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Professor August Miilas has succeeded in hiding in his private house from the war. He thinks this is mainly caused by his complete devotion to science. As August is not interested in anything that is going on outside his citadel, his family members avoid disturbing him. However, the political situation disrupt August's quietude. Right in the middle of his domestic citadel, the professor finds out about dangerous secrets so that he must give up this apolitical attitude and open up for the new reality.Read moreLess
Professor August Miilas has succeeded in hiding in his private house from the war. He thinks this is mainly caused by his complete devotion to science. As August is not interested in anything that is going on outside his citadel, his family members avoid disturbing him. However, the political situation disrupt August's quietude. Right in the middle of his domestic citadel, the professor finds out about dangerous secrets so that he must give up this apolitical attitude and open up for the new reality.
The story
Professor August Miilas has succeeded in hiding in his private house from the war. He thinks this is mainly caused by his complete devotion to science. As August is not interested in anything that is going on outside his citadel, his family members avoid disturbing him. However, the political situation disrupt August's quietude. Right in the middle of his domestic citadel, the professor finds out about dangerous secrets so that he must give up this apolitical attitude and open up for the new reality.
Cast & crew
Hugo LaurProfessor August Miilias, botanist
Aino TalviEva Miilias
Gunnar KilgasKarl, their son
Lia LaatsLydia, their daughter
Betty KuuskemaaAnna, housekeeper
Rudolf NuudeAnts Kuslap
Andres SärevDoctor Richard Miilias
Ants EskolaCast
Boris DobronravovGolovin
Voldemar PansoJaan SanderExplore the crew
- Editor
- D. Lander
- Original Music Composer
- Eugen Kapp
- Director of Photography
- Sergei Ivanov
- Director
- Herbert Rappaport
- Writer
- Leonid Trauberg
- Producer
- Sergey Vasilev