Merle Palmiste
Biography: Merle Palmiste (born November 1, 1970) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress. Merle Palmiste was born in Tallinn and raised in the Tallinn subdistrict of Õismäe. Her father was an engineer and her mother was an accountant. She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn, graduating from Tallinn's 9th Secondary School in 1988. Following graduation, she enrolled in the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1992. Palmiste's diploma production roles included Helena in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Among her graduating classmates were Andres Raag, Kristel Leesmend, Ivo Uukkivi, Jaanus Rohumaa, Üllar Saaremäe, Kaili Närep, Dan Põldroos, Sten Zupping, Tiina Mälberg and Garmen Tabor. Merle Palmiste made her full-length feature film debut in the role of Evelin in the 1994 Jaan Kolberg-directed historical action-drama Jüri Rumm; based on the life of the 19th-century Estonian brigand and folk hero Rummu Jüri. This was followed by the role of Grey One in the 2001 Arvo Iho-directed romantic drama Karu süda.[7] In 2006, she appeared as Rutt in the Jüri Sillart-directed and Hans Luik penned melodrama Kuldrannake for Taska Film. In 2001, Palmiste had a small role as an adjutant in the Sulev Keedus-directed drama Kirjad Inglile, starring Tõnu Oja and Rain Simmul. That same year, she voiced the character Benita the Cow in the Heiki Ernits and Janno Põldma-directed animated children's film Lotte and the Moonstone Secret (Estonian: Lotte ja kuukivi saladus), which was the second full-length feature film of the popular Estonian Lotte franchise. In 2013, she appeared in the role of Karin Viisla in the René Vilbre-directed family-fantasy film Väikelinna detektiivid ja valge daami saladus, produced by Balti Video and Eesti Rahvusringhääling. In 2016, she appeared in a small role as Mari in the Triin Ruumet-directed tragicomedy Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse, about a young, disaffected man played by Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. on a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia in the late 1990s trying to discover purpose and meaning in his life. In 2019, she appeared in the role of Marianne Büttel in the Mart Sander directed fantasy-horror film Kõhedad muinaslood. In 2020, she voiced several characters in the Meelis Arulepp and Karsten Kiilerich directed animated feature film Sipsik, based on the popular 1962 children's book of the same title by Eno Raud. In addition to Estonian films, Palmiste has appeared in several foreign language films, including; the 2003 Russian language feature-length romantic drama Yantarnye krylya directed by Andrey Razenkov; the 2004 German language film short Willkommen in Tallinn directed by Oliver Frohnauer; and the 2008 Ukrainian language family feature-length film Prykolna Kazka directed by Roman Shirman. Beginning in the early 2000s, Palmiste has also appeared in a number of Estonian short films. Merle Palmiste was formerly involved in a long-term relationship with Alex Lepajõe. Their daughter is the fashion model Elisabeth Berthel who was born in 1996. Palmiste currently resides in Tallinn.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 01, 1970
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
The Kennedy Incident
2021-02-17
The Kennedy Incident
Overview: May 1939, 3 months before the outbreak of WWII, the future US President, John F. Kennedy, visits Estonia. There his path crosses with two very different girls – a call girl, willing to abandon everything and a sweet local, who is in desperate need of money. The future of the world is crashing around him as he must figure out which is the spy when comes to find out one is working for the Nazis!
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2021-02-17
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The Best of Salieri
2021-11-12
The Best of Salieri
Overview: It is time to get out of the closet and show the world your teeth. The director, who considers himself to be Mozart, has been tootling with his films in the festival circuit for years, waiting for a big breakthrough. For an inexplicable reason, the world has not recognised his talent. Still only Salieris have garnered the fame and the fortune. There is a simple conclusion. The world has not learned anything in 200 years and keeps repeating the same mistake.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
2011-08-25
Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
Overview: Plucky young Lotte embarks on an adventure with her uncle Klaus to solve the mystery of three stones that a pair of hooded figures are attempting to retrieve.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2011-08-25
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The Curse of the Werewolf
2005-01-01
The Curse of the Werewolf
Overview: Liina is a young actress at Vanemuise Theatre who gets Tiina's part in the new, postmodernist version of the play "Werewolf" by August Kitzberg. The theatre is haunted and the rehearsals seem to be cursed, artificial blood becomes real blood. The play won't be complete before the murder mystery is unsolved - and Liina is being taken back to the old theatre legends and intrigues of the past century.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Sky Song
2010-11-28
Sky Song
Overview: A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Adventure
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2010-11-28
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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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Amber Wings
2003-06-06
Amber Wings
Overview: A story about love between two people who accidentally met in old Tallinn.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2003-06-06
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Under the Clouds: Fourth Sister
2018-01-19
Under the Clouds: Fourth Sister
Overview: Three sisters (doctor Piret, interior designer Mari and psychologist Kertu) discover that they have one more sister. Shocking news challenges family relationships and forces them to ask why their mother has hidden her first child's existence. When the fourth sister decides to come and visit her mother and sisters in Haapsalu, events that nobody could expect started happening. Is blood thicker than water and the stranger becomes theirs?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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Uncaught Miracle
2006-02-12
Uncaught Miracle
Overview: The 6 short films of "Tabamata ime" are based on Edward Vilde's play of the same name first published in 1912. Vilde's play is about a young piano player Leo Saalep, who returns to his homeland Estonia to give a concert, and whose alleged international breakthrough has given him the long awaited role of putting Estonian culture on the map in the eyes of the local culture elite.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2006-02-12
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What Silent Gerda Knows
2020-10-04
What Silent Gerda Knows
Overview: Closing day of the season in the boarding house at the Vietinghoff Palace in the province of Latvia. Here the material world and atmosphere of the 1930s are reconstructed as fully as possible. According to the rules of the institution, guests must abandon all their means of digital communications. And this is what they are looking for: to disappear, at least for a while, and become inaccessible to the outside world. The lingering summer heat drags the guests into an insane frenzy where surrealistic and grotesque situations build up an ambiguous comedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 2020-10-04
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Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
2013-12-20
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
Overview: In a quiet resort town Haapsalu four kids are spending their summer holidays together. Suddenly they are dragged into events that started in the 15th century in the local bishop's stronghold. The children must solve a difficult mystery of a clock robbery and they have to find a treasure that has been lost for centuries and contains a formula of making gold.
Genres: Crime Drama Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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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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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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Kuidas dresseerida meest
2016-12-05
Kuidas dresseerida meest
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2016-12-05
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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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Eerie Fairy Tales
2019-12-13
Eerie Fairy Tales
Overview: An anthology of bizarre, fantastic and spooky tales from the past, present and future, dealing with curses, witches, perfect crime and science experiments.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2019-12-13
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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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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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An Awesome Tale
2008-02-29
An Awesome Tale
Overview: Once upon a time there were two Kingdoms: the Militant Kingdom and the Unhappy Kingdom. The intrigues of the Secret Service of the Militant Kingdom made young Princess of the Unhappy Kingdom run away from home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 2008-02-29
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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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Raggie
2020-01-17
Raggie
Overview: A story about a very special and very charming living doll that causes a bit of jealousy between brother and sister, but eventually brings them closer together.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2020-01-17
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Abeyance
2019-11-20
Abeyance
Overview: Following the rumors of illegal experiments, two investigators visit a forgotten Nazi research center, which supposedly hides an UFO. Why has everyone who's been to this facility signed a document, authorizing their memories to be wiped?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2019-11-20
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Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness
1999-04-22
Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness
Overview: Percy Nilegaard collects Swedish single men and embarks on a bus trip to Tallinn with a so-called "highly-experienced driver".
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-04-22
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Estonian Funeral
2021-06-04
Estonian Funeral
Overview: A wide range of relatives and acquaintances have traveled to a funeral, and as is typical of Estonians, the sad event turns into a comical one as the evening develops. The primordial disputes that arise among the Estonians take on hyperbolic dimensions as events unfold, creating misunderstandings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2021-06-04
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