Erik Ruus
Also Known As: Erik Molodov, Erik Moldov
Biography: Erik Ruus (until 1986 Erik Molodov, pseudonym Erik Moldov; April 23, 1962 – April 22, 2025) was an Estonian actor. In 1982 he graduated from Viljandi Culture Academy. Between 1985 and 1995 and 1996 and 2009, he was an actor at the Rakvere Theatre. From 1995 to 1996, he was an actor at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu. Beginning in 2009, he was a freelance actor. Besides performing in stage roles, he also acted in films and television series.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Elva, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Birthday: April 23, 1962
Age: 63 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 22, 2025
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The Lady in the Car
Overview: A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.
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Original Language: et
Release Date: 1992-12-12
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Letters to Angel
Overview: Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja has been fighting in Afghanistan; 21 years later he returns to Estonia to his father's funeral. He has converted to Islam and his only connection to his native land is the sound of his daughter Angel's crying that he heard a long time ago on the phone. Jeremia starts to search for his family. The daily life - if this can be called life in the first place - of the dusty and abandoned town is being run by women since men are almost gone. Nevertheless, the women seem to hope that Jeremia will be able to do something about it in order to remove the paralyzing feeling of emptiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2011-01-27
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Shop of Dreams
Overview: Three friends return from a vacation and discover that the TV studio they work for has gone bankrupt - so they decide to start their own costume renting business.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2005-04-14
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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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Self Made Cameraman
Overview: An adventurous tragedy about Estonia's first film maker Johannes Pääsuke and his aspirations to travel around with a film camera and find happiness. Together with a good friend, Volter, Pääsuke will spend an incredible week in Setomaa.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2019-01-11
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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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Messenger Knocks Three Times
Overview: The film tells the story of a single mother having trouble coping with everyday life. However, she finds in magic and fantasy a way to escape her reality until the enigmatic appearance of a man in her life. He will change her forever, to the point of making the decisions she has always feared. She will suddenly and conclusively have to answer her own question: what do I want? She will be given a chance to correct the mistakes in her life; will she cherish this opportunity or let it slip away?
Genres: Mystery Drama Fantasy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2010-05-03
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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 Bird Watcher
Overview: A young fanatic bird-watcher spends a summer on an islet in the Nortern-Sea with his assistant. Rough nature, hidden feelings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1988-03-14
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Sunday Only
Overview: 50s quiet Estonian town. After a long separation, two brothers met in their parents' house. The younger one, Ilmar, a formerly capable artist, has just been released under an amnesty from a camp where he ended up for some youthful prank. Older brother Alex, by nature a more reserved person who prefers to find compromise solutions, is the complete opposite of Ilmar. The meeting of the brothers develops into a conflict, complicated by the fact that Ilmar got in touch with repeat offenders in the camp, and now they are threatening him with violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-05-20
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August 1991
Overview: August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, all hopes for independence seem to be lost. People in the only local television station, ETV, are facing their own choices.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2005-02-24
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