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  • Rasked aastad
    Rasked aastad

    1973 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Vladimir Karasjov

  • The Stone of Blood
    The Stone of Blood

    Original title: Verekivi

    1972 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Madis Ojamaa

    The adventure film directed by Madis Ojamaa is based on a historical fact from the "Livonian Chronicles" by Balthasar Russow, telling about the execution of Baron Johann von Uexküll in Tallinn in 1535.

  • Kolme katku vahel
    Kolme katku vahel

    1970 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Virve Aruoja

  • The misadventures of the New Satan
    The misadventures of the New Satan

    Original title: Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan

    1964 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Grigori Kromanov, Jüri Müür

    The feature film directed by Jüri Müür and Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "The misadventures of the New Satan" by A. H. Tammsaare, telling the story of Devil who becomes human and goes to live on Earth, desperately trying to live in the right way. He wants to prove that it is possible to become blessed with life on Earth.

  • Creators of the Legend
    Creators of the Legend

    Original title: Legendi loojad

    1963 | Amateur films, Movie | Director: Evald Mägi

    Amateur feature film produced in 1963, co-financed by the expatriate Estonians living in Canada and based on Eerik Heine’s original script. The film portrays conditions in Estonia during 1946-1947, fight of the ‘forest brothers’ with the occupying forces and worry towards the outburst of the next war, mixed with the hope to restore the independence of the Republic of Estonia.

  • Captain of the First Rank
    Captain of the First Rank

    Original title: Esimese järgu kapten

    1958 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Aleksandr Mandrõkin

    The feature film directed by Aleksandr Mandrokin is based on the novel "Captain of the First Rank" by Aleksey Novikov-Priboi, the author of well-known naval fiction. It is the first widescreen feature film produced by Tallinn Kinostuudio. Next to well-known Russian actors, Olev Eskola, Eve Kivi and other Estonian film actors perform.

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