Spring (1970)

★ 6.4 1h 24m IMDb

Paunvere parish school students Arno and Teele, Toots and Kiir, Tõnisson and Imelik experience feelings during one school winter, the traces of which they carry throughout their future lives - from true friendship and first love to self-discovery and clarifying life goals.

Spring

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Cast

Arno Liiver
Arno Liiver as Arno Died 2026 · Mõisaküla, Abja District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Viljandi County, Estonia] Arno Liiver (born October 12, 1954 – January 1, 2026) was an Estonian film actor. He studied to be an electrician at the 12th Vocational High School in Tallinn and worked as a car and taxi driver in...
Riina Hein
Riina Hein as Teele Age 71 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] Riina Hein (born March 3, 1955) is an Estonian film actress, film and television director and producer, and screenwriter. Hein made her screen debut as a teenager and is possibly best recalled for her...
Aare Laanemets
Aare Laanemets as Toots Died 2000 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] Aare Laanemets (February 6, 1954 – October 28, 2000) was an Estonian actor and theatre director, who is possibly best recalled for his role as Joosep Toots in three film adaptations of novels penned b...
Margus Lepa
Margus Lepa as Kiir Age 72 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] Margus Lepa (born October 7, 1953) is an Estonian radio journalist and former actor..
Leonhard Merzin
Leonhard Merzin as Laur Died 1990 · Roela, Estonia Leonhard Merzin (February 10, 1934 in Aruküla, Kudina Parish (now Maardla, Mustvee Parish) – January 2, 1990 in Tartu) was an Estonian theatre and film actor, one of the Estonian actors active in the...
Ain Lutsepp
Ain Lutsepp as Tõnisson Age 71 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] Ain Lutsepp (born May 6, 1954) is an Estonian actor and politician. Born in Tallinn, Ain Lutsepp began his career as a child actor at age thirteen as the character Tõnisson in the 1969 Arvo Kruusemen...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 6/10 Jun 06, 2024
<em>'Spring'</em> is a decent watch, if nothing all that more.

I personally didn't really click with this 1970 Estonian picture. I imagine that has a lot to do with the fact that I am, indeed, not Estonian and/or not from this sorta era, as it is a movie that is heavily nostalgia-driven. I will say that it is well made for its time, at least. The main reason for my lack of connection, aside from the aforementioned, is actually the main characters, both those portraying and being portrayed.

I found the kids quite annoying, all of them in fact; especially the more, eh, 'emotional' ones. The flick does go for the 'kids will be kids' angle, but even so I don't think they needed be quite so irritating. The actors aren't the best either, though I can look past that without the noted issue. The adult actors are the better cast members.

As somewhat of a completionist, I now feel the need to check out the three sequels; which, interestingly, were released in 1976, 1990 and 2020; ought to make for an interesting time capsule of sorts through Estonia's recent movie decades.

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