Portrait documentary by Julia and Jüri Sillart about Enn Vetemaa - a writer, translator and composer; always an elegant man with a brilliant mentality.
Documentary film tells a story of legendary Soviet time clown Sergey Fatkin. Due to popularity he was allowed to pass iron curtain and visit 35 countries in times when many Soviets didn’t see any foreign country ever. At Paris nightclub Olympia Fatkin performed together with Jaques Brel. Later on Sergei Fatkin made a fatal mistake smuggling Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago into the country. Officially banned book was hand copied and passed around. KGB soon traced down Sergei Fatkin and the legendary clown was arrested, liberated from his titles, awards and private possessions. Ironically – the man who had passed around a book about Soviet prisons was imprisoned for years. Nowadays Sergei Fatkin, free again, is still working modestly as a clown, performing at kindergartens mostly.
Anecdotal story about a known intellectual who unexpectedly is given a new identity and during one night he will find out that he might actually need it in the future.
Ken Saar holds a casting call in order to find main stars for a non-existent Bollywood film, befooling the jury and the participants.
People dedicated to their pedigree dogs spend time, energy and money in order their pets would be among the best ones and receive precious medals at the dog shows.
This is a fairytale for children where they are valued the real and imaginary values of people.
Four short tales with regular nails as main charracters. Several human strains get ridiuled through the relations between nails.
The musical comedy directed by Viktor Nevezhin about a variety band facing problems with its repertoire and singers. Starring Georg Ots.
The musical comedy directed by Viktor Nevezhin about a variety band facing problems with its repertoire and singers. Starring Georg Ots.
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