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El Dorado (1971)

Original title: Eldoraado

Documentary Duration 21:20

Every generation and every individual has always had their personal land of promise, El Dorado, land of wishes coming true and of high hopes. When one struggles for survival, the results can sometimes be unpredictable; yet, there are places where people are given everything they have ever dreamed. Even the oil shale mining has seen adventurers, some have left, some have stayed to the end so that the word "miner" has meant everything for them. El Dorado is the land where one ceaselessly fights for their happiness and territory, from generation to generation.

Director: Ülo Tambek

Keywords: open-pit mining | mining landscape | mine workers | miner drilling oil shale | miners | amusement park | blasting | massage | dangerous work | oil shale mining | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Tallinnfilm
Color bw
Sound sound
Film Category Documentary
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Duration 21:20

Crew

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Director Ülo Tambek
Screenwriter Raimond Kaugver
Cinematographer Mati Kask
Composer Kuldar Sink
Editor Marju Juhkum
Content Editor Peep Puks
Managing Director Vello Samm

Festivals, awards, nominations

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  • Participation, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czechia), 2018, Programme: Baltic New Wave

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm