
The Singing Revolution
A single nation. A million voices. An unstoppable dream.
2006 en 94 minutes
Rating: 6
Plot
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence. "The young people, without any political party, and without any politicians, just came together ... not only tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands ... to gather and to sing and to give this nation a new spirit," remarks Mart Laar, a Singing Revolution leader featured in the film and the first post-Soviet Prime Minister of Estonia. "This was the idea of the Singing Revolution." James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty's "The Singing Revolution" tells the moving story of how the Estonian people peacefully regained their freedom--and helped topple an empire along the way.
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Cast

Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator

Heiki Ahonen
Self

Mari-Ann Kelam
Self

Tunne Kelam
Self

Mart Laar
Self

Marju Lauristin
Self

Ivo Linna
Self

Tiia-Ester Loitme
Self

Lagle Parek
Self

Arnold Rüütel
Self

Ingrid Rüütel
Self

Edgar Savisaar
Self

Imre Sooäär
Self

Hirvo Surva
Self

Heinz Valk
Self

Trivimi Velliste
Self

Vaino Väljas
Self

Gustav Ernesaks
Self (archive footage)

Alo Mattiisen
Self (archive footage)

Lennart Meri
Self (archive footage)