Ervin Abel
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Biography: Ervin Abel (November 8, 1929 Narva – March 16, 1984 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. In 1953 he graduated from GITIS' Estonian studio. 1953–1966 he worked at Estonian Drama Theatre and 1966-1984 at Estonian SSR State Philharmonic (nowadays Eesti Kontsert). Besides theatre roles he played also in several films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Narva, Estonia
Adult: No
Birthday: November 08, 1929
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 16, 1984
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Spring
Overview: Paunvere parish school students Arno and Teele, Toots and Kiir, Tõnisson and Imelik experience feelings during one school winter, the traces of which they carry throughout their future lives - from true friendship and first love to self-discovery and clarifying life goals.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1970-01-05
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Men Don't Cry
Overview: A group of sleepless nerds should be taken into sanitarium for hard-therapy. They are taken to a lonely island but no sanitarium is in sight. Suddenly turns out that the nurses have kidnapped the men and are about to give them the only useful medicine they need - fresh air and work. But the patients decide to disobey. There's only one solution - to escape.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Postmark from Vienna
Overview: A comedy about two friends who made a bet over a rare postmark.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1968-01-10
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Summer
Overview: In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. He wants to start reforming his father's farm, Ülesoo. At the same time, he's competing with Kiir to win the love of Teele. Teele has stated that she agrees to marry with a farmer only. So Kiir decides to go to Russia to learn agriculture too.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1976-05-10
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Here We Are
Overview: On a nice summer day a funny little car rolls over a peaceful farm yard of Muhu island. The family that withdraws from the vehicle is quite odd-looking: an overbearing madam, a henpecked stammering husband and a mystical red-head. They announce that they want to spend their vacation in the farm ... "We are from capital, we will pay". This quiet vacation turns out to be a frantic day with romance, unexpected turns and fisticuffs between suitors.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1978-12-31
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In the Backyard
Overview: The story of the distressed residents living in poor slums during the economic crisis of the first Estonian Republic in early 1930s. It is the life in the backyard both literally and symbolically. Based on the story "In the Backyard" by Oskar Luts and the drama play directed by Andres Särev.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1957-04-24
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The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Overview: The way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of souls: there will be no more souls, as God has come to doubt if humans are really meant to achieve salvation. If they aren't then how can they be punished posthumous and sent to Hell? There's only one way to make sure if sinning is the human nature, or is it that they simply don't want to better themselves - Devil himself must go down to Earth, in human form, and if he can achieve salvation then so can a human being... Based on A. H. Tammsaare's classic novel of the same name.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1964-06-15
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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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Young Pensioner
Overview: One lovely day a young man, a former ballet dancer suddenly finds himself on a pension and begins searching for a new place in life. Fate brings him together with a rather mischievous young day for whom her mother has been trying to find a tutor. Many exciting events begin to take place.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1972-05-06
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Summer Games of Insects
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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A Young Retiree
Overview: A silent comedy about a retired ballet artist who returns home to his first love twenty years later. It turns out that she hadi a child, who the man sets out to search for. Will the young pensioner find his child and will it be a girl or a boy?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1971-05-01
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Underwater
Overview: This is a fairytale about two boy-dolls who happen to be in the underwater world in the middle of fish and other habitants of the bottom of the ocean.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1973-02-01
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Drivers
Overview: If we are not careful, one day the cars will take over all existence on Earth. The conflict between drivers and pedestrians is seen from the driver's point of view. The film depicts a humorous opposition to Tuganov's earlier film "Pedestrians".
Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1972-02-09
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