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Mikk Mikiver
Mikk Mikiver (4 September 1937 – 9 January 2006) was a prominent Estonians, Estonian stage and film actor and theater director. Biography Mikiver was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Tallinn in 1961. He then went on to appear in many Estonian films and was a highly regarded dramatic actor. In addition to stage and film, Mikiver was also a prodigious television actor. While never retiring from acting, Mikiver gradually became more interested in theater direction and was for many years the principal director of the Estonian Drama Theatre and the Tallinn City Theatre, Estonian Youth Theater. In addition to Estonian language films, Mikiver also appeared in Russian language, Russian, Swedish language, Swedish, Polish language, Polish and Finnish language, Finnish productions. For his notable achievements, the Council of Ministers of Estonia, Estonian government awarded Mikiver the Order of the White Star, 4th Class, as well as the National Lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Lundver
Ada Lundver (9 February 1942 – 6 October 2011) was an Estonian film actress and media personality. She appeared in nearly thirty films. Life Lundver was born in Käina Parish (now, Hiiumaa Parish), on the island of Hiiumaa in 1942. She used to spend each summer on the island with her grandmother. In 1960 Lundver was working in a shoe factory in Tallinn. The following year, her life was transformed as she was acting with the State Philharmonic of the Estonian SSR. She was chosen from nearly 250 other applicants. She completed a course in pop singing before acting more. She and Eve Kivi became the most well known Estonian actresses. She made films in the 60s, and signed an agreement to make more films in 1969 - becoming the "German slut in Russian movies". She married Mikk Mikiver in 1971 and then made many more films. She made nearly thirty in total including "Cold Land", "What Happened to Andres Lapeteus" and "Noon Barge". Her marriage to Mikk Mikiver ended in 1983. Lundver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Male Actors
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Male Stage Actors
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable Estonians. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) *Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) *Georg Hellat (1870–1943) *Otto Pius Hippius (1826–1883) * Erich Jacoby (1885 ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Male Film Actors
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable Estonians. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) *Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) *Georg Hellat (1870–1943) *Otto Pius Hippius (1826–1883) * Erich Jacoby (1885 ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Deaths
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1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahu Tänav
''Rahu tänav'' ( en, Peace Street) is a 1991 Estonian film directed by Roman Baskin. Awards: * 1992: FilmFestival Cottbus (Germany), 1992, main prize - best film * 1992: European Film Awards, nomination: European Supporting Actor of the Year 1992: Väino Laes for Rahu tänav * 1993: Brussels International Independent Film Festival, participating Plot Cast * Mikk Mikiver as Verner * Jüri Järvet as Jaak * Katrin Karisma as Agnes * Maria Avdjuško as Lilka * Lauri Vihman as Lauri * Arvo Kukumägi as Uugu * Kaljo Kiisk as Eugen * Väino Laes as Peeter * Kersti Kreismann as Inga * Helene Vannari as Selma * Elisabet Reinsalu as Rita * Tõnu Kilgas as Kuno * Mihkel Pulk as Tiit * Laine Mägi Laine Mägi (born Laine Michelson-Adamson; 3 February 1959) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress, dancer and choreographer and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager. She is the founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance ... as Lagle * Sulev Luik as Tiidus * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends, Comrades
''Friends, Comrades'' ( fi, Ystävät, toverit) is a 1990 Finnish drama film directed by Rauni Mollberg. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Mikk Mikiver as Arno Jurmala * Stina Ekblad as Lisa Jurmala * Hannu Lauri as Jaunkahns * Paavo Liski as Kaakamo * Otto Ševčík as Manfred Horst * Ain Lutsepp as Pavlovski * Aulis Rosendahl as Superintendent Blom * Tapio Aarre-Ahtio as Lisma * Göran Schauman as Director Liljeroos * José Martin as Colonel Camino * Tuire Salenius as Ulla Kaakamo * Ilkka Rosma as Younger Jopi Kaakamo * Kare Eskola as Older Jopi Kaakamo * Mikko Nousiainen as Merchant Pukki * Walter Bacon as Kane * Carmen Mikiver Carmen Mikiver (until 1989 Carmen Uibokant; born on 13 January 1964 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress. In 1989 she graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute in theatrical directing speciality ( et, näitejuhtimise eriala). 1987-1993 and 1996- ... as Olga References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entrance To The Labyrinth
''Entrance to the Labyrinth'' (russian: Вход в лабиринт, Vkhod v labirint) is a 1989 Soviet five-episode television crime film directed by Valeriy Kremnev based on the Vayner Brothers novel ''Medicine against Fear''. Plot The film consists of several storylines. Main one occurs in the USSR in the 1980s - a detective story about scammers who, using a police identification card, break into the apartments of dishonest people and rob them under the guise of a search. When studying this case, investigator Muromtsev discovers a conflict between two inventors of miracle drug metaproptozole, called abroad as "medicine against fear". The professor does not believe in the existence of this drug because he did not succeed in inventing it himself. Therefore, he denies that his opponent Lyzhin, who is considered a kooky eccentric could invent such a drug. However, the criminals manage to poison the district plenipotentiary with this particular drug, after which they abduct the iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 13th Apostle
''The 13th Apostle'' (russian: 13-й апостол, Trinadtsatyy apostol) is a 1988 Soviet science fiction film directed by Suren Babayan, loosely based on the 1950 book ''The Martian Chronicles'' by Ray Bradbury. Plot The crew of а space expedition dies under mysterious circumstances. After 15 years, an inspector investigates why the exploration of a planet was abandoned. To do this, he visits the only surviving member of the crew, Captain Amos, who now lives in a shelter for retired astronauts. In the report, he made a ban on further exploration of this planet. It turns out that the inhabitants of the planet took on the appearance of the crew members' deceased relatives to inspire the idea that a quarantine regime is needed in this place. Moreover, the captain returns accompanied by a certain being (the "apostle"), who possesses Absalom. Cast *Juozas Budraitis — Captain Amos *Andrei Boltnev — Inspector *Vladas Bagdonas — Apostle / Absalom *Armen Dzhigarkhanyan — David, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Of Eternity (film)
''The End of Eternity'' (russian: Конец Вечности, Konets Vechnosti) is a 1987 Soviet science fiction film directed by Andrei Yermash based on the eponymous 1955 novel by Isaac Asimov. Plot The film tells about the activities of a secret organization called ''Eternity'' which exists outside of time and controls everything on Earth. Representatives of ''Eternity'' can get into any century of the Earth's history, beginning with the 27th, the century when ''Eternity'' appeared, with the help of Time Capsules moving in the endlessly continuing Sockets of Time, and change the course of events as they themselves deem necessary — eradicating wars, customs, new weapons, space travel. ''Eternity'' recruits their new members from the population of normal "time people", taking them in childhood. They are forbidden to maintain any connection with their home, with their native Century. After training, they become Eternal — Observers, Computers, Sociologists, Technici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
