

Are there stones in there? - Look!

Once there were gold roubles.

It’s starting to get softer. Try it, father, is it softer?

Ivvo went to tell!

This is my other son, like John the Baptist.

But without a cross.

Well? Did you get your picture?

Johannes...

I'm asking if the Orava guy will get something to drink or not?

Your mouth is an asshole, Ruudi! A Seto doesn't fill it with good stuff.

Go to bed, you old drunk!

Sergo, you owe me! - There are two kinds of men,

The ones who take vodka, and others that are taken by it.

You can see the groom's house already.

It's just... I don't know how to thank you.

Let it be.

Good you didn't break the lens. - Ah, wouldn't be hard to fix that, too.

Thank you, Kolya.

Ivvo said! - A fool doesn't cheat!

Ivvo is lying! - Lying?

It's written on your face, who's lying!

What do you want from me? - Look who's asking!

This piece of a whore got all slimy on the city guy!

Why does Ruudi keep her in his inn? She must know how to spread her legs!

Johannes!

Right!

So better kill me. - What did I say?

She is Ruudi's toy alright!

Frigging hags! Why are you taunting the poor child?

What's this whore talk?

I have wrestled your Vasso, too!

You know, I'll tear your mouth off

and piss in it, with a high arc!

When vodka gets the better of a man, he's no good anymore!

You brought it yourself!

What are you looking at? Father's head is aching!

Done. Lots of happiness, joy and a beautiful life.

Thanks to the master. - Thank you.

Where shall I send the picture? - Here.

Village Dobrova, Luikjärve. - Luikjärve household.

Madam, where'd you get these tapes?

Shame on you! We bought them! From the boys! For good money.

Were they... Were they the exposed films?

Or the new ones? - These were new ones.

End of the party!

They're telling us politely to sod off.

Before they take the knives out, they say it politely.

As they themselves say, they have traditions.

I’ll go get the horse.

What for, Virgin Mary?

Lord, you see this and you don't say a thing!

Dear Nasta, you went mad!

Good daughter, dear daughter,

you waited for a good suitor.

Your own husband.

There were no suitors at your house,

no wedding guests at your sauna,

no dear one to hug you,

no groom to take you on his lap.

The waters did take you with them,

the bank of Piusa became your groom.

The river made up your bed,

the banks plaited your hair,

the sandy bottom tied your scarf,

the pond bank gave you your bonnet.

The village scorned you ten ways,

the parish people five ways...

Why did you go into the river? Listen to your cough!

To hell with all Turks!

Give me the groom's bottle.

The stench of liquor beats the smell of soil anytime.

Thank you.

Nasta is doing well up there.

All the angels are taking care of her.

God sees all.

It is arranged so that whoever has had too good a life on earth,

will get a mop in heaven and has to wipe all the floors!

But Nasta will be a lady.

When I get there, I'll get a new shirt with epaulettes at once.

I'm going to see my wife.

What's going on here? - A remembrance of souls.

I have half a minute’s worth of film left in the camera.

A man's life is like a cinematograph.

When the film comes to an end, no one gives you any more.

Not God, not Väisänen.

Wait. We don't have any money for the ticket.

Good people, let's do what you did one more time.

That remembrance of souls.

Do it exactly as you just did, and I'll film it. Don't stand up!

Exactly as you did it. And I'll film it. Would that be alright?

Thank you very much. When you're ready.

And… shooting!

Your cart-driver went to the church. - To the church?

Where are you going, horse?

Where are you going?

I don't know, she’s just going that way.

Johannes! It's the wrong direction! - I know!

Sure Maara knows which way Petseri is.

You, Sergo, surely owe a kopeck to Death. - Can't be helped.

I’ve stayed for too long anyway.

If you owe something to life, you should regret it.

I have no regrets.

Can we do something for you? - Why?

You make sure that you do what you have to do!

Life is sometimes so damn short!

But what about your horse? - Why do you care?

Maara will know what to do.

As soon as I get to Tartu, I'll develop it and send it to you.

Very good. Something to put on my cross.

Nothing too good.

I think he has tuberculosis.

Young man...

I know…

that it is pneumonia.

Thank you, doctor! - Thank you!

No problem.

Let's go to the hospital.

How can I help you, gentlemen?

Honoured doctor, whose cart is out there?

I have no idea.

It was an honour!

Johannes Pääsuke, Estonia’s first cinematographer,

was drafted into World War I as a battalion photographer in 1915.

He worked in the rear and was killed in a train accident in Belarus in 1918.

He was then 25 years old.

Harri Volter served in the war as a combat medic

and went missing in action on the Galician Front in 1916.