Oskar Liigand
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Biography: Oskar Liigand (October 15, 1911, St. Petersburg – October 4, 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. He graduated from Paul Sepa's private theater studio in Tallinn in 1937. In the years 1936–1944, he was an actor in the Estonian Drama Theater, in 1944–1950 in the Vanemuine Theater and in 1950–1952 in the Ugala Theater. In the years 1952–1986, he was an actor of the National Puppet Theater of the Estonian SSR.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Birthday: October 15, 1911
Deathday: October 04, 1995
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Gender: Male
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Windy Beach
Overview: The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of the baron's will. The baron does everything to prevent the venture, but still "Kaugatoma" raises its white sails. Unfortunately, the power of money turns out to be decisive both in the organization of joint activities and in the relations of the strong-natured captain Tõnis Tihu with the community and his loved ones. He abandons Liisu, with whom he has a son, and marries a wealthy widow. As a captain, he has the power to look after the welfare of the sailors, but he thinks more about his own safety. However, the winds of 1905 are already blowing over the sea.
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Original Language: et
Release Date: 1971-01-03
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Living-Room
Overview: Film about conflict between young and old generations. In this animated film with live actors the protagonist is a girl, who is brought up by her grandfather. He lives in a strictly regulated world where animate as well as inanimate creatures have fixed places, which are marked by chalk on the living-room floor. Anything surpassing those borders is mercilessly scarped out of the film strip. The young girl, in whom the primal forces of nature are awakening, learns from her grandfather’s fading sexuality. She starts to scrape the filmstrip as well, to change the world according to her own will. What will she draw instead of her past childhood?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1993-07-26
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Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Overview: A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost. The adventures begin, when a boss of a bunch of criminals finds out about the painting.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1992-12-18
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The Adventurer
Overview: Toomas Nipernaadi is seen roaming the rural landscape, going from village to village looking for the woman of his dreams. He wears a bedraggled white suit but generously pays for any lodging he needs or in one case, even buys a farm. Nipernaadi has a way with words and enchants those he meets with his wild stories about himself. Women find him appealing and the men are entertained as he moves from one locale to the next.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1983-05-14
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Комический любовник, или Любовные затеи сэра Джона Фальстафа
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-06-14
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Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Overview: Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up to find Tear of the Prince of Darkness, a legendary ring which can bring Satan’s rule over the world.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1993-03-06
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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Overview: The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1977-06-08
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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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We Were Eighteen
Overview: It's 1940 - the first summer of the Soviet occupation on the Estonian island Saaremaa. Teenagers stepping in their lives have important decisions to make. Should they support the Soviet regime or join the resistance?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1965-07-19
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The Midday Ferry
Overview: The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from mainland Estonia to the island of Saaremaa, but they do not have any money to buy the ticket to the ferry. They manage to hide themselves into a lorry that carries hay. Because they are smoking while they are on the lorry, a fire breaks out. The problem is, that the ferry in the middle of the sea.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1967-05-29
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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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My Wife Became a Grandmother
Overview: A middle-aged literature teacher who devotes his free time to poetry is used to being the center of admiration for his family, especially his wife. One day, however, a grandchild arrives at the house, who immediately grabs the full attention of all those around him. The fresh grandfather turns out to be excluded and decides to leave the house, confident that it will restore him to his former position. This is followed by a day full of surprising encounters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1977-07-25
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Regina
Overview: Regina is a beautiful, educated and independent woman whose boyfriend tells her that he is going to marry a young girl expecting a baby. As Regina inherits a house in a little town, an opportunity arises to change her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-06-02
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Spring in the Forest
Overview: Based on the novel “Ukuaru” by Veera Saar, a story about Minna, a young woman who has to make choices in the name of her true love, home, and the continuation of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1974-11-18
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Madness
Overview: Before the end of the Second World War, a special commando marches into a mental hospital located in a beautiful manor house to eliminate the patients. But the Gestapo has received an anonymous letter saying that an enemy agent is hiding among the madmen. Officer Windisch is tasked with finding a simulant among several hundred mental patients in a matter of days.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1969-02-17
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Doctor Stockmann
Overview: Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that the facility is threatened by an infection caused by construction errors in the waterworks. The powerful mayor Peter Stockmann, the doctor's brother, has used his position and connections for commercial and political gain and has ignored the doctor's warnings. The upper class of the town initially supports the doctor's decision to reveal the truth, but the mayor changes due to pressure and personal interests. Dr. Stockmann is labeled an enemy of the people. He must choose whether to stick to his ideas, at the risk of his family, or surrender to demagoguery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1989-07-10
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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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The Master of Kõrboja
Overview: Anna, the daughter of an elderly owner of Kõrboja farm, is told by her father that if she won't move in their home farm then it will be sold to strangers. But the farm needs also a master, and Anna has been living in town for years. She comes back home and reunites with Villu, her friend from childhood.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1979-11-18
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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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