Darkness in Tallinn

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Darkness in Tallinn

Directed by	Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Produced by	Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Written by	Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Music by	Mader
Cinematography	Rein Kotov
Editing by	Christopher Tellefsen
Distributed by	FilmZolfo Upstream Pictures
Release date(s)	12 September 1993
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Estonia Finland
Language	Estonian Finnish
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Darkness in Tallinn (Estonian language:Tallinn pimeduses) is a 1993 Estonian political thriller film satire directed and written by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi. The film premiered on 12 September 1993 at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.

[edit] Plot

In August, 1991, Estonia became independent from the USSR and brings to its national bank nearly $1 billion in gold bullion that had been secretly hidden in Paris for 50 years. Russian mobsters have a bold plan to hijack the gold after shutting down Tallinn's power plant at midnight. For this they need Toivo, an electrical technician whose wife is heavily pregnant but urges him to take the job saying "$5000 buys lots of baby food". After Toivo leaves for the plant, his wife suddenly goes into labour and as the blackout occurs the baby needs an incubator, but there's no power. Jealousies within the Mob undercut the plan's smooth operation, and soon the Mob has Toivo to deal with as well.