Hendrik Toompere Jr.
Biography: Hendrik Toompere Jr. (born June 5, 1965) is an Estonian actor and director. Toompere was born in Tallinn to actor and director Hendrik Toompere Sr. and actress Maie Toompere. His sister is actress Harriet Toompere and his son is actor Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. His maternal grandfather was wrestler Herman Kruusenberg.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 05, 1965
Deathday: N/A
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The Visitor
2008-12-08
The Visitor
Overview: A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father - a man of great violence - in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the boy´s only other companion. Their simple life is disrupted when a stranger appears, with a note from the father and a bullet in his side. Reluctantly, mother and son offer the stranger refuge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-12-08
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The Temptation of St. Tony
2009-10-10
The Temptation of St. Tony
Overview: A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Melchior the Apothecary
2022-04-15
Melchior the Apothecary
Overview: In medieval Tallinn, a famous knight who is freed from the pirates of the Baltic Sea is murdered. The hero's head is cut off and his mouth is stuffed with coins. The gold chain he bought the same day is missing. The bailiff orders Melchior, an apothecary, to investigate the crime. The clever young man discovers that the slain was looking for a mysterious "Tallinn prisoner" and the traces lead to the Dominican monastery. A fabulous sequence of bloodwork is unleashed - anyone who comes into contact with this secret is in danger of dying.
Genres: Thriller Crime History Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2022-04-15
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Sandra Gets a Job
2021-09-24
Sandra Gets a Job
Overview: Doctor of Physics Sandra suddenly loses her job. Finding a new job seems easy at first glance, but it turns into various tragicomic challenges. Endless job interviews bring the former researcher together with all sorts of situations and new personalities.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2021-09-24
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Taarka
2008-08-14
Taarka
Overview: The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2008-08-14
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The Eternal Road
2017-09-15
The Eternal Road
Overview: Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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The Polar Boy
2016-05-10
The Polar Boy
Overview: Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna, that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna's bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jelousy Mattias accidentally commits a crime that could put him behind bars for years. The only escape he sees is to get himself declared irresponsible. In order to achieve that Mattias decides to start faking the illness her gilfriend really has - bipolarity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2016-05-10
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August 1991
2005-02-24
August 1991
Overview: August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, all hopes for independence seem to be lost. People in the only local television station, ETV, are facing their own choices.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2005-02-24
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Games for Teenagers
1985-11-28
Games for Teenagers
Overview: A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1985-11-28
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Bad Hair Friday
2012-02-15
Bad Hair Friday
Overview: At an ever-accelerating pace, this thriller / dark comedy tells the story of 8 very different groups whose paths cross in the space of 24 hours. We meet a wide range of characters - from spoiled rich brats to real bottom-feeding criminal scum, and everyone in-between. In the best traditions of Commedia dell’arte, the characters each have easily recognizable roles
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2012-02-15
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The Joys of Midlife
1987-07-06
The Joys of Midlife
Overview: Five people who have recently reached middle-age are driving through Estonia to visit a famous witch-therapist to get rid of their problems. The somber-funny road movie gives a good overview of the life, people and daily problems in Estonia at the end of the Soviet period.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1987-07-06
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The Fencer
2015-03-13
The Fencer
Overview: Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2015-03-13
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Happy Landing
1999-11-11
Happy Landing
Overview: Three film segments.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1999-11-11
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8 Views of Lake Biwa
2024-02-16
8 Views of Lake Biwa
Overview: On the shimmering shores of Europe’s otherworldly edge, two teenage girls, Hanake and her best friend are discussing their first love interest while gazing out at yachts sailing to Kyoto. They whisper prayers and poems, the language of their longings. But the magic is fading in their isolated fishing village as they’re dealing with a recent disaster, with some indulging in erotic art, some in spiritual spells. It becomes clear that intimacy alone won’t help them process their loss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2024-02-16
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Landscape with Many Moons
2014-10-03
Landscape with Many Moons
Overview: “Landscape with Many Moons“ is a drama about a middle-aged man who lives a seemingly ordinary life with his wife and children. The truth is, however, that their relationship has reached a dead end but they prefer the illusory decorations of living together to the free fall into emptiness. The man gallivants around between his previous and current relationships without knowing exactly what to do with them. Living on the edge starts to overburden his nervous system and as a result, actual reality and dream-like reality blend together and it becomes ever harder to distinguish between what is real and what is not.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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The Days That Confused
2016-04-08
The Days That Confused
Overview: A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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Cross
1991-01-01
Cross
Overview: The film takes place in Estonia during the German occupation in the winter of 1943. In order not to serve in the fascist army, Ilmar tries to escape to Finland. His friend Peeter helps him, but this escape ends tragically...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Handmaiden
1990-12-16
Handmaiden
Overview: The family where Epp serves is preparing to receive important guests on whom the career of the head of the family depends. Everyone is busy preparing the gala dinner, and only the owner's son Eugen does not take any part in this. At night he suddenly becomes ill, and Epp is sent for help. On a rainy night, she spends a long time looking for a doctor, as a result of which she becomes seriously ill. And Eugen’s illness, as it turned out, was only the result of his suspiciousness...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-12-16
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Golden Beach
2006-03-09
Golden Beach
Overview: Retroband Evergreen's reunion party is ruined when Viktor, who was once the band's frontman, threatens to blow the house up for revenge of his sad destiny.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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Desert moon
1999-02-25
Desert moon
Overview: Drama, Short 1999
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1999-02-25
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For Crazies Only
1991-02-18
For Crazies Only
Overview: A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful married Russian nurse taking care of him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1991-02-18
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Old Man Wants to Go Home
1991-12-01
Old Man Wants to Go Home
Overview: Toomas Simmo is a simple worker who has seen a lot of injustice and carelessness in his life. Yet he has not become bitter or lost the ability to understand and encourage other people who are struggling with their problems. When he lies in the hospital with an amputated leg, her daughter presents him with the most difficult choice of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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