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In the Crosswind

Original title: Risttuules

2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Martti Helde

It is 3 AM on June 14, 1941. More than 40,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are deported to Siberia by the authorities of Soviet Russia.

It is 3 AM on June 14, 1941. More than 40,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are deported to Siberia by the authorities of Soviet Russia. Among then is Erna, a 27-year-old student of philosophy, mother of a small daughter and happily married. Her husband is sent to a prison camp, and Erna with her daughter and other women and children are deported to the uninhabited territories of Siberia for 15 years. Despite hunger, diseases and humiliation, Erna won't lose hope to return to her homeland one day. The film is based on true events.
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The Giraffe

Original title: Kaelkirjak

1986 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

There lives only one animal in the zoo – a giraffe. No one except a little girl comes to visit it.

There lives only one animal in the zoo – a giraffe. No one except a little girl comes to visit it. To attract visitors the director of the zoo orders an advertising giraffe. But then it turns out that people are enraptured by the artificial giraffe not the living one. There begins a public “giraffe boom”. The film ridicules the enthusiasm for artificial and counterfeit common to mass culture.
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Kaks päeva Viktor Kingissepa elust II jagu

1981 | TV feature, TV feature, Series | Director: Tõnis Kask
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Kaks päeva Viktor Kingissepa elust I jagu

1981 | TV feature, TV feature, Series | Director: Tõnis Kask
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Ees on kurv

1977 | Feature film, Short, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Vladimir Maak

Educational short feature film consisting of two parts, commissioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR.

Educational film about the offence of road traffic when overtaking. Two different stories.
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Tiina

1976 | Amateur films, Movie | Director: Edmund Martin

Feature film by Eduard J. Martin follows romantic nationalism and is based on drama "The Werewolf" by August Kitzberg.

The tragedy written by August Kitzberg is set at the beginning of 19th century, during the era of slavery, according to the author. One late winter night, the Tammaru family is waiting their father to come back home. He has left to witness the execution of a witch. He arrives home, wolves howling in the forest, and tells the family how the witch's little daughter Tiina has run away to the forest during the execution. There is a knock on the door and when they open it there is the lost girl. The Tammaru family adopts her. Tiina wins the ...
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Rasked aastad

1973 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Vladimir Karasjov
The Last Relic

Original title: Viimne reliikvia

1969 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Grigori Kromanov

The historical-romantic adventure film directed by Grigory Romanov is based on the characters and motifs from the story "Prince Gabriel or the Last Days of Pirita Monastery" by Eduard Bornhöhe and on the events of 1968 in Europe. The song lyrics by Paul-Eerik Rummo and touch of humour add depth to the film that has reached the cult status in Estonia.

It is the 16th century in Livonia. Hans von Risbieter, a young knight, inherits a chest with the remains of St Bridget - this is a relic desired by the convent. Risbieter agrees to give up the chest on one condition - if he can marry Agnes von Mönnikhusen, an angelic young niece of the abbess. Agnes, however, is in love with a freeman Gabriel who bravely stands for freedom and justice. The romantic adventures are intermingled with the explosive resentment of Estonians fighting the war of independence. The historical background of the film has been able to arouse interest ...
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Toad from The North

Original title: Põhja konn

1959 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Elbert Tuganov

There is a really wild beast threatening people - Toad from the North.

A brave youngster goes to look for a magic ring. He finds the ring, beats the beast with it and saves his people from the perdition.
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