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Herring Fishery

Original title: Heeringapüük

1968 | Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Toivo Kuzmin

Soviet Estonian fishing trawler fishing herring out in the North Sea.

Documentary about the herring fishery by the trawler "Ocean" of the Soviet Estonian fishery industry in the North Sea. The film gives an overview about the whole fishing process - including mapping the herring school and unloading the catch to the freezer vessel.
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Suveniir Eestist

1967 | Documentary | Director: Vitali Gorbunov
Anton Starkopf 1966

Original title: Anton Starkopf 1966

1966 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Reet Kasesalu

Sculptor Anton Starkopf in his studio during the last year of his life.

Sculptor Anton Starkopf (1889 – 1966) in his studio during the last year of his life. FIlmmakers have followed the contemplating and still creative grand master in the middle of his artwork. Text by Ott Kangilaski serves as Starkopf's inner monologue, conversation with himself about the essence of his artwork and its mental and material substance. The materials are given life by the artist - clay, stone, wood - says Starkopf with the help of Kangilaski. The grand old master never saw the documentary himself. Starkopf died in this studio on December 30, 1966. He was buried in his home ...
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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.

Martin Puri is an elderly fisherman who is told to retire because of his old age by their chief fisherman August on a beautiful fishing day. Every now and then, Martin's fellow fishermen have saved him from hard work; however, every generation of the fishing people of the village has always known that they cannot be forced to be separated from the sea. At sea, one has to possess more than physical strength. When a group of people has to be saved from a boat in an autumn storm, Martin understands that one cannot act against the sea but together ...
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Peegliahv

1966 | TV feature, TV Short | Director: Virve Aruoja
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Viiuli ja relvaga

1966 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vladimir Parvel
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Black and white

Title in Estonian: Must ja valge

1965 | Documentary | Director: Reet Kasesalu

Documentary about Estonian graphic artists.

Documentary about the artwork of Estonian graphic artists. The film introduces artwork by most influential artists: Kristjan Raud, Eduard Viiralt, Aino Bach, Günther-Friedrich Reindorff, Olev Soans, Alex Kütt, Evald Okas, Viive Tolli, Peeter Ulas, Herald Eelma, Evi Tihemets, Heldur Laretei. Artists in their studios and outdoors in nature, moments with their artwork.
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Eduard Vilde

1965 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vladimir Parvel

Portrait documentary about writer Eduard Vilde.

The year of 1965 was the 100th birth anniversary of Eduard Vilde (1865-1933) one of the most well-known writers in Estonia. Portrait documentary about Vilde attempts to give an overview of about the writer's life and work while focusing on the period of critical realism in Vilde's work and disregarding his work in diplomatic service.
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Estonian oil shale

Original title: Eesti põlevkivi

1965 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Mandrõkin

Documentary about oil shale production and use in the Soviet Estonia.

Educational documentary has been commissioned by the Ministry of Education of Estonian SSR about the formation, production and use of oil shale.
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For Improved Milk Production

Title in Estonian: Kõrge piimatoodangu eest

1965 | Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Vitali Gorbunov

Documentary about the successful experience in the field of storing forage and cattle breeding in Tartu sovkhoz.

Spring landscape, using the shale oil ash for whitewashing fields. Tending calves in Tartu sovkhoz, the veterinarian is checking farm animals. Herding cows with electric shepherds, haymaking in the sovkhoz. Harvesting vetch, rape and other crops; making ensilage; harvesting swede with machines. Milking cows, defining the percent of fat in milk in the laboratory.
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