Minu Leninid

A chance to see an Estonian film in Finland is almost non-existing, because theyare not so widely distributed in the international market. But I waslucky to see Minu Leninid, when it was shown on Finnish television in the 90s. I taped the film so I also have that great privilege to see itover and over again.

Minu Leninid is a great historical parody of a man (Alexander Kesüla) who starts to train doppelgangers for Lenin. But his truly intentions are to force aside the true Lenin, because the true Lenin is unwilling to declare the independence of Estonia. But if one of his doppelgangers would take the place of the true Lenin, so then Kesküla would have the whole Soviet Union in his hands.

The film is spoken mainly in Russian and German...and English, but some lines of Estonian can also be heard in the beginning of the film and the in the end of the film. That's good, because I've always loved multilingual films.

If you've seen this film you should also see Tulivesi from the same director (Hardi Volmer), although it might be find.