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Dora Gordine: Ars Gratia Artis

Original title: Dora Gordine: Ars gratia artis

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Annaleena Piel Linna

Estonian-British documentary about Dora Gordine (1895-1991), a jewish young woman who grew up in Tallinn, Estonia, and became an internationally renowned sculptor, designer and artistocrat loved by high society.

In her hayday, Dora Gordine was considered to be one of the most talented sculptors in the world. Gordine was born in Libau, Latvia; grew up and studied sculpture in Tallinn, Estonia. While rising to fame in Paris, France via the Far East, she finally settled in London where her steady rise continued well beyond her contemporaries. Thanks to the marriage with the son of an Earl, Gordine managed to push her way to the top of the British aristocracy as one of her statues was opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself in 1963. The documentary focuses on discovering and ...
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Proosaline elu

2006 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Ermo Säks
Still Life with Wife

Original title: Vaikelu naisega

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kersti Uibo

Documentary on an aging couple amd the mundanity of their lives.

An unusual couple lives in an urban backwater. Married now for over a quarter of a century, their endless sniping never intensifies into the major quarrel that would resolve everything. This constant tension helps the man to paint and gives the woman a reason for living.
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Seal Siberis Baikali taga

1991 | Popular Sciences | Director: Dietmar Buchmann
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Filmikroonika nääripuu (Tallinfilmi elu)

1985 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Põhjapõdramängud

1985 | Documentary | Director: Virve Koppel
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Human Trace

Original title: Inimese jälg

1983 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Julia Guteva-Sillart

Portrait documentary about Juhan Väljaots who actively took part in local workers' movements while living in Bulgaria.

The documentary talks about Juhan Väljaots's (1869-1941) early years in Estonia, his participation in revolution movement in Bulgaria, his activities as a journalist and the filmmakers meet his descendants. Juhan Väljaots's relatives, his daugther and grandchild share their memories about Juhan, also people who met him in Bulgaria recollect their memories. The documentary shows illustrative photographs and excerpts of films.
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RAM Krimmis ja Lõuna- Venemaal

1958 | Amateur films | Director:
Tchekist Commissar Miroschtschenko

Original title: Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko

1925 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Paul Sehnert

The melodrama directed by Paul Sehnert tells the story about a couple in love who wants to return to Estonia from Russia. Soviet authorities receive secret complaints about the couple and start to work against their plans.

The Soviet Russia of 1920s. A group of Estonians, including young woman Agnes and her mother, Agnes's friend engineer Karl Raudsepp and his fiancee Erna, are waiting for permission to return to Estonia. Love, however, won't ask about people's plans, poor conditions nor general atmosphere of violence. The mutual feelings between Karl and Agnes make Erna so jealous that she will make a false complaint about Agnes to Cheka. Agnes's beauty hypnotizes both Tchekist Commissar Miroschtschenko and secret agent Hevelyn - both of them make up their minds that they must win the girl's heart.
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Excerpts from Eduard Olari's Family Chronicles and Chronicle Pieces

Title in Estonian: Eduard Olari perekonnakroonika ja kroonikapalade katked

Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Architect and expatriate Estonian Eduard Olari films chronicles of family events during various seasons.

Eduard Olari's family chronicle documented during several years and in various seasons. Excerpts from the chronicle pieces: the 2nd Estonian Song Festival held in Stockholm in June 1954. Handwritten titles of the chronicles. Gatherings.
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