The Last Relic

1969 [ESTONIAN]

Adventure / History / Romance

3
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 1688 1.7K

based on novel or book nun peasant uprising monastery 16th century

Plot summary

A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.

Director

Grigori Kromanov Photo
Grigori Kromanov

Top cast

Jüri Järvet Photo
Jüri Järvet as Brother Johannes's voice
Peeter Jakobi Photo
Peeter Jakobi as Ivo Schenkenberg
Rolan Bykov Photo
Rolan Bykov as Vend Johannes
Raivo Trass Photo
Raivo Trass as Hans von Risbieter
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797.13 MB
1024*720
Estonian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  et  ru  fi  de  
25 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 1
1.44 GB
1536*1080
Estonian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  et  ru  fi  de  
25 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mirjam-2

Movie Magic

This might not seem like an outstanding film to an outsider, but it is a classic in its homeland. This is the story of how men and women fought for their freedom against higher power. The acting is great, the dialogue is classic material. This is most certainly the most often quoted piece in Estonia's history of film and for a reason. Watch it if you want to see a great film that has touched a whole nation without being too serious or too patriotic, but fun and careless among other things as well. This is as good as it gets.
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Reviewed by savitri 10 / 10

A great movie based on a not so great book

'Prince Gabriel or the Last Days of Pirita Convent' is a book Estonian children read in school. It is a classic, yet not a very good book in my opinion. Yet the movie based on it is superb. Everything about it is great: the story, the acting, the scenery (really, you should watch it simply because it's so beautiful), the dialogues etc. It is a movie that Estonians won't stop remembering or quoting. This is irrelevant, yet, in my opinion, it is sad that Ivo Schenkenberg is known as a 'bad guy' and villain, while in reality he was quite an interesting historical figure, called 'the Hannibal of Estonia', who fought in the Livonian war at the end of the 15th century. I say it again: the movie is wonderful and you won't regret it if you watch it.

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