In the Crosswind

In the Crosswind

7.1

Mar 28 2014

1h 26m

Drama, History

June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.

Laura Peterson-Aardam

Laura Peterson-Aardam

Erna

Tarmo Song

Tarmo Song

Heldur

Mirt Preegel

Mirt Preegel

Eliide

Ingrid Isotamm

Ingrid Isotamm

Hermiine

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