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Filming "Milkman of Mäeküla" (1964)

Original title: "Mäeküla piimamehe" võtetel

Newsreel "Soviet Estonia" No. 36 (785), November 1964

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Plot summary

On the set of filming the new feature film "Milkman of Mäeküla", produced by Tallinnfilm film studios.

Making of the feature film based on Eduard Vilde's novel "Milkman of Mäeküla". Filming the city market of the Russian Empire era, located on the Raekoja Square, Tallinn. Shop labels in Russian, peasant women wearing large scarves and sitting in horse-drawn carriages, horses peacefully eating hay – all this creates the appropriate atmosphere for the feature film. Make-up is being applied to actor Jüri Järvet. Film director Leida Laius and cameraman Mikhail Dorovatovski on the set. Jüri Järvet as the milkman offering his products at the market. 

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