Noored kotkad (released in 1927) is an Estonian silent film about the Estonian War of Independence that was fought between 1918 and 1920.

Noored kotkad
English: The Young Eagles
Directed byTheodor Luts
Written byTheodor Luts
Aksella Luts
StarringArnold Vaino
Juhan Nõmmik
Amalie Konsa
Ruut Tarmo
Vambola Kurg
Elli Põder-Roht (:wikidata)
Osvald Lipp
Distributed bySiirius Film
Taska Film
Release date
19 November 1927
Running time
87 minutes
CountryEstonia
LanguagesSilent
Estonian intertitles

It was filmed in 1927 in Tartu, Mustvee, Värska, and Tartu County. The film was digitally restored in 2008 by Taska Productions and Digital Film Finland.[1]

Cast edit

  • Arnold Vaino as Tammekänd
  • Juhan Nõmmik as Laansoo
  • Ruut Tarmo as Lepik
  • Elli Põder-Roht as Hilja
  • Amalie Konsa as Laansoo's mother
  • Aksella Luts as Forest-guard's daughter
  • Rudolf Ratassepp as Red Army commissar
  • Olev Reintalu as Red Army commissar
  • Vambola Kurg as Estonian military leader
  • Juhan Sütiste as Estonian military leader (as Johannes Schütz)
  • August Sunne as Doctor

References edit

  1. ^ "The Young Eagles (1927)" (in Estonian). Eesti Filmi Andmebaas (Estonian Film Database). Retrieved 6 September 2023.

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