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  • All Musicians Are Bastards
    All Musicians Are Bastards

    Original title: Kõik muusikud on kaabakad

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature, Students film | Director: Heleri Saarik

    The full-length feature is the debut film directed by Heleri Saarik. The film is a visual love-letter to music, an impressionistic drama about the deams of young generations. Besides the bitter love story, the film expresses protesting against the confusion both in society and in the protagonists of the film.

  • Musta katuse all
    Musta katuse all

    1982 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Ago-Endrik Kerge

  • Don Juan in Tallinn
    Don Juan in Tallinn

    Original title: Don Juan Tallinnas

    1971 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Kruusement

    Musical comedy directed by Arvo Kruusement is based on the play "In Sevilla or Don Juan" by Samuil Aljoschin. The classical story has been given a colourful interpretation through the pop music of 1960s and 1970s, fashion, and the architecture of the old town of Tallinn. The film includes lots of singing, dancing and fashion show. Its medieval milieu is mixed with the everyday items of the 20th century.

  • Men in Soldier's Overcoats
    Men in Soldier's Overcoats

    Original title: Inimesed sõdurisinelis

    1968 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Müür

    The war drama directed by Jüri Müür is based on the novel "The Two Selves of Enn Kalm" by Paul Kuusberg. It is the first, and so far the only Estonian feature film depicting the Estonian Rifle Corps in the World War II, including the forming process of the corps in the Urals, its battles held at Velikiye Luki, on Emajõgi River and the night battle of Tehumardi on Saaremaa island. Considering the year of the film, it is not free from propaganda; however, for the first time bold and epic battle scenes together with the war chronicles are presented in this film. The soundtrack "Song About the Faraway Home" (music by Eino Tamberg, lyrics by Ralf Parve) is still a popular soldier song today.

  • The Good Soldier Joosep Toots
    The Good Soldier Joosep Toots

    Original title: Vahva sõdur Joosep Toots

    1930 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Theodor Luts, Arnold Vaino

    The silent film directed by Theodor Luts is a comedy about the funny episodes in the life of a simple farm boy Joosep Toots, interwoven by numerous documentary scenes of Estonian defence forces.

  • The Waves of Passion
    The Waves of Passion

    Original title: Kire lained

    1930 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Vladimir Gaidarov

    The film directed by Vladimir Gaidarov is the first German-Estonian co-production, telling about the adventurous life of alcohol smugglers. Estonian actor Ants Eskola, ballet dancer Robert Rood and people of the local coast can be seen in the roles of sailors.

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