Libahunt (1968)

Directed by

Leida Laius

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union, Estonia

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love triangle develops among a peasant family in early 1800s Estonia. The story follows the relationships over 15 years in the southwestern countryside.

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What happens

Libahunt (the Estonian name for a werewolf) is the name of a 1912 play (a tragedy) by August Kitzberg, and a 1968 film of the same name based on the play. A triangular love story evolves in a peasant family in southwestern Estonian countryside around Halliste in the beginning of 1800s over a time span of 15 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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