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A poet. A madman. A detective.
Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.Read moreLess
Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.
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Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Pääru OjaJuhan Liiv
Rain SimmulPolice Master Peeter
Karol KuntselOtto
Kersti HeinlooLiise
Peeter TammearuInnkeeper
Riho KütsarWrestler Mill
Ago AndersonWrestler Kõiv
Andres MäharRuler of the Manor
Alice SiilMari
Tarmo TagametsBlacksmith Jürka
Meelis RämmeldMadjus
Veiko JänesDevilExplore the crew
- Producer
- Kristian Taska
- Director of Photography
- Mihkel Soe
- Producer
- Tanel Tatter
- Director
- Jaak Kilmi
- Producer
- Veiko Esken
- Producer
- Armin Karu
- Editor
- Jaak Ollino Jr.
- Original Music Composer
- Ardo Ran Varres
- Screenplay
- Indrek Hargla