Kalev

I repeat, otherwise we enter ourselves!

If you want to avoid confrontation, open the doors and let people in.

I urge you once again!

Don't give in to any argument and let's raise our own flag!

We are here, on Freedom Square,

to say once again that Estonia cannot be divided,

it belongs to us and to all who want freedom...

Hello! May I?

Yes! - Hello.

They write such bullshit!

So where the hell should you play, the European League?

They won't let anyone out of the USSR! - Let it be.

Someone woke up! - Such a hero of the hour!

Congressmen should declare a republic once and for all!

Our boys are in top form right now.

We may have to wait another ten years for freedom.

What did Soonik say?

Let's talk later.

So what are we going to do? - I don't know...

But... your aunt's flat?

It's just a one-room dump, I don't want that...

Please talk to her!

I'm too tired for that today.

You know, I have training tomorrow...

Whenever there's something unpleasant, you have training.

That's not true.

Whenever there's anything at all, I have training.

All right, I'll talk to her.

Estonia, Estonia...

That's it then!

Hello! Gert? - Yes.

Riho. Hello!

Put your things away and then straight to the track.

Is there another training starting here?

No, he's one of us. - On a bike?

New guy, his first day.

How will he get home?

How naive...

Last season isn't over yet and we have to train for the next one!

What for? - We played in America, didn't we?

Yes, but... - You got out!

And what was the use? Agents look at us, make offers,

but a Soviet athlete will never get out of this dump.

We sell foreign cigarettes we brought with us to make any money at all.

Why does the season have to start with your crap?

What crap?

Hello! Gert.

Are you on the team or just practicing with us?

Just practicing for now.

Hi! - How's the form?

Couldn't be better. - Hey!

Did you see who Soonik is with?

Pranas is going to coach us.

Hey!

Hello!

We got the test results.

Shit!

And what do we see?

Your average oxygen consumption

is the same as the flower sellers on Viru Street.

Not bad, as they say.

Why do our damn trainings have to start so early?

Remember our last game against CSKA? And Spartak?

Embarrassing. You were like kids among men.

Okay, nature hasn't blessed us with height,

but our dwarfs should at least be physically fit.

That's why Pranas is here.

Ready?

In one month you'll be the toughest bunch in the Soviet Union.

Since Comrade Saksakulm can't keep his commitments,

everyone gets a double dessert at the end of training.

Ready?

Riho! Did you get the flat?

No, I didn't. You know how things are.

We can't even get toilet paper!

Give it to me!

Say start. - Start!

Back here!

What do you make of Kullamäe?

Depends on what's in him.

Latvia and Lithuania have already declared independence...

Shit!

...strong steps to leave the Soviet Union.

Many athletes and cyclists

have already given up representing the Soviet Union team.

Mister Salumets!

I had to chase you around the world!

Still don't want to give us your answer?

For 30 years Estonian coaches have been taught

how and what to do and where to compete.

And now some smartasses appear who say we shouldn't compete at all.

But think about it - what competition is this?

We're so close to becoming a free country.

Blue-black-white is our flag again since May.

You want to compete under the red flag? - No, we don't!

Kalev is the Estonian national team, do you understand?

It's my team.

I strongly recommend not to participate!

...seven...

...eight, nine...

Incoming! Go up, jump!

Pehka, dammit!

You play like an A-student in the front row, ready to answer.

Surprise your opponent, enjoy the game, dammit!

It's impossible to enjoy this shouting!

Let's go, the blue ones attack. - Cross!

Metstak! Dammit, it's practice!

Call Jalak, let him fix the boy.

That's enough for today!

Don't you want to go home?

We did it for the coach, now it's for me.

Throwing is just the art of thinking right.

Tammiste taught me that every throw is like a girlfriend.

She wants you to think only of her.

You hold her hand and send her all the way home.

And in return, her stockings sizzle.

Oh, we have a real Casanova here!

Gert!

Gert!

I'll keep it short!

As you know, we sent Reigam home.

I offer you his place in the main team.

Thank you! - You know what that means?

With those men.

Come here.

This is 1/6 of the planet.

We are here. - Soonik here!

And this is the biggest championship in the world.

Jaak!

What the hell!

Salumets.

Yes.

Why?

I see.

Five years ago, Kalev was in the mud league.

We had no support, we had nothing.

Now nobody in Estonia wants us to participate.

We're being threatened. We're called communist collaborators.

Formally, we separated from Russia.

But the nationalists think that if we participate,

it will look like we're still part of the USSR.

For example, Lithuania does not participate.

What will the Latvians do?

No idea, they're still thinking.

And if we don't play, we don't get paid?

I'm a basketball player, that's my job.

We're not diplomats, I couldn't care less about politics.

Tell that to the reporters, they'll crucify you.

We've been training for the championship all this time.

So what do you say?

Do we participate or not?

Gert?

You just made the team, what do you say?

Do we participate or go our separate ways?

Of course we participate.

And let the communists continue to occupy the Baltic states?

We are not a tank unit, we play basketball.

So that's that then?

Okay!

Tomorrow you will move here to Pirita.

Forget your personal life! See you then!

Again?

For how long?

Two-three weeks. I have no idea.

We have to train.

I don't understand - you all live in Tallinn?

Yes, but Salumets wants to know how much we eat,

how long we sleep and with whom.

But why does he have to lock you up? You all have families!

You know very well, when we're training,

we can't even have our own thoughts.

We have to build team spirit.

There are all kinds of people in this building.

Wrestlers, swimmers, athletes. Whoever.

Of course, nightlife cannot interfere with training.

So it must be under strict control.

Remember, you're on the top team now.

The salary is what it is.

Those who play get a hefty bonus.

But only if we win.

Hello! - Hi!

This is your bed.

Here are our combinations.

Outbound balls from the endline and sideline, systems of combinations.

Fifty years of wisdom from our ancestors.

Cherish it like your mother's heart.

Memorize it.

You need to lower it gently, but lift it with energy.

For Sabonis, it's like lifting a matchstick.

Hey, why don't we add ten more on each side?

Can you lift more?

You can't?

But we had to carry stuff out with the guys?

I managed it, it took a little longer but...

I even went looking for a fridge today.

I was going to get everything we need in the kitchen.

You can help with more important things at home.

We're off then. - Yes.

See you. - Good bye!

I'll check if the baby is still sleeping.