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Naksitrallid -1

1984 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik
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The Feast of St John

Original title: Jaanipäev

1978 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt
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511 Best Photographs of Mars

Original title: 511 paremat fotot Marsist

1968 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Andres Sööt

Andres Sööt, a legendary documentary filmmaker in Estonia, records the environments and people in Tallinn cafes with his candid camera in late 1960s.

The film introduces a selection of various guest types in cafes and night clubs in late 1960s when old ladies still had some bourgeois manners from the first republic of Estonia and the youngsters of the Soviet regime were not served in a restaurant if they had no proper clothing. The guests of Tallinn's legendary cafes "Pearl" and "Moscow" were filmed in their own time. The uniqueness of the film is expressed through a strangely independent soundtrack that observes everyday bustle from the heights of melancholy poetry and remote uranography. Artur Alliksaar's poetry is read by Aarne Üksküla.
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One Summer's Watercolors

Original title: Ühe suve akvarellid

1966 | TV feature | Director: Virve Aruoja
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The Girl in Black

Original title: Tütarlaps mustas

1966 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veljo Käsper

The drama directed by Veljo Käsper is based on the short story "The Girl in Black" by Lilli Promet. The visually enjoyable lyrical love story depicts human solitude and the way people relate themselves to religion. Starring Lithuanian film star Juozas Budraitis.

Young Saale, the girl in black with her small suitcase, comes to live with her aunt in a fishermen's village. Her only precious thing is a glass ball that is a memory of her mother whose death has left Saale alone in the world. She has been repelled and humiliated, so she is not expecting anything good to come from people. For her surprise, young fisherman Tanel is ready to walk with her by the sea even if they won't speak a word. He doesn't think Saale is strange and he won't ridicule her for her religious views. Slowly, Saale ...
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What Happened To Andres Lapeteus

Original title: Mis juhtus Andres Lapeteusega?

1966 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Grigori Kromanov

The first feature film directed independently by Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "The Case of Andres Lapeteus" by Paul Kuusberg. According to the director, the film is telling about human responsibility, conscience and staying who you are even in most complicated conditions.

After a long night with his old fellow fighters, Andres Lapeteus regains consciousness in the hospital. How has confusion, bewilderment and alienation developed between those men who once fought together side by side? Is this the inevitable result of the Stalinist regime, the influence of his parvenue wife, or the effect of his personal cowardliness and conformism? How did it really happen what happened to Andres Lapeteus?
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