Gunnar Kilgas
Also Known As: Гуннар Килгас
Biography: Gunnar Kilgas (May 8, 1926 Narva – August 6, 2005 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor and theatre director. In 1949 he graduated from Estonian State Theatre Institute. 1951-1960 he was an actor at Vanemuine Theatre. 1960-1969 he was an actor and director at Estonian Drama Theatre. 1969-1986 he was a director at Estonian Television's Teleteater.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Narva, Estonia
Adult: No
Birthday: May 08, 1926
Age: 99 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 06, 2005
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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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Black Like Me
Overview: John Griffin, made up as black, learns what the life of a black-skinned man in the USA is like.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-12-07
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The Wild Swans
Overview: Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1987-12-18
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Three Jolly Fellows
Overview: Three Jolly Fellows tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the fantastic: the composed and close-to-nature Mossbeard, the irritable city dweller Halfshoe, and the sensitive poet Muff.
Genres: Animation TV Movie
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-08-31
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Nazis and Blondes
Overview: Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in Latvia to receive awards for their roles as Nazi villains in propagandist Soviet war films. They reminisce about the films that made them famous throughout the USSR, but also stigmatized the Baltic countries as Nazi sympathizers in the eyes of many Russians - a misconception that is nowadays exploited by the Russian media, desperate to label the Baltic countries as a fascist haven.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2008-05-09
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The Lark
Overview: Russian prisoners of war commandeer a tank and lead the Nazis on a cross-country chase in this World War II adventure drama. The Russians use their own tanks so the Nazis can use them as target practice to test a new anti-tank weapon. Knowing that death is near, the brave Russians run amok and tear down German monuments before heading out to a field where female slave laborers are working.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1964-12-22
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Three Jolly Fellows 2
Overview: The second part of the film based on Eno Raua's children's book of the same name, which tells about the activities of three jolly fellows - Sammalhabe, Kingpool and Muhvi. The movie viewer can join their exciting adventures in saving the city from the rats.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1987-09-12
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The Lost Ones
Overview: Two young nationalists from Soviet Estonia falls under the influence of popular radio DJ Rudolf Talgre, who during the war collaborated with the Nazis and was proud of it and now settled in Sweden. However, one of the friends begins to doubt the correctness of the “voice”, which leads to a quarrel between friends ... After going through betrayal and murder, students - Juhan and Linda - still manage to get into the coveted Sweden, where they actually learn the price of the words of their ideological mentor.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1971-03-29
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The Tin Men
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1984-12-28
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...And Other Officials
Overview: The plot structure of the film is based on a commonplace situation from the practice of foreign trade organizations - the conclusion of a trade agreement with a foreign company.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-11-08
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Vernanda
Overview: Roman Baskin's debut as a film director is an allegorical story of a man (Sulev Luik) who happens to step out of a train in a small town named Vernanda. He buys some bread only to discover that it has got a bomb inside and "souvenirs" of this kind are the town's trademark. While the man wants desperately to get rid of the bomb the townsfolk is not amused by such rude behaviour.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Three Jolly Fellows
Overview: “Three Jolly Fellows” tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the fantastic: the composed and close-to-nature Mossbeard, the irritable city dweller Halfshoe, and the sensitive poet Muff. An old woman’s inexplicable love of cats has lured many felines to the city. Risking their lives, the diligent and ready-to-help fellows lure the gang of cats out of the city, with the result being trouble in both the city and nature.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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Life in the Citadel
Overview: Professor August Miilas has succeeded in hiding in his private house from the war. He thinks this is mainly caused by his complete devotion to science. As August is not interested in anything that is going on outside his citadel, his family members avoid disturbing him. However, the political situation disrupt August's quietude. Right in the middle of his domestic citadel, the professor finds out about dangerous secrets so that he must give up this apolitical attitude and open up for the new reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1947-11-06
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Uninvited Guests
Overview: Four Estonians who have escaped to Sweden during the war return to Soviet Estonia in the 1950s. The four saboteurs work for the Western Secret Service. Difficulties arise when they cross the border with an injured companion - the three have to decide what to do next.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1959-05-17
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Blood Stone
Overview: A landlord chases his escaped serf but some town takes the refugee under its protection. That leads to a serious confrontation. Based on a true story.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1972-01-07
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Between Three Plagues
Overview: The story of Balthasar Russow, an Estonian pastor from the 16th century, his life and life's work - writing The Chronicle of Livonia.
Genres: History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1970-11-14
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Pöördel
Overview: Raivo Kotkas is the new head of the collective farm "Victory". His predecessor Mihkel Vutt has practiced command economy, production has gone down and the cattle has partly perished. Bookkeeper Olep is quite a crook who has played an essential role in the degradation of the collective farm - quite a few good workers have left work because of his cheating. Young agronomist Salme makes up her mind to leave the farm as well. The new chief wins the workers' trust and recovers their belief in the fruitfulness of their work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1957-12-02
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Fire in the Night
Overview: Ülo and Olev think the German occupation is humiliating and the soldiers are arrogant. But even among Estonians there are people who cannot be trusted - this can have fatal consequences. Witty schoolboys find out that Mr Velirand, who has moved in the apartment that once belonged to their teacher, is a henchman of Fascists. The boys make up their minds to give people warning about the provocator, even if the rebellion is risky and their opponent superior, as it had been in the St George's Night Uprising in 1343.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1973-09-17
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Flamingo: The Bird of Luck
Overview: A teenage boy named Vahur, who is from a seemingly upstanding family, becomes an accomplice to the vicious assault on an elderly man. Through a look into the boy's childhood and family, this film raises the question of how to become and remain a decent human being in the schizophrenic Soviet society where everyone was equal, but some were more equal than others.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1986-12-24
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