Klaus Härön MIEKKAILIJA, trailer, ensi-ilta 13.3.2015.

Nuori tuntematon mies, Endel, saapuu Haapsaluun 1950-luvun alussa. Hän on jättänyt taakseen Leningradin valtion urheiluyliopiston pakoillakseen Neuvostoliiton salaista poliisia. Haapsalussa hän saa viran opettajana ja alkaa vetää lapsille urheilukerhoa. Endel alkaa vihkiä lapsia suureen intohimoonsa – miekkailuun. Tämä ajaa hänet törmäyskurssille koulun rehtorin, kommunistisen byrokraatin kanssa.

Endel oppii rakastamaan ja pitämään huolta lapsista, joista suuri osa on neuvostomiehityksen jäljiltä orpoja. Miekkailusta muodostuu lapsille itseilmaisun muoto ja Endelistä heille miehen malli.

Rehtori selvittää Endelin taustan. Lapset haluavat lähteä Leningradiin valtakunnalliseen koululaisten miekkailuturnaukseen. Endel joutuu tekemään valinnan; viekö hän lapset Leningradiin ja riskeeraa oma vapautensa vai aiheuttaako hän heille pettymyksen valitsemalla oman turvallisuutensa ja ikuisen pakoilun.

Miekkailijan ohjaa Klaus Härö (Äideistä parhain, Postia pappi Jaakobille), käsikirjoittaja on Anna Heinämaa. Pääosissa nähdään Märt Avandi ja Ursula Ratasepp. Elokuvan tuottavat Kai Nordberg ja Kaarle Aho Making Movies Oy (Silmäterä, Musta jää).

Ohjaus: Klaus Härö
Pääosissa: Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp

[mrtvli]

Four musketeers from Haapsalu (town of 10, 000 people) won silver medal in European Championship! Nikolai Novosjolov, Sten Priinits (Endel Nelis' grandson btw), Marno Allika and Peeter Turnau

[ClubEsgrimaAzaharCastellon]

We are expecting to see this film. We can't waiting to enjoy a film with fencing.

Regards, from Castellón, Spain.

[ozollacis]

Pre-premier of "The Fencer" will be on Thursday, March 12th, 2015 in Helsinki.
Premier on Friday, March 13th, 2015.
Original language: Estonian. Subtitles: Finnish, (Swedish)

Synopsis:
It is early 1950’s in Haapsalu, a small Soviet Estonian coastal town. Endel, a young man, arrives in town and takes up the position of a gymnastic teacher for children.

Endel has a secret that he must conceal at all costs. It has forced him to leave Leningrad and abandon his promising career as a fencer. Sought after by the Secret Police and cut away from everything he holds dear, there doesn't seem to be much in his life to focus on.

As part of his duties as a teacher, Endel organizes a sports club for the school. He ends up teaching the children the one thing he's passionate about – fencing. This leads him to an inevitable course of collision with the school's Principal who starts to dig into his past.

As Endel gets to know his pupils, he gradually opens up for them and grows to care about them. Ultimately, fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children and their teacher, a mutual journey through which they recuperate and become whole.

The resolution of the story takes place at a big fencing tournament in Leningrad. Haapsalu's inexperienced team has prepared for the competition for months and the children are eager to take part in it.

Endel has to decide whether to flee and save himself or to stay by his pupils' side and risk getting arrested.

[mokeesl]

That looks fantastic.  English subtitles please!  

[kerjvl]

Tundub tõesti põnev lugu ja pealegi olen suur Märt Avandi fänn :)
Can't wait to see this!

[kardeskalap]

Wow, as a fencer I am waiting for this movie. Will it have english subtitles?