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Ghost Mountaineer

Original title: Must alpinist

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

Urmas Eero Liiv’s feature film Ghost Mountaineer is a youth adventure film with elements of horror which is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era.

Urmas Eero Liiv’s feature film Ghost Mountaineer is a youth adventure film with elements of horror which is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era.It tells the story of an Soviet Estonian student hiking group which gets caught up in a series of scary events unfolding in wintry Siberia. The unpopular group leader Olle (Reimo Sagor), who becomes disappointed in his companions during the trip, disappears on the last day in the mountains. His rival, liberal-minded and adventurous Eero (Priit Pius) guides the descending hikers into a Buryate village on the mountain to seek help. ...
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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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Heino Eller - Quinta Essentia

Original title: Heino Eller. Quinta Essentia

2013 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

The biographical documentary about the renowned composer and lecturer Heino Eller also serves as a part of cultural history of Estonia. While following the story, we experience the most dramatic and cheerful moments of his life and Estonian history.

The biographical documentary about the renowned composer and lecturer Heino Eller also serves as a part of cultural history of Estonia. While following the story, we experience the most dramatic and cheerful moments of his life and Estonian history.
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Estonian Prison

Original title: Eesti vangla

2003 | Documentary | Director: Indrek Kangur

The main subject of the history documentary is Patarei Prison - a unique architectural and historical building.

Tower, Bastille, Sing-Sing, Butyrka are all ominous buildings with rich history. The first Republic of Estonia that was established in February 1918 founded a central prison (that people started to call simply "Patarei") in the buildings of a former cannon battery of a sea fortress. During various eras both criminals and visionaries have been imprisoned here. Recollections of those who have been prisoners due to their worldview include the pieces of Estonian and European history in 20th century.
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Private life

1998 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Dorian Supin
Aksel Mark Giving an Interview on July 17, 1986

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu annab Aksel Mark 17.07.1986

1986 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Interview with politician and editor Aksel Mark in his home in Uppsala on July 17, 1986: among other things, he recalls the War of Independence, university studies, working experience in the field of agronomy, fraternity "Veljesto", political life in the Republic of Estonia, the beginning of the Second World War, escape to Finland.

Interview with policitian and editor Aksel Mark in his home in Uppsala on July 17, 1986. He shortly recalls of his home and father, completing two years of elementary school instead of four in Karaski. When he talks about the War of Independence, he remembers the refugees and his father's imprisonment. Mark served in the artillery of the defence forces. He studied agronomy at the University of Tartu and recalls his lecturers. Memories of the fraternity "Veljesto". He started to work as an agricultural adviser in Rakvere in 1937 and continued in Viru-Jaagupi. Aksel Mark points out the positive aspects ...
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Interview with Joosep Nõu on August 7, 1983

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu Joosep Nõuga 7.08.1983

1983 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Enn Nõu interviews his father Joosep Nõu, asking about the pivotal events that took place in Estonia during 20th century.

Enn Nõu interviews his father Joosep Nõu, dean of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala and former chief inspector of the pre-war agricultural schools in Estonia, on August 7, 1983. The main theme of the interview includes the pivotal events in Estonia during the 20th century from Joosep Nõu's perspective. Childhood memories from the czarist era, the World War I and the War of Independence. Memories of his school years in Lihula and Haapsalu during the first Republic of Estonia. Memories of university studies in Tartu. Lecturers, jobs and colleagues. Political situation in Estonia during the summer of 1940. ...
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Musta katuse all

1982 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Ago-Endrik Kerge
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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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