Eesti Filmiklassika
by roomet | created - 02 Feb 2013 | updated - 02 Feb 2013 | PublicEesti päevalehe kollektsioon / Kokku 45 filmi
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1. The Last Relic (1969)
86 min | Adventure, History, Romance
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A ... See full summary »
Director: Grigori Kromanov | Stars: Aleksandr Goloborodko, Igrida Andrina, Elza Radzina, Rolan Bykov
Votes: 1,622
2. Spring (1969)
87 min | Drama
Semi-autobiographical story by Oskar Luts about friendship, love and life in a small Estonian country boarding school in the late 1800s.
Director: Arvo Kruusement | Stars: Arno Liiver, Riina Hein, Aare Laanemets, Margus Lepa
Votes: 1,549
3. Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be all right. Suddenly, an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world, and strange things are going to happen.
Director: Grigori Kromanov | Stars: Uldis Pucitis, Jüri Järvet, Lembit Peterson, Mikk Mikiver
Votes: 1,640
4. Need vanad armastuskirjad (1992)
127 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter of the 1930s and the 1940s, the political changes of his land and his life after war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.
Director: Mati Põldre | Stars: Rain Simmul, Liis Tappo, Ülle Kaljuste, Marika Korolev
Votes: 190
5. Mäeküla piimamees (1965)
88 min | Drama
A baron gives a poor peasant a well-paid job of a milkman but for reward he has to accept his beloved girl going to mansion time to time. Does the wealth outweigh the honor and conscience?
Director: Leida Laius | Stars: Jüri Järvet, Elle Eha, Ants Lauter, Jüri Järvet Jr.
Votes: 118
6. Ideaalmaastik (1981)
91 min | Drama
In post-World War II Estonia, Mait Kukemeri, an activist of the Young Communist League arrives to the Metsa collective farm in the back of a travelling cinema truck. As a commissary of the ... See full summary »
Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Arvo Kukumägi, Tõnu Kark, Kalju Komissarov, Priit Adamson
Votes: 143
7. Nukitsamees (1981)
75 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
Nukitsamees (English title: Bumpy) is a family musical which somewhat echoes the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel. A brother and sister called Kusti and Iti get lost in a forest while ... See full summary »
Director: Helle Karis | Stars: Egert Soll, Anna-Liisa Kurve, Ülari Kirsipuu, Ines Aru
Votes: 516
8. Inimene, keda polnud (1990)
84 min | Drama, History, War
A young Estonian voice actress' life from the turbulent 1930's to the devastating March deportation of 1949.
Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Katri Horma, Mari Simm, Tõnu Kilgas, Jüri Krjukov
Votes: 71
9. Vallatud kurvid (1959)
89 min | Comedy, Sport
Vaike arrives at the racetrack where the bikes are already racing at full speed. She gets involved in adventures while getting acquainted with Raivo, successful biker and womanizer, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Kaljo Kiisk, Yuli Kun | Stars: Terje Luik, Rein Aren, Peeter Kard, Eve Kivi
Votes: 249
10. Karu süda (2001)
124 min | Drama, Romance
A young Estonian goes to the Siberian Taiga to live as a hunter in a remote forest hut. He hopes to find his true self far from civilisation. The natives he meets introduce him to the myths... See full summary »
Director: Arvo Iho | Stars: Rain Simmul, Dinara Drukarova, Ilyana Pavlova, Külli Teetamm
Votes: 320
11. Siin me oleme! (1979 TV Movie)
67 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sulev Nõmmik | Stars: Lia Laats, Ervin Abel, Renate Karhu, Karl Kalkun
Votes: 853
12. Tants aurukatla ümber (1987 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, History
The movie travels through the XX-th century by monitoring a steam-boiler. We see life, agricultural work and people at different times. We see history of Estonia. The language spoken is an old South Estonian dialect.
Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Heino Mandri, Tarvo-Hanno Varres, Lennart Mänd, Uve Urbla
Votes: 92
13. The Young Eagles (1927)
78 min | Drama, Romance, War
The film depicts the adventures of three students who enlist in the war when their small country is invaded by the Russian Bolshevists during the Estonian war of independence (1918-1920).
Director: Theodor Luts | Stars: Arnold Vaino, Juhan Nõmmik, Ruut Tarmo, Elly Põder-Roht
Votes: 104
14. Nipernaadi (1983)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
The story is about an Estonian Don Juan, who actually is a writer, who leaves home in spring and is brought home again in autumn, by his wife.
Director: Kaljo Kiisk | Stars: Tõnu Kark, Viire Valdma, Paul Poom, Egon Nuter
Votes: 379
15. Suvi (1976)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Characters familiar from "Kevade" are now in their 20s. In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. He wants to start ... See full summary »
Director: Arvo Kruusement | Stars: Aare Laanemets, Riina Hein, Margus Lepa, Kaljo Kiisk
Votes: 784
16. Keskpäevane praam (1967)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kaljo Kiisk | Stars: Enn Kraam, Kersti Gern, Ada Lundver, Eino Tamberg
Votes: 188
17. Ukuaru (1973)
85 min | Drama
Writer Veera Saar' s book Ukuaru based movie. Estonian womans drams in their life.
Director: Leida Laius | Stars: Elle Kull, Lembit Ulfsak, Velda Otsus, Jüri Järvet
Votes: 113
18. Valgus Koordis (1951)
93 min | Drama
About forming first collective-farms in Estonia in 1940-s and class-fight in the countryside. Starring unforgettable opera singer Georg Ots. A pretty good example of a Soviet propaganda film. No cinematographic value.
Director: Gerbert Rappaport | Stars: Georg Ots, Aleksander Randviir, Valentine Tern, Ilmar Tammur
Votes: 75
19. Hullumeelsus (1969)
79 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Gestapo officer must find an enemy agent from the asylum.
Director: Kaljo Kiisk | Stars: Jüri Järvet, Vaclovas Bledis, Valeriy Nosik, Bronius Babkauskas
Votes: 273
20. Tulivesi (1994)
94 min | Crime, Drama
Towards the end of the 1920s the Finnish goverment introduced a twelve year long ban on alcohol. This resulted in very lively and profitable spirit smuggling from Estonia to Finland. This ... See full summary »
Director: Hardi Volmer | Stars: Epp Eespäev, Erik Ruus, Jaan Tätte, Ain Lutsepp
Votes: 162
21. Georgica (1998)
109 min | Drama
Quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young mute boy is sent from the mainland... See full summary »
Director: Sulev Keedus | Stars: Evald Aavik, Mait Merekülski, Ülle Toming, Rein Oja
Votes: 285
22. Kõrboja peremees (1979)
88 min | Drama
Director: Leida Laius | Stars: Kaie Mihkelson, Lembit Peterson, Ants Eskola, Elo Tamul
Votes: 119
23. Autumn Ball (2007)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
A film about the loneliness, despair and hope of six people who all live in a bleak Soviet-era apartment complex in Tallinn, Estonia.
Director: Veiko Õunpuu | Stars: Rain Tolk, Taavi Eelmaa, Juhan Ulfsak, Maarja Jakobson
Votes: 2,110
24. Mehed ei nuta (1968 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sulev Nõmmik | Stars: Ants Lauter, Endel Pärn, Leo Normet, Voldemar Kuslap
Votes: 577
25. Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968)
91 min | Drama, War
The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) during the WW-2 and how the fight forms an usual man to a loyal soldier. Ideologic aspects ... See full summary »
Director: Jüri Müür | Stars: Rudolf Allabert, Heino Raudsik, Leonhard Merzin, Arvi Hallik
Votes: 106
26. Arabella, mereröövli tütar (1982)
69 min | Adventure, Family
Arabella is a daughter of the world's most terrifying pirate captain. She loves her father but also dreams about a life of a usual girl. One day a weird stranger is saved from the sea who ... See full summary »
Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Inga-Kai Puskar-Polonski, Lembit Peterson, Urmas Kibuspuu, Raivo Trass
Votes: 264
27. Naerata ometi (1985)
85 min | Drama
A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage.
Directors: Leida Laius, Arvo Iho | Stars: Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Tauri Tallermaa, Katrin Tamleht
Votes: 282
28. Jõulud Vigalas (1981)
88 min | Drama
The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not the peaceful holiday. The manor house has been pillaged during the peasant's revolt. The air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Soosaar | Stars: Evald Aavik, Kersti Kreismann, Häli Saarm, Kadriann Soosaar
Votes: 51
29. Nest of Winds (1979)
95 min | Drama
A speechless stranger comes to a poor family tearing by partisan's and government's interests.
Director: Olav Neuland | Stars: Rudolf Allabert, Nelli Taar, Arvo Iho, Anne Maasik
Votes: 85
30. Names Engraved in Marble (2002)
95 min | Drama, Romance, War
This movie is about the Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920), specifically the students fighting on the nationalist side, but also shown the conflict between two ideologies (Estonian nationalism and communism).
Director: Elmo Nüganen | Stars: Priit Võigemast, Indrek Sammul, Hele Kõrve, Alo Kõrve
Votes: 2,320
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