Directed by:
Jaak KilmiScreenplay:
Martin AlgusCinematography:
Aigars SērmukšsCast:
Märt Pius, Karl-Andreas Kalmet, Veiko Porkanen, Esko Salminen, Martin Algus, Pia Andersson, Marika Barabanstsikova, Dave Benton, Yulya Berngardte (more)Plots(1)
Fast-paced action-comedy The Dissidents takes us back to the 1980s. Three young guys flee the Soviet Union to the West, to get to live an awesome life just as they’ve seen in Miami Vice and Knight Rider. At first the Swedes welcome them as real heroes, who broke through the Iron Curtain, but soon they’re regarded as just another tedious immigrants. To put food on the table, they have to do something as lame as work! But the boys are no quitters, so they come up with new crazy plans that should guarantee success in the
Western world.
(Estonian Film Institute)
Cast
Märt Pius
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Class Reunion (2016)
The Dissidents (2017)
Karl-Andreas Kalmet
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
The Dissidents (2017)
Veiko Porkanen
Best movies:
The Dissidents (2017)
Kalev (2022)
Esko Salminen
Finland
Best movies:
Mother of Mine (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Ariel (1988)
Martin Algus
Estonia
Best movies:
Revolution of Pigs (2004)
Class Reunion (2016)
The Dissidents (2017)
Pia Andersson
Best movies:
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
The Dissidents (2017)
Marika Barabanstsikova
Best movies:
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
The Dissidents (2017)
Dave Benton
Aruba
Best movies:
The Dissidents (2017)
Yulya Berngardte
Best movies:
The Dissidents (2017)
Andres Dvinjaninov
Best movies:
The Dissidents (2017)
Elina Hiltunen
Best movies:
The Dissidents (2017)
Peeter Jürgens
Best movies:
Love Is Blind (2013)
The Dissidents (2017)
Aake Kalliala
Finland
Best movies:
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
Road North (2012)
The Dissidents (2017)
Henrik Kalmet
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
The Dissidents (2017)
Peter Kanerva
Finland
Best movies:
Beyond Enemy Lines (2004)
A Patriotic Man (2013)
The Dissidents (2017)
Tõnu Kark
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Lilja 4-ever (2002)
Darkness in Tallinn (1993)
Sanna ögonblick (1998)
Mait Lepik
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Dissidents (2017)
Flowers of Evil (2016)
Kristjan Lüüs
Best movies:
Class Reunion (2016)
The Dissidents (2017)
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (2022)
Mari-Liis Lill
Best movies:
Mushrooming (2012)
The Dissidents (2017)
Magnús Mariuson
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
The Eternal Road (2017)
The Dissidents (2017)