The Shadow

Overview

Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.

Directed by Jaak Kilmi

Top cast

Pääru Oja

Juhan Liiv

Rain Simmul

Police Master Peeter

Karol Kuntsel

Otto

Kersti Heinloo

Liise

Peeter Tammearu

Innkeeper

Riho Kütsar

Wrestler Mill

Ago Anderson

Wrestler Kõiv

Andres Mähar

Ruler of the Manor

Alice Siil

Mari

Tarmo Tagamets

Blacksmith Jürka

Meelis Rämmeld

Madjus

Veiko Jänes

Devil

A

Audra Mišinite

Old Woman in Black

Lena Barbara Luhse

Juula

Indrek Sammul

Publisher

Margus Jaanovits

Doctor

J

Jass Suursild

Child in the Schoolhouse

Berit Juhkam

Nurse

Artjom Garejev

Officer

Enn Lillemets

Parish Servant

Details