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Silvi Vrait

1989 | Musical film | Director: Toomas Lepp
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Celebrating Mothers' Day in Estonian Congregation in Uppsala in 1988

Title in Estonian: Emadepäeva pühitsemine Uppsala Eesti koguduses 1988

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Celebration of the Mothers' Day at the St. Michael's Church, Uppsala on May 8, 1988. Performance by clarinetist Ilmar Olesk. Speech in the congregation house by Virve Aruoja.

Celebration of the Mothers' Day at the St. Michael's Church, Uppsala on May 8, 1988. Performance by clarinetist Ilmar Olesk. Speech in the congregation house by Virve Aruoja. Film director Virve Aruoja lives in Sweden and recalls that there was no such day as Mothers' Day in the calendar during the Soviet era.
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Kalju Lepik Reads Poetry in the Island of Väddö in 1988

Title in Estonian: Kalju Lepik loeb luulet Väddö saarel 1988

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Poet Kalju Lepik reads his poetry in a summer cottage in the island of Väddö, Havsskogen on July 2, 1988.

Poet Kalju Lepik reads his poetry in a summer cottage in the island of Väddo, Havsskogen on July 2, 1988. While browsing through a thick collection of poetry, Lepik recites a selection of poems with a solemn and tragic tone. The main themes in these poems are the destiny of an Estonian man, being without a homeland, the simultaneous fugacity and eternity of life.
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Raimond and Aave Kaugver in Askvägen, 1988

Title in Estonian: Raimond ja Aave Kaugver Askvägenil 1988

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Writer Raimond Kaugver and his wife Aave reading their poems in Askvägen, Uppsala on June 18, 1988.

Writer Raimond Kaugver is reciting poems from the collection "Rhymes of Vorkuta" that has been published under the pseudonym Annus Rävälä, including the writings by Helmumt Tarandi and Raimond Kaugver. Raimond Kaugver's wife Aave Kaugver recalling her childhood as Julius Oengo's daughter – writing poems in their childhood home was as natural as eating and sleeping. She is emotionally reciting poems that she has never published.
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Üks pilk Betti Alverile

1988 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Kepp
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Kauge ja lähedane

1987 | Musical film | Director: Jüri Tallinn
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Niguliste

1987 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Vallo Kepp
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Muusikafilmt ooperist "Alcina"

1986 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Jüri Tallinn
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Tuglas 100

1986 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Norma Jõekalda
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Alvi and Aino's Wedding

Original title: Alvi ja Aino pulmad

1985 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Aino and Alvi's wedding party. Young Estonians sing to the bride and groom.

Aino and Alvi are already an elderly couple. There are lots of wedding guests who are sitting behind tables in small groups. The guests are singing "Long live!" to the bride and groom, then clinking their glasses together. As it is also the bride's birthday, she is being greeted with a song. Younger Estonians sing three songs connected to Estonia. The performance is so beautiful and touching that it brings tears into eyes to some of the people in the crowd. Close-up of the people's faces, including the ones of linguist Eduard Vääri's sister and mother. Guests are in a ...
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