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The Dissidents

2017·1h 30m
ActionComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 6.4/10
1,203 votes

An upbeat comedy about three boys who escape from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s to fulfill their dreams in the free world.

The Dissidents is a 2017 action comedy movie directed by Jaak Kilmi, starring Esko Salminen, Märt Pius, Karl-Andreas Kalmet. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.4/10 from 1,203 votes and runs 1h 30m.

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Director
Jaak Kilmi
Stars
Esko Salminen
Märt Pius
Karl-Andreas Kalmet
Veiko Porkanen
Creators
Martin Algus
Details
2017-02-17
90 min
Movie
★ Estonia, Finland, Latvia
★ Estonian, English, Finnish, Russian, Swedish
Keywords
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