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The Fencer
Vehkleja
In the early 1950s, a young Estonian fencer on the run from the Soviet secret police takes refuge as a small-town schoolteacher and starts a children's fencing club — but his past threatens the pupils who have come to love him. A tender, Oscar-nominated drama.
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genre
- Drama · History
- Mood
- thoughtful
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- shorter watch