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  • Cabbage Head
    Cabbage Head

    Original title: Kapsapea

    1993 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

    It is a parody of a classical action film. The sequense of events is launched by a huge cabbage head growing on a plot land that belongs to a poor peasant estonian woman.

  • Teardrop of Evil
    Teardrop of Evil

    Original title: Saatana pisar

    1993 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marek Piestrak

    The feature film is an Estonian-Polish co-production directed by Polish filmmaker Marek Piestrak. It tells about the struggle against an evil conspiracy in Estonia in August 1939.

  • Naksitrallid
    Naksitrallid

    1990 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik

  • In One Hundred Years in May
    In One Hundred Years in May

    Original title: Saja aasta pärast mais

    1986 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

    The historical-psychological drama directed by Kaljo Kiisk tells about the four last days of Viktor Kingissepp, a professional revolutionary and a communist, in May 1922.

  • Kaks paari ja üksindus
    Kaks paari ja üksindus

    1984 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Tõnis Kask

  • Suletud ring
    Suletud ring

    1983 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Peeter Urbla

  • Trammivasikas
    Trammivasikas

    1983 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Kaarel Kurismaa

  • Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
    Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter

    Original title: Arabella, mereröövli tütar

    1982 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

    Full-length action film directed by Peeter Simm is based on the children's book "Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter" by Aino Pervik. The story is about the thin line between the good and the evil and about the fateful crossing of that line. räägib hea ja kurja vahelisest piirist, mille ületamine on saatuslik.

  • Bumpy
    Bumpy

    Original title: Nukitsamees

    1981 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Helle Murdmaa

    The debut feature film directed by Helle Murdmaa is based on the children's story "Bumpy" by Oskar Luts. It is a musical fairy tale about the good and the evil, represented by sister and brother, Iti and Kusti, and by the family of forest ogres. The songs written by Olav Ehala for the film have become nationally known and beloved while being chosen also to the repertoire of Estonian song festivals.

  • Paberileht
    Paberileht

    1981 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Kalju Kivi

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