Marko Leht

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.

人間社会から孤立した女性のみの一族のプリンセスとして生まれたワンダーウーマンは、自分が育ってきた世界以外の環境を知らず、さらに男性を見たこともなかった。ある日、彼女は浜辺に不時着したパイロットと遭遇。彼を救出したことをきっかけに、ワンダーウーマンは身分を隠して人間社会で生活していくことにする。

1939年、独ソ不可侵条約が両国の間で結ばれて間もなく、ドイツがポーランドに侵攻して第2次世界大戦が勃発。ソ連も東欧に侵攻し、翌1940年、エストニア等のバルト3国を併合するが、1941年、ドイツは不可侵条約を破ってソ連との戦いに踏み切り、独ソ戦が始まることに。1944年、ともにエストニア人の2人の若者のうち、カールはソ連の赤軍、そしてユーリはドイツ軍の一員として、戦場で向き合う運命と相成る。

The main character, Helmi, is born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the course of a century - a life that has quite a lot of surprises in store for Helmi. In this house she finds happiness and suffering, passion and disappointment. She grows up alongside young Erik and waits for her big love to blossom. But one floor down lives projectionist Julius - a man who is far from indifferent when it comes to Helmi. All of the biggest historical events of the century leave their mark on the house. Its hardwood floors have born soldiers' gruff boots and gentleman's shiny oxfords. Its walls have held the fates of people from far and near, foreigners and locals. Helmi's home becomes a German salon, a revolution museum, and a working class commune. And as freedom comes, real estate crooks start sniffing ...

During an election campaign, a large sum of money goes missing at an Estonian politician's home party. The story involves some party guests who have serious money problems and are trying to come to terms with past mistakes. However, the self-confident politician strangely does not turn to the police, but begins to demand his justice by force.

A man wakes up on the tram without remembering previous events or how he got there. But memory wants to see patterns. It is an abstract state of affairs in which a man without a past and a future tries to solve the mystery that the present plays for him.