Rain Simmul
Biography: Rain Simmul (born August 18, 1965 in Tartu) is an Estonian actor. In 1988 he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. 1988-1999 he worked at Vanemuine Theatre. Since 1999 he has been working at Tallinn City Theatre.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 18, 1965
Deathday: N/A
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Set Point
2004-01-01
Set Point
Overview: On one summer evening, four strangers are brought together by a mysterious murder. A case which at first seems like a regular crime investigation turns out to be something more - a tale of love, alienation and new hope.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Bank Robbery
2009-10-22
Bank Robbery
Overview: When a former fistfighter Madis leaves the prison, he feels he will get another chance in life. Nothing can go wrong this time. Madis will be accompanied by his nephew who has something completely opposite in his mind. A game begins where both the weak and the strong get more and more opportunities.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2009-10-22
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December Heat
2008-10-16
December Heat
Overview: The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
Genres: War Action Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2008-10-16
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Mindless
2006-10-06
Mindless
Overview: A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2006-10-06
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Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost
2022-08-18
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost
Overview: In the middle of the night, a drunk town guard happens to meet the daughter of a rich merchant… who drowned herself into a well 10 years ago. Soon after the town guard falls dead from the tower. This is followed by two other suspicious deaths. Doubting the existence of the ghost, Melchior has a hunch that these ‘accidents’ are part of a heinous crime. Tracking down the killer, his path will cross with heretics, old feuds and dark family secrets.
Genres: Thriller Crime History Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2022-08-18
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The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
2011-02-25
The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
Overview: A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2011-02-25
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The Shadow
2024-10-18
The Shadow
Overview: Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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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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Visit of an Old Lady
2006-04-06
Visit of an Old Lady
Overview: As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, there is a condition: somebody must kill the man who was her lover all those years ago.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2006-04-06
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Those Old Love-letters
1992-06-06
Those Old Love-letters
Overview: A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1992-06-06
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1944
2015-02-20
1944
Overview: The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2015-02-20
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The Invisible Fight
2023-12-08
The Invisible Fight
Overview: After surviving a deadly attack, a guard on the Soviet-Chinese border decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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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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The Heart of the Bear
2001-09-06
The Heart of the Bear
Overview: A young Estonian goes to the Siberian Taiga to live as a hunter in a remote forest hut. He hopes to find his true self far from civilisation. The natives he meets introduce him to the myths of the north. The first is a young village teacher who wants to be a good wife to him. The second is a wild and untameable native who becomes his mythical bear-woman. When he accidentally kills a great black bear, his own shadow-creature, he burdens himself with guilt. However, he is given a chance of finding his inner balance. A romantic drama with mythical elements and breathtaking landscapes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2001-09-06
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Letters to Angel
2011-01-27
Letters to Angel
Overview: A man sent to Afghanistan years earlier converts to Islam, then returns home to fight a different kind of war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2011-01-27
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They Say Tomatoes Love Rock Music
2016-09-08
They Say Tomatoes Love Rock Music
Overview: Aleksander, an old gentleman, maintains a blooming garden surrounding his old house in a sleepy resort town. Karl, his grandson, spends the summer with him and learns about the ways of the nature. Together with autumn rains arrives Aleksander’s daughter Marju, who hopes to inherit the old man’s house, tear it down and put up a guesthouse on the lot instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2016-09-08
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Fire Lily
2018-05-11
Fire Lily
Overview: The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life, Pia learns the unknown but also finds her inner strength. Unexpectedly, her deepest wish to become a mother materializes, but not quite in the way she imagined it.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2018-05-11
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