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Based on a novel by famed Soviet authors\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eArkady and Boris Strugatsky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(STALKER, HARD TO BE A GOD), the hall-of-mirrors plot follows Glebsky as he’s trapped by avalanche in the ski lodge with a rogues’ gallery of weird suspects:\u0026nbsp; tubercular gangster Hinckus (\u003cstrong\u003eMikk Mikiver\u003c\/strong\u003e), creepy hotel owner Snewahr (\u003cstrong\u003eJüri Järvet\u003c\/strong\u003e, KING LEAR), a wall-climbing physicist (\u003cstrong\u003eLembit Peterson\u003c\/strong\u003e), a louche, wig-wearing beauty out of a Bryan Ferry song (\u003cstrong\u003eIrena Kriauzaite\u003c\/strong\u003e) – oh, and the Dead Mountaineer’s faithful St. Bernard.\u0026nbsp; The interior of the hotel (brilliantly art directed by Tõnu Virve and Priit Vaher, and photographed by Jüri Sillart) is straight out of a Dario Argento or Sergio Martino thriller:\u0026nbsp; all chrome-and-marble with Space Age modern designs, drenched in champagne and feather boas.\u0026nbsp; 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