Klass (2007)

Director:

Ilmar Raag

Writer:

Ilmar Raag (writer)

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Estonia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.

Plot Keywords:

Youth Violence | Murder | School Violence | High School | Former Best Friends

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Vallo Kirs	...	Kaspar
Pärt Uusberg	...	Joosep
Lauri Pedaja	...	Anders
Paula Solvak	...	Thea
Mikk Mägi	...	Paul
Riina Ries	...	Riina
Joonas Paas	...	Toomas
Kadi Metsla	...	Kati
Triin Tenso	...	Kerli
Virgo Ernits	...	Tiit
Karl Sakrits	...	Olav
Liina Joonas
Saara Kadak
Kaspar Kannelmäe
Brita Kikas

Also Known As:

The Class (International: English title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Estonia

Language:

Estonian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Sweden:15

Company:

Amrion

Trivia:

A sequel serial has been announced. The pilot episode is due to air in 2008.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kaspar is released from the shed and his mobile phone rings, you can here a polyphonic ring tone, but the phone he is using is obviously Nokia 5110 or something of this kind of (you can see the antenna) which does not support polyphonic ring tones.

Quotes:

Kaspar: I shot one of the girls from eight grade.
Joosep: I told you not to shoot from a distance.

Great insight in the minds of teenagers

So, I watched this movie after hearing about it on many different occasions. I have always liked movies about teenage life, especially when they are cooked correctly. And this is such case. Movie perfectly shows the power struggles, that may occur in every class. And how cruel can teenagers be. I personally have been in a situation, where most of my class is against me. So I could easily associate my self with main character.

At some points of watching it, the movie really got to me, because my hands started shaking, and I got shivers on my back. Just because, I knew how painful such attitude can be.

I'd really like to give kudos to operator, and all the actors, that were working on this movie. Camera work always showed perfect angles, so people could easily follow the story. But all the new actors, that were working on this project, played really good, without hyping their performance, what usually happens for new actors.

This movie should be shown in every school around the world, because it shows where can cruelty lead.