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Fools of Fame

1982 · 85 min

A gentle, playful comedy about two hapless dreamers whose earnest failures are more charming than embarrassing.

Tagline
A couple of fools in quest for fame.
Overview
Eduard Bornhöhe „Kuulsuse narrid" is a fun story about two unsuccessful, yet aspiring fools. Jaan is an incompetent and uneducated inventor, Saalomon is a talent less poet.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • art
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ago-Endrik Kerge
Written by
Terje Põder, Ago-Endrik Kerge
Starring
Jüri Krjukov, Urmas Kibuspuu, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Robert Gutman, Jaanus Orgulas, Leida Aru, Emma Kollist, Margot Sepp
Runtime
85 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian, Estonian

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