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The Bird Watcher

Original title: Vaatleja

1987 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Iho

The first feature film directed by Arvo Iho analyzes the relationships between women, men and nature in the spirit of antique Greek tragedy.

Estonian student Peeter meets Aleksandra in the wildlife area for birds in Far North where the landscape is beautiful and harsh. Aleksandra has not been treated well by life and she has given up hope to be happy; she just tries to survive. Peeter's pure and passionate love towards nature won't leave much space for Aleksandra's compromises. There is just one option left - to be together. And neither of them has a clue that their relationship will bring together their destinies.
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Interview with Mihkel Martsoo in Askvägen on November 23, 1985, 1/2

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu Mihkel Martsooga Askvägenil 23.11.1985, 1/2

1985 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Enn Nõu's interview with Major Mihkel Martsoo in Uppsala, November 1985. They talk about the War of Independence, Republic of Estonia, World War II, The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the Forest Brothers and prison camps in Siberia.

Enn Nõu interviews Mihkel Martsoo in his home in Uppsala in November 1985. The old man recalls his studies in Pärnu Upper Secondary School for Boys, teachers, schoolmates and his activities during the publication of the Estonian Declaration of Independence (also known as the Manifesto to the Peoples of Estonia). The beginning of the War of Independence takes the 16-year-old young man with his schoolmates to the war. When back in Pärnu, he joins the defence battalion and then to the military school that was founded on April 22, 1919. Martsoo recalls the officers of the military school and the ...
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Püha Susanna ehk Meistrite kool

1983 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Ago-Endrik Kerge
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Sergei Soldatov in "Eesti Kodu" in Uppsala on November 13, 1981

Title in Estonian: Sergei Soldatov Uppsala Eesti Kodus 13.11.1981

1981 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Freedom fighter Sergei Soldatov talks about his past, actions against the Soviet power, imprisonment, co-fighters and the situation in the Soviet Estonia in "Eesti Kodu" in Uppsala on November 13, 1981.

Freedom fighter Sergei Soldatov recalls of the times of war, entrance of the Russian forces into Estonia, deportation, the Forest Brothers in "Eesti Kodu" in Uppsala on November 13, 1981. Fortunately, illegal extraction of mineral resources and logging was prevented due to mental resistance. He also recalls of the times when the resistance fight began in 1966 and the political activities during these years, including the establishment of Estonian Democratic Movement and People's Front in Estonia. Underground magazines "Estonian Democrat" and "The National Voice of Estonia" were published; two memoranda were sent to the United Nations. As a result of ...
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Üleliiduline mälestusvalve Tallinnas

1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Leo Ilves
Woman Heating the Sauna

Original title: Naine kütab sauna

1978 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Kruusement

The monodrama directed by Arvo Kruusement is based on the novel "Winter Holiday" by Villem Gross. The film tells the story of Anu Soldam, a working class woman, during a few winter days while she is being told by her boss to go to the countryside to heat the sauna for foreign guests.

On a snowy winter day Anu Soldam comes from town to the summerhouse belonging to the company she works for in order to clean up the place and heat the sauna for bosses and foreign guests. Instead of having a few days winter holiday, Anu will face the biggest challenge of her life. The farmhouse in the neighbourhood was once the home for a happy family - Anu, her husband Tõnis and their little daughter. Now that Anu and Tõnis are divorced, they will meet again at the funeral of Aita, the old woman who had lived in the same ...
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Igavesti Teie

1976 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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25 aastat Eesti esimest, Viktor Kingissepa nimelist kolhoosi

1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt
Little Requiem for Harmonica

Original title: Väike reekviem suupillile

1972 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veljo Käsper

The film directed by Veljo Käsper is based on the short story "Little Requiem for Harmonica" by Enn Vetemaa, telling the story about understanding between different generations.

Jaan and Heiki are two students crossing the river of time in 1972. On the other side of that river is the occupied Estonia in the autumn of 1944. The film is about the painful collision between two eras and two mentalities. The young men have to make difficult decisions in order to stay alive. The film conveys the message that is against war, Fascism, Bourgeois nationalism, and abstract humanism; it supports the idea of understanding between generations and the unity of ideals and objectives.
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Agu Sihvka annab aru

1970 | TV feature, TV Short | Director: Elvi Koppel
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