All My Lenins

All My Lenins

What is the historical truth? God knows.

1997 · 99 min · ★ 5.4 · Thriller, Comedy

Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with German money and create a new national state of Estonia in the north-east of Russia. For security reasons, five doubles will be found and trained for Lenin. All of them are finally sent to Russia to instigate the revolution. How will the real Lenin put up with all this?

Directed by Hardi Volmer · Written by Toomas Kall

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