A 57-year-old grandfather becomes Tallinn's most polite terrorist. Grandpa's having a DAY.
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestA major operation takes place to capture the "bomb man". According to the DNA found in the fertilizer bomb, the bomber is Armin, Jacob's friend and former combatant from whom he stole the fertilizer. The operation goes totally bad and only then does Mark realize that the real "bomber" is still at large and planning something terrible. The race begins with time to hit Jakob, and another bomb will soon explode.
The "Line of Fire" has an excitement and a family drama in which sharp contemporary themes and novel characters unfold. At the center of the series is 57-year-old Jakob Sommer, embodied by Marko Matvere, whose work and private life have run aground. Grandfather, who seems friendly and calm to bystanders, feels for a moment that the world around him has remained a stranger and decides to "fix" it with an explosive mission. A bomb guard holding the capital under his fear government is being chased by a young top security police investigator, played by Kaspar Velberg. In addition, Sten Karpov, Liis Lass, Saara Pius, Karin Tammaru and others are participating in the series. Top Estonian actors.
Acting
Marko Matvere's terrifying grandfatherly calm
Direction
Tallinn as suffocating character itself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Estonia's post-Soviet identity crisis simmers beneath every frame; Jakob's 'stranger in my own country' rhetoric echoes real Baltic anxieties about globalization and aging populations.
The series was partially funded by Estonia's 100th anniversary film initiative, making Jakob's generational rage accidentally patriotic in the most twisted way possible.
