Hello! I am researching Estonia for a school project. I found this movie and thought it would be great to display, however I am having a heck of a time trying to find a place where I could rent/buy a DVD of it that would work on a USA DVD player. Any ideas?
If there are any Estonians/Estonia experts out there, what other movies would you suggest I look out for?
Thanks!
I think you wil have a very hard time finding estonian films. They hardly ever make some in here, and they are not very good
shareI bought a region 2 release from a eastern european seller on ebay.
For around $ 27.00 incl. shipping.
A very good investment as it turned out.
There is another great movie in production, called RIGAS SARGIS.
It also covers the same period: 1918-1921
I know your school project has long passed, but nevertheless...
Most Estonian films are usually made for PAL and not NTSC (the North American TV standard). If there's an Estonian film DVD produced for NTSC, then it's officially distributed either in the U.S. or Canada or both.
You could use a region free stand-alone DVD player that supports PAL (I hope the technology is there for PAL-to-NTSC conversion), or watch an other-region DVD from the computer, if that machine's DVD player region isn't hard-wired yet.
If you have a laptop and its DVD player region is already hard-wired, you could get an external optical device for your laptop for non-Region 1 or just Region 2 DVD's (some European DVD's are region-less or support more than one region, depending on the market. Estonian ones are usually Region 2 and Region 5). If you're buying used, see if it plays Region 2 DVD's and it's easier when you're buying new.
If you have an extendable desktop or (mini)tower, you could buy a new internal optical device (with more features) to complement your current optical device.