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Nazis and Blondes

Original title: Fritsud ja blondiinid

2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Arbo Tammiksaar

Estonian-Latvian co-production about the "established fascists" - Baltic actors who were used by the Soviet film industry to create the representation of an enemy and to recreate the image of Baltic people as fascists.

Baltic actors had a special and ungrateful role in Soviet history of cinema - Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians appeared on screen as bloodthursty fascists in numerous war films. The filmmakers' question is whether this has influenced the image of the Baltic people? The documentary that has been co-produced by Estonian and Latvian filmmakers tells about artist's responsibility and creative options. The actors - Tõnu Aav from Estonia, Uldis Lieldidžs from Latvia and Algimantas Masiulis from Lithuania - express their opinion on the subject.
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Your name shall be Israel

2004 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Brambat
Do you remember?

Title in Estonian: Mäletate?

1975 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov where ex-servicemen recall their days in war and the difficulties during the post-war years.

Documentary dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War. Memories about the life during the war, receving the Estonian Rifle Corps in Tallinn in 1945, post-war reconstruction works in demolished towns. Singer Georg Ots, his mother Lydia, Rudolf and Olga Kalkun, Voldemar Ramp and Aleksandra Lumiste recall the past times.
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30 aastat Eesti Laskurkorpuse moodustamisest

1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
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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Next to the monastery wall

Original title: Kloostri müüri kõrval

1968 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Žukov

Documentary about war criminals in Pechory, Russia, during the German occupation in 1941-1944.

In the present documentary, the filmmakers interview the war criminals who participated in the execution of priosoners in Pechory during the German occupation in 1941-1944. Former members of the Self-Defence Force and prison guards Roland Bibikov, Karl Anderson, Verner Tomba, Rudolf Nüüd, Leonhard Pindis and witnesses share their memories. The documentary shows views of Pechory and photographs of war criminals and their victims.
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Twenty pages

Title in Estonian: Kakskümmend lehekülge

1965 | Documentary | Director: Elvi Koppel

The story of Estonian schoolboy Harry Esop who died in the siege of Leningrad, excerpts from his diary.

The story of Estonian schoolboy Harry Esop who died in the siege of Leningrad, excerpts from his diary, documentary episodes during the times of the siege in Leningrad in 1941-1942.
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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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Mineviku varjud

1959 | Documentary | Director: Nikolai Dolinski