Helend Peep
Also Known As: Ernst-Helmut Peep
Biography: Helend Peep (July 29, 1910 – October 20, 2007), born Ernst-Helmut Peep, was an Estonian actor and singer, well known for his performance of "Kerjuse laul" in the musical Ainult unistus. Peep was born in Vaikla and started his professional career in 1938 and created a long career in the Estonian language Vanemuine theatre of Tartu. He also had roles in several films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Porskovo, Kohtla-Järvi County, Estland Province (now Vaikla)
Birthday: July 29, 1910
Deathday: October 20, 2007
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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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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Under the Same Roof
Overview: Mari has successfully led a collective farm in 1950s and fulfilled all tasks given from the authorities. Nonetheless, things in the collective farm become progressively worse. The Committee of the Communist Party sends its representative Peeter who learns that Mari acts as a tyrant for the local people. She has to resign during the elections of the new manager. Being without authority has a damaging effect on her so she starts to regain her position with the help of her old stalinist tricks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1963-01-28
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Pimedad aknad
Overview: In September 1944, Estonia is on the brink of being released from under the occupation of Nazi Germany only to be seized by the Soviet army. This film follows the destinies of two women - Maarja and Leeda - and two men - Gert and Mati - under the harrowing influence of war and foreign occupation.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1968-04-01
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Traces
Overview: Heino Raagen and his war comrades begin a new battle while arriving at their home village - establishing a collective farm. The sufferings and fears of the war have exhausted people; nevertheless, they still stick together and protect their close ones. Heino's girlfriend Valve hides the plans of her brother Robert hiding in the forest from him; as a result, their relationship will fall apart. Life goes on, but disappointment and anger will take their toll even when years have gone by.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1964-01-13
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Daisy Petal Game
Overview: A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1978-09-11
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Ice Run
Overview: Two proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have always bore a grudge against each other. Their stubbornness and disobedience to German occupiers leads to dramatic events where staying alive is worse than death. Since it is impossible to escape public contempt, they have to decide how to redeem themselves.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1963-02-25
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Little Requiem for Harmonica
Overview: Students Jaan and Heiki in 1972, inexplicably, cross the river of time and arrive in 1944, the year of the German occupation of Estonia. The film depicts the painful and conflicting contact between the two ages and mentality.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1972-10-23
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Men from the Fisherman's Village
Overview: After a stormy night on the sea, a group of Estonian fishermen end up in a small coastal Finnish town. As they await the Soviet authorities to take them back home, some of the fishermen contemplate leaving their former lives in a Soviet era Estonia behind.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1962-02-16
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Lack of Wind
Overview: Taavi is worried about the lack of wind that won't let him do his daily job as a fisherman. But he is definitely not the guy who would just sit and wait for better days to arrive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1971-10-18
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Letters from the Island of the Insane
Overview: Martin Puri is an elderly fisherman who is told to retire because of his old age. When a group of people has to be saved from a boat in an autumn storm, Martin understands that one cannot act against the sea but together with it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1967-07-10
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Dangerous Games
Overview: The capital of Estonia is occupied by Germans. Three local boys plan to blow up the cinema where the German soldiers often spend time at. However, their plans will change when they accidentally meet a mysterious stranger. A complicated and dangerous game begins where the rules are not set by the schoolkids.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1974-08-22
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Они не пройдут
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1965-11-07
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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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