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An Invitation to the Eternal City

Original title: Kutse igavesse linna

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.

Einar Laigna (1937) is a multifaceted man with an aristocratic attitude. He can be called a philosopher, a cultural historian, a theologian, a military historian, a soldier and a blacksmith. Laigna sincerely talks about himself and his development as a personality. His comprehensive monologue expresses self-confidence and total self-assurance. As the chief inspector of Estonian defence army, Laigna positions himself between the attitudes of a soldier, a priest, a philosopher, a wizard, a king and an artisan while defining the world and himself.
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Yellow House

2000 | Musical film, Dance | Director: Manfred Vainokivi, Marju Lepp
Külma kõhuga…kuid roheline

1992 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Hillar Mets
About the Lives of Lions in Estonia

Title in Estonian: Lõvide elust Eestis

1986 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

Documentary directed by Heini Drui and Paavo Kivine about the football team "Tallinna Lõvid" ("Lions of Tallinn") and about the attempts to shoot for the championship.

The idea to restore the former reputation behing Estonian football came as a response to the public opinion of a well-known athlete that Estonian boys are not talented enough to play football and they have no necessary prerequisites in this field. Boys from elementary school made the youth team called "The Lions" and coach Roman Ubakivi started to work with them in 1978 in order to prepare them for creating a national football team.
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Tõnise ja mäe vahel

1986 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Toomas Lepp
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Eesti NSV Koolinoorte V laulu- ja tantsupidu

1982 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Leo Ilves
Eesti Õpilasmaleva Emmaste rühm

1982 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Mart Taevere
Eesti NSV esivõistlused mootorsaanisõidus

1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Mihhail Dorovatovski
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Võimlejad

1980 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
Kodulinn

1979 | Documentary | Director: Tiina Mägi
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