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Interview with Helmut Maandi on May 16, 1983

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu Helmut Maandiga 16.05.1983

1983 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Interview with politician Helmut Maandi in his home in Högdalen, Stockholm on May 16, 1983.

Enn Nõu interviews Helmut Maandi, the State Secretary during the constitutional government formed by Otto Tief in 1944, in his home in Högdalen, Stockholm on May 16, 1983. They discuss important subjects: the activity of the National Committee of the Republic of Estonia in 1944, arrestments of the security police, the members of the committee going underground, forming the government under the guidance of Otto Tief in September 1944 and the further destiny of the members of the goverment, activities of the politicians who fleed to the West. Helmut Maandi reads out the text from the leaflets of the National ...
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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Part I and II

Original title: Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile, I ja II jagu

1975 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Grigori Kromanov

Political adventure film directed by Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" by Julian Semyonov. The film, based on true historical events, partly on real people and facts, became a cult film in Russia. Among others, the following Russian top actors play in the film: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Margarita Terekhova, Nikolay Volkov and Vladimir Ivashov. Also, several famous Estonian actors perform in the film.

It is the year of 1921. After the Civil War, the Soviet Russia suffers starvation and chaos. The only way to get food grain is to sell distrained gold and diamonds guarded by the state repository. European jewelry exchange boycotts all transactions with Russia. Nevertheless, valuables originating from repositories in London and Paris will appear that seem to be mysteriously smuggled in. intelligence officer Maksim Issayev starts investigating the case in Estonia. In Tallinn, Issayev tracks the network of Russian expatriates and the members of White Army who still aim at fighting back the Bolsheviks. Next to the subject of ...
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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Part I and II

Original title: Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile, I ja II jagu

1975 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Grigori Kromanov

Political adventure film directed by Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" by Julian Semyonov. The film, based on true historical events, partly on real people and facts, became a cult film in Russia. Among others, the following Russian top actors play in the film: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Margarita Terekhova, Nikolay Volkov and Vladimir Ivashov. Also, several famous Estonian actors perform in the film.

It is the year of 1921. After the Civil War, the Soviet Russia suffers starvation and chaos. The only way to get food grain is to sell distrained gold and diamonds guarded by the state repository. European jewelry exchange boycotts all transactions with Russia. Nevertheless, valuables originating from repositories in London and Paris will appear that seem to be mysteriously smuggled in. intelligence officer Maksim Issayev starts investigating the case in Estonia. In Tallinn, Issayev tracks the network of Russian expatriates and the members of White Army who still aim at fighting back the Bolsheviks. Next to the subject of ...
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From the Coast of Estonia to the Coast of Sweden

Title in Estonian: Eesti rannast Rootsi randa

1945 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Expatriate Swedes leave Estonia in August 1944. Life of Estonians in Mölle Refugee Centre, Sweden in 1945.

Departure of the expatriate Swedes and Estonians from Estonia to Sweden in 1944 (recorded during August 27-28, 1944). Life of Estonian people in Mölle Refugee Centre in Sweden (filmed in 1945). Loading packages on the truck. Truck ride to the harbour of Haapsalu. People waiting for boarding in the harbour. People are eating. Schooner "Juhan" by the pier. Security police is giving out departure permissions, the cameraman focuses on Ludwig Lienhard. Horse carts loaded with suitcases by the pier. Mother is breastfeeding her baby. Checking the lists. The camera is on Harald Perten. Estonian Red Cross car in the harbour. ...
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Interview with Helmut Maandi on May 16, 1983

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Part I and II

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Part I and II

From the Coast of Estonia to the Coast of Sweden