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  • Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
    Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter

    Original title: Arabella, mereröövli tütar

    1982 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Peeter Simm

    Full-length action film directed by Peeter Simm is based on the children's book "Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter" by Aino Pervik. The story is about the thin line between the good and the evil and about the fateful crossing of that line. räägib hea ja kurja vahelisest piirist, mille ületamine on saatuslik.

  • Hendrik Krumm ooperilaval
    Hendrik Krumm ooperilaval

    1981 | Musical film | Director: Arne Mikk

  • Muusikafilmrüütel
    Muusikafilmrüütel

    1980 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

  • The Master of Kõrboja
    The Master of Kõrboja

    Original title: Kõrboja peremees

    1979 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius

    The drama directed by Leida Laius is based on the novel "The Master of Kõrboja" by Anton Hansen Tammsaare, telling the multilayered story about a farm in need of a master and about hopeless love.

  • Colas Breugnon
    Colas Breugnon

    1974 | Musical film, TV feature, TV feature | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre, Irene Lään

  • Fragmendid D. Kabalevski ooperist "Colas Breugnon"
  • Kolme katku vahel
    Kolme katku vahel

    1970 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Virve Aruoja

  • Ice Run
    Ice Run

    Original title: Jääminek

    1962 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

    The debut film by director Kaljo Kiisk is based on the short story "Ice Run" written by Aadu Hint in 1943 in Yaroslavl, Russia. The feature film depicts the tragic destinies of two fisherman families on a small Estonian island occupied by Germans during the World War II.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1960 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Valeria Anderson

  • The Waves of Passion
    The Waves of Passion

    Original title: Kire lained

    1930 | Full length feature, Feature film | 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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