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  • Mina ise
    Mina ise

    1969 | Documentary | Director: Virve Koppel

  • Letters from the Island of the Insane
    Letters from the Island of the Insane

    Original title: Kirjad Sõgedate külast

    1966 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Müür

    The epistolary drama directed by Jüri Müür is based on the collection of short stories "Letters from the Island of the Insane" by Juhan Smuul and tells about the life and human relationships in a fishermen's village.

  • One Summer's Watercolors
    One Summer's Watercolors

    Original title: Ühe suve akvarellid

    1966 | TV feature | Director: Virve Aruoja

  • The Girl in Black
    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.

  • Black and white
    Black and white

    Title in Estonian: Must ja valge

    1965 | Documentary | Director: Reet Kasesalu

    Documentary about Estonian graphic artists.

  • Seal, kus elas Hemingway
    Seal, kus elas Hemingway

    Original title: Там, где жил Хемингуэй

    1964 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1959 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • Uninvited Guests
    Uninvited Guests

    Original title: Kutsumata külalised

    1959 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Igor Jeltsov

    The propagandistic thriller is based on true events, telling about Estonian expatriates hired by the Western Secret Service and sent back to the Soviet Estonia in 1950s in order to carry out diversionary activities.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1957 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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