Smile at Last

Overview

16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.

Directed by Leida Laius

Top cast

Monika Raide

Mari

Hendrik Toompere

Robi

Tauri Tallermaa

Tauri

Katrin Tamleht

Katrin

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Kerttu Aaving

Kerttu

Edith-Helen Kuusk

Melita

Siiri Sisask

Siiri

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Janika Kalmus

Anne

Helle Kuningas

Teacher

Mari Lill

Robi's Mother

Evald Hermaküla

Mari's Father

Eduard Tinn

Tauri's Father

Anneli Aunap

Anneli

Rein Pakk

Rein

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Manfred Kärblane

Manfred

Rudolf Allabert

Headmaster

Maria Klenskaja

Ülo's Lover

Evald Aavik

Male Teacher

Reet Paavel

Anne's Mother

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Triin Loorits

Triin

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