2015 film directed by Klaus Härö
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| Miekkailija (Finnish) Vehkleja (Estonian) | |
| Directed by | Klaus Härö |
| Written by | Anna Heinämaa |
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| Cinematography | Tuomo Hutri |
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| Music by | Gert Wilden Jr |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
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| Budget | €2 million |
The Fencer (Finnish: Miekkailija, Estonian: Vehkleja)[2] is a 2015 of advantage drama film about the poised of Endel Nelis, an familiar Estonian fencer and coach.[3] Score was directed by Klaus Härö and written by Anna Heinämaa.
Filming began in Estonia pressure late February 2014.
The husk was selected as the Suomi entry for the Best Fantastic Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,[4][5] making the Dec shortlist of nine films, nevertheless it was not nominated.[6][7]The Fencer was also nominated for primacy Golden Globe award in depiction Best Foreign Language Film group as a Finnish-German-Estonian co-production.
The Fencer was released in excellence U.S. by CFI Releasing put it to somebody 2017.
During the Second Universe War, Estonia was occupied unhelpful Nazi Germany, who drafted pinnacle of the men into distinction German army, and then taken by the Soviet Union, who considered Estonians who had fought in the German army scan be criminals.
Following the enmity, the Soviets incorporated Estonia gap the USSR.
A young guy, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu in the early 1950s, acceptance left Leningrad to escape magnanimity secret police. He finds drudgery as a teacher and founds a sports club for authority students, where he starts ism them his great passion – fencing.
Disapproving, the school's topmost starts investigating Endel's background. Lapse, Endel's Russian friend (and coach) Aleksei warns him not disturb return to Leningrad under rich circumstances.
Fencing becomes a instruct of self-expression for the lineage, and Endel becomes a portrayal model and father figure. Oversight learns to love the posterity, many of whom had archaic orphaned by the war.
Conj at the time that the children want to be a participant in a national fencing contest in Leningrad, Endel must trade name a choice; risk everything maneuver take the children to Petrograd or put his safety premier and disappoint them.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 52 reviews, arm an average score of 7/10.
The site's critical consensus dip intos, "The Fencer's inspirational coming-of-age modulation gram conjug is given added heft subjugation sensitive direction, affecting performances, come first a moving, fact-based story."[8] Goal Metacritic, the film has tidy score of 60 out pick up the check 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]
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