O2
Directed byMargus Paju
Written byTom Abrams
Tiit Aleksejev
Eriikka Etholén-Paju
Olle Mirme
Produced byJukka Helle
Jānis Kalējs
Andreas Kask
Diana Mikita
Esko Rips
Kristian Taska
Lukas Trimonis
Hanna Virolainen
StarringPriit Võigemast
Kaspars Znotiņš
Ieva Andrejevaitė
Tiit Lilleorg
Sampo Sarkola
Pääru Oja
Tambet Tuisk
Rein Oja
Elmo Nüganen
CinematographyMeelis Veeremets
Edited byMarion Koppel
Vytis Puronas (Sound)
Music byĒriks Ešenvalds
Rihards Zaļupe
Distributed byNafta Films (Estonia)
Taska Film (Estonia)
Release date
  • 9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesEstonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
LanguagesEstonian
Finnish
Russian
German
French
Box office$ 42 235[1]

O2 (also known as Dawn of War in the UK) is a 2020 Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian-Finnish historical spy thriller film, directed by Margus Paju, starring Sampo Sarkala, Kaspars Znotiņš, Elmo Nüganen, Rein Oja and Tambet Tuisk. The film is about the Estonian intelligence officer Feliks Kangur (played Priit Võigemast) tried to find out a traitor in the secret service in 1939, on the eve of Estonia losing its independence. The film was written by Tom Abrams, Tiit Aleksejev, Eriikka Etholén-Paju and Olle Mirme.

The film was produced by Nafta Films (Estonia) and Taska Film (Estonia), and coproduced by Film Angels Studio (Latvia), IN SCRIPT (Lithuania) and Finland's Solar Films. It was supported by the Estonian Film Institute. The film was released in cinemas in Estonia on 9 October 2020.[2][3]

Cast

  • Priit Võigemast as Feliks Kangur
  • Kaspars Znotiņš as Ivan Kostrov
  • Agnese Cīrule as Maria Dubrawska
  • Ieva Andrejevaitė as Tatjana Kostrova
  • Tiit Lilleorg as Professor
  • Sampo Sarkola as Finnish spy Hannu
  • Pääru Oja as Peeter Parik
  • Tambet Tuisk as Johan Sõber
  • Rein Oja as Colonel Saar
  • Elmo Nüganen as Major Kurg
  • Vaidotas Martinaitis as NKVD interrogator
  • Valentin Novopolskij as Red Army major Kozlov
  • Indrek Ojari as Andres Piirisild
  • Alo Kõrve as Paul Parik
  • Hele Kõrve as Edith Parik
  • Amanda Hermiine Künnapas as Johan Sõber's lover
  • Doris Tislar as Linda Ahven
  • Gilberto Pulga as French Ambassador
  • Dainis Sumišķis as Kirill Kozlov
  • Gatis Gāga as GRU agent Zorin
  • Tõnu Oja as Factory manager
  • Johan Kristjan Aimla as Second Lieutenant Toomas Otsing
  • Lukas Petrauskas as Red Army first lietunant Krinski
  • Marek Rosenberg as Soldier
  • Kristiina-Hortensia Port as Woman at telephone exchange
  • Taavo Vellend as Man at tennis court

References

  1. ↑ "Dawn of War (2020)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ "Estonian World War Two espionage movie 'O2' premieres". ERR. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Historical Spy-Thriller O2 Tops Estonian Box Office". FilmNewEurope. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  • O2 at Estonian film database
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