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Kogu öö käib sõda…

1972 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov
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Men in Soldier's Overcoats

Original title: Inimesed sõdurisinelis

1968 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Müür

The war drama directed by Jüri Müür is based on the novel "The Two Selves of Enn Kalm" by Paul Kuusberg. It is the first, and so far the only Estonian feature film depicting the Estonian Rifle Corps in the World War II, including the forming process of the corps in the Urals, its battles held at Velikiye Luki, on Emajõgi River and the night battle of Tehumardi on Saaremaa island. Considering the year of the film, it is not free from propaganda; however, for the first time bold and epic battle scenes together with the war chronicles are presented in this film. The soundtrack "Song About the Faraway Home" (music by Eino Tamberg, lyrics by Ralf Parve) is still a popular soldier song today.

After being mobilized to the Red Army and their hard experience in the battalions, Estonian soldiers are formed into the Estonian Rifle Corps. Many of them, including Enn Kalm, lack motivation to fight. On their long way back to homeland and during the battles at Velikiye Luki, the Estonian men will recover their strength and realize the idea of fighting. On the banks of Emajõgi River, Enn and his fellow soldiers have to face their compatriots who wear the enemy's uniform. What about the feelings and behaviour of the men who had to put on the soldier's overcoats due to ...
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Nõukogude Eesti

1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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We Were Eighteen

Original title: Me olime 18 aastased

1965 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

The political drama directed by Kaljo Kiisk about the events of 1940-1941 in Estonia as viewed through the choices of young high-school graduates.

After the Coup of June, the unanimous group of graduates of a small-town high school in Estonia fall into two groups opposed to each other. Due to political views, two young people in love - Elmar and Virve - will be separated. Elmar comes from a poor family and joins the Communists; Virve from the family of intellectuals wants to keep faith to her native land. However, they will experience that emotions and ideas are two separate things. Tough times require tough decisions.
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Ice Run

Original title: Jääminek

1962 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

The debut film by director Kaljo Kiisk is based on the short story "Ice Run" written by Aadu Hint in 1943 in Yaroslavl, Russia. The feature film depicts the tragic destinies of two fisherman families on a small Estonian island occupied by Germans during the World War II.

Two proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have always bore a grudge against each other. Their stubbornness and disobedience to German occupiers leads to dramatic events where staying alive is worse than death. Since it is impossible to escape public contempt, they have to decide how to redeem themselves.
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Õhtust hommikuni

1962 | Students film, Short | Director: Leida Laius
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Yachts at Sea

Original title: Jahid merel

1955 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mihhail Jegorov

The film, directed by Mikhail Yegorov who worked in several film studios in the Soviet Union, is about the uncovering the plot of a hostile foreign espionage in a small town by the sea where two rivaling yacht clubs operate.

Not only plenty of joy, energy and love can be found under white sails but also betrayal and intrigues. After the war, young yachtsmen from the coastal town deal with daily work, training and competitions without knowing about the downside. Suddenly, mysterious events start to happen, testing the vigilance, ideological and moral beliefs of the local people.
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"Kungla of Memories" - Friendship Camp of Estonian Girl Scouts

Title in Estonian: Eesti gaidide sõpruslaager "Mälestuste Kungla"

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:
Concert of the Estonian Young Men Christian Association's Choir in Stockholm

Original title: Eesti NMKÜ meeskoori kontsert Stockholmis

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Harald Perten

Performance of the Estonian Young Men's Christian Association Male Choir in Stockholm in 1949.

Estonian Young Men Christian Association's Male Choir performs the song "March of the Battleclub Men" by Finnish composer Toivo Kuula in the great hall of Stockholm Concert Hall. Conductor Eduard Tubin is in front of the choir. Filmed in February in 1949. The final scene has been recorded at the concert - two Estonian girls in national costumes giving flowers to the conductor.
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Drawing of the winnings of the second state loan for the restoration and development of the national economy of the USSR

Title in Estonian: NSV Liidu rahvamajanduse taastamise ja arendamise teise riigilaenu võitude loosimine Tallinnas

1949 | Documentary | Director:

Drawing of the winnings of the 2nd state loan in the National Opera Theatre in Tallinn on March 20, 1949.

Drawing of the winnings of the second state loan for the restoration and development of the national economy of the USSR that takes place in the National Opera Theatre in Tallinn on March 20, 1949. The drawing committee is led by Hendrik Allik, the deputy of the head of the Ministers' Council of Estonian SSR. The winning numbers are drawn by the children from the Tallinn Orphanage No. 5.
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