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  • Purge
    Purge

    Original title: Puhastus

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Antti J. Jokinen

    The feature film directed by Antti J. Jokinen is based on the novel "Purge" (by Sofi Oksanen) that has been translated into more than 20 languages and that has received numerous literary awards, telling about political terror against a small nation and about mental as well as physical violence towards an individual.

  • And the Estonians Became Happy
    And the Estonians Became Happy

    Original title: Ja eestlased said rõõmsaks

    1990 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

    Battle around the re-opening of the memorial column "Lembit" in Suure-Jaani, dedicated to the war of independence. The column has been created by Amandus Adamson.

  • Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
    Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

    Title in Estonian: Surma hinda küsi surnutelt

    1977 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

    Historical film directed by Kaljo Kiisk is observing the destiny of the dissenters in the bourgeois Estonia after the coup in December 1924.

  • Lindpriid I osa
    Lindpriid I osa

    1971 | TV feature, TV feature, Series | Director: Vladimir Karasjov

  • Partei liige
    Partei liige

    1970 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Valeria Anderson

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1967 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1963 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Eduard Eljas

  • Lenin is with us
    Lenin is with us

    Title in Estonian: Lenin on meiega

    1948 | Documentary | Director:

    Documentary footage dedicated to V. I. Lenin.

  • Johannes Lauristin
    Johannes Lauristin

    1941 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:

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