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Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Original title in Russian: Капитан Волконогов бежал

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov

Captain Fyodor Volkonogov, a well-respected and obedient USSR law enforcer, witnesses his peers being suspiciously questioned. Sensing his turn is approaching, he escapes and is soon on the run, hunted by his former colleagues. Vulnerable and hopeless, Fyodor comes to realize what he had been part of, and that repentance is the only way for him to escape the eternal torment of Hell. But time is running out and the manhunt is closing in on him...

The events of this parable take place in a city that resembles Leningrad (USSR) in 1938. This is a tense period of political persecutions and mass fear. The Captain of the Department of Internal Affairs Fyodor Volkonogov (32) specializes in obtaining self-incrimination from persons under investigation using special methods of force. But the moment comes for the repressive system to turn the eye on its own soldiers. Volkonogov’s direct supervisor commits suicide. Fyodor foresees his own arrest and flees, thus becoming “the enemy” hunted by the colleagues. Lucky to get regular clothes Captain is looking for the shelter ...
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1944

Original title: 1944

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

The film tells about the events during the war of 1944 in Estonia, viewed by the Estonians fighting at the Red Army and German Army.

The Battle of Tannenberg Line, often referred to as the Battle of the European SS. WWII.1944. The bloodiest conflict on the Eastern Front. Volunteer infantry battalions from Denmark, East Prussia, Flanders, Holland, Norway and Wallonia within the Waffen-SS fight off Soviet Army's thrust at Germany. Half of the SS infantry consists of local Estonian conscripts motivated to resist the looming Soviet re-occupation of their small country. Motivated until they meet their brothers in the Soviet Army. Men brought out of Siberian labour camps and now returning home. Today 70 years on, the makers of Estonia's biggest ever box-office success ...
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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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The echo of the past days

Title in Estonian: Möödunud päevade kaja

1968 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

Documentary dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Young Communist League of USSR.

Documentary dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Young Communist League of the Soviet Union. People recollect the Young Communist VIktor Piirsoo who was murdered by fashists in 1941. Overview of his life that was ended too early. Daughter Silvia contemplates on the destiny of her father. Young Communist discuss about the tasks and objectives of the Young Communists at the summer gathering in 1960.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Aleksandr Mandrõkin
Nõukogude Eesti

1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
Nõukogude Eesti

1945 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: E. Ballod

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Captain Volkonogov Escaped

1944

Do you remember?

The echo of the past days

Nõukogude Eesti

Nõukogude Eesti

Nõukogude Eesti