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60% Critic Match
The Wild Swans
6.0 / 10• 1987• 1h 26m•NR• Estonian
AdventureFantasyFamily
Storyline
Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell.
Cast & Crew
Katri Horma
Eliise
Lead
Juris Žagars
Young King
Andrejs Žagars
Archbishop
Ines Aru
Good Mother
Gunnar Kilgas
King, Eliise's Father
Liina Orlova
Evil Queen
Helend Peep
Old Man
Arvo Kruusement
Chamber Master
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Helle Karis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Wild Swans is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
