16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Unfortunately the movie Smile at Last is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Leida Laius | Director |
| Writing | Silvia Rannamaa | Novel |
| Editing | Kersti Miilen | Editor |
| Art | Tõnu Virve | Production Design |
| Directing | Ly Pulk | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tõnis Lepik | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Kaljo Nikker | Gaffer |
| Camera | Arno Saar | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kadi Talpsepp | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Ants Tomband | Producer |
| Camera | Arvo Iho | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lepo Sumera | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aita Levoll | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tõnu Virve | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helle Janson | Costume Design |
| Sound | Enn Säde | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Olga Alp | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Arvo Iho | Co-Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Reet Peramets | Costumer |
| Art | Maie Kell | Property Master |
| Sound | Alla Meitšik | Foley |
| Sound | Irina Kislova | Foley |
| Writing | Marina Sheptunova | Screenplay |
| Editing | Anne Saul | Colorist |
| Writing | Lauri Kärk | Script Editor |
