Andrus Vaarik
Biography: Andrus Vaarik (born May 14, 1958) is an Estonian film, television, and theater actor and theater director. He is best known for his portrayal of Andrus Kivirähk's fictional character Ivan Orav, Raul in the film Agent Sinikael, Osvald Kallaste in the television miniseries Tuulepealne maa and his work as a stage actor at the Tallinn City Theatre. He is the father of actress Marta Vaarik.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 14, 1958
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The Firewater
1994-04-14
The Firewater
Overview: At the end of the 1920-s the Finnish government proclaimed dry law which lasted 12 years. Estonian bootleggers living on the neighboring coast of the Gulf of Finland profited from prohibition......
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1994-04-14
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The Highway Crossing
1999-03-19
The Highway Crossing
Overview: Surprised by rain and sudden darkness Laura and Roland, a young couple hitch-hiking on an empty road, decide to seek shelter at a nearby country house. Osvald, the owner, seems to know the deeper meaning of their unexpected visit. His strange behaviour leads to an equally strange offer: Osvald wants to buy Roland's wife. Laura and Roland start to play along, only to discover that their host is not kidding.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1999-03-19
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Tree of Eternal Love
2022-01-21
Tree of Eternal Love
Overview: Kiik, a young car mechanic stuck between the gears of life, finds out that his girlfriend's heart has been won over by a new handsome man. To get rid of the pain in his soul, Kiik asks his filmmaker best friend to join the adventure, with the destination to cut down the tree of eternal love. The journey to the mystical tree becomes thorny, intriguing and criminal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2022-01-21
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Awakening
1990-02-22
Awakening
Overview: It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-02-22
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Men
2019-03-15
Men
Overview: Three male friends decide to travel to Harakasa, a city far from Tallinn because Veikko needs to solve a problem there.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2019-03-15
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Frank & Wendy
2005-03-25
Frank & Wendy
Overview: Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even sillier than the agents themselves. Frank and Wendy, for whom saving the world is their daily work, achieve both mental and manual feats with the greatest of ease. It appears that nothing can prevent their ultimate victory, but go figure. The axis of evil does not wither and attacks the super-agents from where they can least expect it...
Genres: Animation Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2005-03-25
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Green Cats
2017-11-20
Green Cats
Overview: This is a story of two old folks, who have spent most of their lives behind prison walls. Now, as seventy year old men, they have been granted amnesty. Both men have a passionate desire to change their lives according to certain plans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2017-11-20
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Meri ja Orav
2009-12-31
Meri ja Orav
Overview: Ivan Orav and Lennart Meri are in the attic and try to take an old desk to downstairs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2009-12-31
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Saamuel's Internet
2000-05-18
Saamuel's Internet
Overview: Part of the puppet film trilogy "Gabbage Head," the film features the main character - the stubborn and selfish peasant Saamuel - and his loyal partner Pink Piglet. The actions take place in Internet, into where Saamuel and his Piglet get by accident. Saamuel understands the importance of information and starts do deal with it.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2000-05-18
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Jüri Rumm
1994-05-26
Jüri Rumm
Overview: Jüri Rumm is a hot-tempered young peasant who is not afraid of either German barons or the Russian czar, barfights or disobedience to his master's orders. Mari, a gentle peasant girl, loves Jüri despite the fact that he is very popular among young women. Evelin is a quick-tempered baron's daughter who is used to get everything she wants, including a peasant boyfriend who considers himself a free man. Yet, the free man becomes an outlaw. Where will the runaway's love lead him?
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1994-05-26
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Giordano
1989-03-05
Giordano
Overview: The protagonist of this satirical short is a photographer whose camera captures photos of people's true nature. We often have to ask ourselves whether we see the truth around us. But do we want to see it?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1989-03-05
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Prompter
1993-04-19
Prompter
Overview: The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre. You are entering the hectic world of musicians, zanies and jesters - and don't expect to hear a symphony but a single delicate sound of a flute.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1993-04-19
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All My Lenins
1997-10-02
All My Lenins
Overview: Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with German money and create a new national state of Estonia in the north-east of Russia. For security reasons, five doubles will be found and trained for Lenin. All of them are finally sent to Russia to instigate the revolution. How will the real Lenin put up with all this?
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1997-10-02
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Magnus
2007-05-18
Magnus
Overview: Magnus, a handsome teenager, wants to commit suicide and his father tries to change his mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2007-05-18
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Meliora
2024-05-07
Meliora
Overview: Young painter Emma struggles to balance a rocky art career and complicated relationship with her husband. All the while, a dark presence looms over her picture perfect life.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2024-05-07
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Agent Wild Duck
2002-09-19
Agent Wild Duck
Overview: Hans Wild Duck Gens, an old school industrial spy becomes suicidally jealous when the firm brings in a German performance artist who becomes not only the top agent, but also replaces him in his girlfriend Monika's affections.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2002-09-19
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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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To Each His Own
1990-09-01
To Each His Own
Overview: Estonia in a turbulent era of change. Citizen A, a modest, indecisive person, with great difficulty and inner fear fits into the changed realities of the world around him. And he constantly finds himself in various absurd situations.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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Autumn
1990-12-20
Autumn
Overview: The main character of the film is Paunvere tailor Jorh Adniel Kiir. Two young seamstresses, Juuli and Maali, arrive in Paunvere. At first, Kiir regards them as competitors, but then he establishes friendly relations with them. Kiir marries Juuli, but he is not indifferent to Maali either. The film also follows Kiir's efforts to get his own farm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-12-20
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Requiem
1984-05-24
Requiem
Overview: When the frontline extends over Estonia in the summer of 1944, the pilots of a shot down Soviet airplane come to ask for help at a farm where organ builder Jaan lives with his kids.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1984-05-24
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Faulty Brides
1989-12-31
Faulty Brides
Overview: Rich nephews and beautiful girls can not get married, especially when neither of them have actually seen each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1989-12-31
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Touched by the Unknown
2005-01-01
Touched by the Unknown
Overview: Mati is an assistant in TV studio. Patiently he has waited for his time to become a TV star but seems that he has to wait forever. One day an alien called Tipp is sent on Earth (by its chief Tapp) to find out the purpose of Estonian children's TV show "Tipp and Tapp". Tipp nestles himself inside Mati's brains that leads the man to unpredictable actions.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Happy Family
2018-12-27
Happy Family
Overview: Artur is an Armenian guy who dreams about a career in filmmaking, but his grandfather wants him to take over the family wine business. When a bad review from an Estonian critic threatens to ruin the family business, Artur has to go to Tallinn to set things straight. There he meets the feisty Ingrid and things take an unexpected turn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2018-12-27
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The Wings
2019-11-04
The Wings
Overview: Freak inventor Jaan's far fetched dreams about ascending to the clouds are about to materialize when he's joined by the great Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci's spirit. Instead, Jaan's wife Lisa, neglected by the crazy genius, gets metamorphosed into a winged creature and is "catapulted" into the blue skies, where dreams meet.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2019-11-04
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The Salmons: 25 Years Later
2020-07-01
The Salmons: 25 Years Later
Overview: A lot has happened in a quarter of a century, but the Salmons have remained who they were - Estonia's first family, who have been viewed with both admiration and quiet envy. Viewers of the former series remember how well the Salmon family was able to make money. Now they have secured an even more powerful position in the society, because Ella Salmon has become the President of Estonia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2020-07-01
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Kevin, NO!
2020-11-19
Kevin, NO!
Overview: A bunch of juvenile gaming millionaires decide to organise an adventurous summer camp on an isolated island to enjoy their favourite activity - surfing on the phone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2020-11-19
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In One Hundred Years in May
1987-07-24
In One Hundred Years in May
Overview: Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. He corresponds with Moscow, writes speeches for the members of the Communist Workers' Party and makes leaflets for the events of trade union. His purpose is to overthrow the Republic of Estonia since he does not believe in Estonian independence nor in any national ideals. Yet the clock keeps ticking, tuberculosis spreads rapidly, the world revolution is being postponed. What to do in order to make one's efforts work?
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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