Disco and Atomic War

Jaak Kilmi
2009-04-10

Cold War. Hot desires.
5.6
78 min

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

Cast

Name Character Team
Kiur Aarma Narrator (voice) Unowned
Jaak Kilmi Narrator (voice) Unowned
Alo Kõrve Narrator (voice) Unowned
Jaan Tootsen Narrator (voice) Unowned
Liina Vahtrik Narrator (voice) Unowned
Eduard Toman Narrator (voice) Unowned
Gerda Viira Urve Unowned
Oskar Vuks Jaak Unowned
Toomas Pool Toomas Unowned
Jaan-Joosep Puusaag Joosep Unowned
Einar Kotka Young Nikolai Unowned
Aleksandr Aug Joosep's Father Unowned
Birgit Veemaa Joosep's Mother Unowned
Esko Salminen Self - Historian Unowned
Sakari Kiuru Self - Finnish TV Former Head Unowned
Arvo Sildnik Self - TV Engineer Unowned
Edward Lucas Self - Writer Unowned
Hagi Shein Self - Sociologist Unowned
Georgi G. Potchepstov Self - Media Researcher Unowned
Voldemar Lindström Self - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director Unowned
Nikolai Haug Self - Inventor Unowned
Åke Blomqvist Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ami Aspelund Self (archive footage) Unowned
David Hasselhoff Self (archive footage) Unowned
Karl Vaino Self (archive footage) Unowned
Leonid Brezhnev Self (archive footage) Unowned
Mikhail Gorbachev Self (archive footage) Unowned
Panda Nikander Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Unowned
Teija Sopanen Self (archive footage) Unowned
Urho Kekkonen Self (archive footage) Unowned
Väinö Purje Self (archive footage) Unowned
Yuri Andropov Self (archive footage) Unowned
Lieko Zachovalová Self (voice) (archive footage) Unowned
Aivar Võimre Self (archive footage) Unowned
Mauno Koivisto Self (uncredited) Unowned
Arnold Rüütel Self (uncredited) Unowned