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Ruudi
''Ruudi'' is a 2006 Estonian family film directed by Katrin Laur. Awards: * 2006: MAFF - Multimedia Audiovisual Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland), second prize * 2006: SCHLINGEL International Film Festival (Chemnitz, Germany), audience prize * 2006: Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan), Grand Prix Plot Cast *Paul Oskar Soe as Ruudi *Juta Altmets as Vika *Tarvo Langeberg as Ints *Marvo Langeberg as Ants *Mairo Ainsar as Aleks * Guido Kangur as Sass *Aarne Mägi as Enn *Katariina Unt as Karmen, Ruudi's mother *Aleksander Eelmaa as Jaak Lolle *Ülle Kaljuste as Liivi *Ines Aru as Metsa Aino *Jan Uuspõld as Gynnar *Dan Põldroos as Leif *Indrek Taalmaa as Father of twins *Helga Nurmekann as Folk musician *Ain Hannus as Folk musician *Janek Joost as Head Viking *Juhan Ulfsak as Host of beauty contest *Taavi Eelmaa as Host of beauty contest *Anna-Maria Toom as Beauty contest winner *Raine Tarima as Finn *Väino Puura as Singer *Maie Saulep as Old woman with coat *Rein Pruul as An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrin Laur
Katrin Laur (née Poola, born in 1955, in Tartu, Estonia) is an author, film director, and professor who currently lives in Estonia and Germany. In 1973 in Soviet-occupied Tallinn she graduated from a school that gave an excellent command of English (Tallinn Secondary School N°7), she then had different jobs. Laur learned photography at the Tallinn Technical School N°2 and studied philosophy for one year at the Moscow State University. From 1977 to 1982 Laur studied feature film directing at the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), in the masterclass of Sergey Gerasimov, and graduated in 1982 with a diploma summa cum laude (diploma film: “Kolm tundi rongi väljumiseni” – “Three Hours before the Train leaves.”). After graduating from the film school she left the Soviet Union with her then-husband, a Colombian fellow student, and their three-year-old daughter. She applied for political asylum in Munich, Germany, which was granted to her two years later. In M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ülle Kaljuste
Ülle Kaljuste (born Ülle Side; 10 April 1957) is an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress. Early life Born Ülle Side in Tallinn, she attended Tallinn Secondary School No. 2 (Tallinn Reaalkool), graduating in 1975. Afterward, she attended the Tallinn State Conservatory of Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), under the instruction of Merle Karusoo and graduating in 1980. Graduating classmates included actors Roman Baskin, Guido Kangur, Arvo Kukumägi, Ain Lutsepp, Anne Veesaar, and Paul Poom.Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum ''Lennud'' Retrieved 21 September 2018. Stage career Shortly after graduation, she began an engagement at the Vanalinnastuudio which lasted from 1980 until 1989. Since 1998, she has been a performer at the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristel Leesmend
Kristel Leesmend (born 30 August 1968 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress. From 1987 until 1988, Leesmend worked at the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn as a costume designer and as a freelance actress. In 1992 she graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's Drama School and has been a freelance actress since. In 2002, she worked as a supervisor at the Tallinn University of Technology's student theatre, T-Theater. From 2003 until 2006, she director of casting for the Estonian Casting Agency ( Allfilm). Besides theatrical roles she has also played in several films. Leesmend was in a relationship with actor Ivo Uukkivi, the pair have a daughter, born in 1995, with whom she has a very close relationship. Selected Filmography * 1993 ''Tallinn pimeduses'' (feature film; role: Department store salesclerk) * 1994 ''Jüri Rumm'' (feature film; role Eliisabet) * 2006 ''Ruudi'' (feature film; role: Nurse) * 2008 ''Doktor Kloun'' (documentary film; director and scenarist) * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taavi Eelmaa
Taavi Eelmaa (born 15 June 1971) is an Estonian stage and film actor. Biography Career Born and raised in Tallinn, he is the son of actor Aleksander Eelmaa and Reet Eelmaa. Taavi Eelmaa began studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1996. Among his graduating classmates were Karin Tammaru, Ain Prosa, René Reinumägi, Indrek Saar, Tarvo Sõmer, and Ardo Ran Varres. After graduating, he worked for six years at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, and from 2002 to present at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn. Eelmaa made his screen debut in 1993 in the Rainer Sarnet-directed short film ''Merehaigus'' (English: ''Seasickness'') and has gone on to appear in roles in numerous Estonian films. Among his more memorable roles were as Theo in the 2007 Veiko Õunpuu-directed drama ''Sügisball'' (English: ''Autumn Ball''), inspired by Estonian writer Mati Unt's novel of the same name, and as the title character in Õunpuu's 2009 black comedy ''Püha Tõnu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juhan Ulfsak
Juhan Ulfsak (born 18 April 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. Since 1998 he is an actor in Von Krahl Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has played on several films. His father was actor Lembit Ulfsak. Selected filmography * 2005 ''Stiilipidu'' (feature film; role: Erki) * 2006 ''The Power of Fear'' (feature fil; role: Head sheriff) * 2006 ''Ruudi'' (feature film; role: Beauty contest host) * 2007 '' Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse'' (feature film; role: Valev) * 2011 '' Idioot'' (feature film; role: Ippolit) * 2012 '' Seenelkäik'' (feature film; role: Zäk) * 2012 ''Üksik saar'' (feature film; role: Olaf, professor's son) * 2015 ''Roukli'' (feature film) * 2016 '' Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse'' (feature film; role: Juulius) * 2017 ''Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari'' (feature film; role: Aleksander Kross (Süütu)) * 2017 '' Miami'' (feature film; role: Eduard) * 2018 ''Eia jõulud Tondikakul'' (feature film; role: Raiesmiku Raivo) * 2018 ''Seltsimees laps ''The Little Comrade'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Põldroos
Dan Põldroos (6 March 1970 – 5 May 2007) was an Estonian stage, television and film actor who began performing on stage at age fifteen. Although mostly known for comedic roles, he was also an accomplished dramatic actor. Põldroos' career ended at age thirty-seven when he died unexpectedly. Early life and education Dan Põldroos was born in Tallinn. He was an only child from his parents' marriage, though he had a half-sibling and a step-sibling. His grandfather's brother was actor, writer, and director Priit Põldroos. As a hobby at age fifteen, he began performing with the local literary theatre Varius. He attended schools in Tallinn, graduating as a carpenter and cabinet-maker from the Tallinn 12th Vocational Secondary School in 1988 and the same year he enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), studying under instruction of theatre and film director Kalju Komissarov, and graduating in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Uuspõld
Jan Uuspõld (born 14 December 1973) is an Estonian stage, television, radio and film actor and musician. Early life and music career Jan Uuspõld was born in Tallinn, the eldest of three sons of Ingar and Heidi Uuspõld. His mother is an accountant and his father was a long-distance truck driver. He was raised mostly in Hiiu, Nõmme and attended schools in Keila and Tallinn. In middle school was enrolled in music class and sang in a school choir. He graduated from Tallinn's 1st Industrial High School in 1991 where he trained as an offset printer. As a teenager, he wished to become a musician. Influenced in part by the Estonian punk rock band J.M.K.E., he formed a punk band called Trakulla at age fifteen with several classmates and younger brother Andrus after his mother gave him money to buy a guitar. The band went through several music styles and incarnations until eventually being called Luxury Filters and playing predominately jazz and Texas blues inspired songs. After reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ines Aru
Ines Aru (born Ines Parker; 1 July 1939) is an Estonian stage, radio, voice, television, and film actress whose career began in the early 1960s. Early life and education Ines Aru was born Ines Parker in Tallinn to Martin Johannes Parker and Leena Parker (''née'' Laid). Both of her parents were communist activists who had been incarcerated by Estonian authorities in the 1920s for their political activity and released in 1938, the year prior to her birth. Following the German occupation of Estonia during World War II in July 1941, she was evacuated to Samara Oblast in the Ural Mountains of Russia with her mother and grandmother. Her father remained in Tallinn and planned to join them shortly thereafter. In August 1941, he boarded a ship at the Port of Tallinn that struck a mine and was killed. Her mother Leena died of tuberculosis while in Russia on 3 December 1942 at age forty when Ines was three years old. Afterward, she returned to Estonia with her grandmother who raised her in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Eelmaa
Aleksander Eelmaa (6 November 1946 – 21 July 2021) was an Estonian actor. Eelmaa was born in Viljandi. From 1968 to 1969 he studied at the Estonian SSR Theatre Association's pantomime studio. From 1976 to 1981 he was an actor at Estonian Youth Theatre, from 1981 to 1990 at Vanalinnastuudio, from 1990 to 2006 at Estonian Drama Theatre, from 2007 to 2015 at Tallinn City Theatre, and from 2015 again at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles he also played on several films (''Agent Wild Duck'', '' A Friend of Mine'' and ''Vana daami visiit'') and television series (''Tuulepealne maa'' and ''Õnne 13''). Eelmaa's children are actor and director Taavi Eelmaa and theatre artist Liisi Eelmaa. Eelmaa died on 21 July 2021, at the age of 74 in Ohtla. He was appearing in the play ''Kadunud kodu'' at the Saueaugu Theatre Farm, which had premiered the night before his death. Awards * 1984: Ants Lauter prize * 2004 Order of the White Star, IV class. Selected filmography * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katariina Unt
Katariina Unt (born Katariina Lauk; 6 December 1971) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actress. Early life and education Katariina Unt was born in Tallinn. Her mother is interior decorator Malle Lauk and her father is artist Tõnu Lauk, who works mainly with metals. The youngest of four siblings, she grew up mostly in Pärnu. She graduated in 1990 from Pärnu Hansa Secondary School, then completed her studies in Tallinn at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Drama School in 1994 (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Her graduating classmates included Mait Malmsten, Ain Mäeots, Liisa Aibel, Ago Anderson, Indrek Sammul, and Andres Puustusmaa. Stage career Between 1994 and 2001, she was engaged at the Tallinn City Theatre. Following her departure, she worked for a while as a freelance actor, performing at the Estonia Theatre, Endla Theatre and the Kuressaare Town Theatre, among others. In 2007, she joined the VAT Theatre in Tallinn, where she still curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Kangur
Guido Kangur (born 9 June 1956 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian actor. In 1980 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. From 1980 to 1992 he was an actor in Noorsooteater. Since 1992 he is an actor in Estonian Drama Theatre. He has also played in many films and theater plays. Selected filmography * ''Names in Marble'' (2002) * ''Ruudi ''Ruudi'' is a 2006 Estonian family film directed by Katrin Laur. Awards: * 2006: MAFF - Multimedia Audiovisual Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland), second prize * 2006: SCHLINGEL International Film Festival (Chemnitz, Germany), audience prize * 2006 ...'' (2006) * ''Farts of Fury'' (2011) * ''Elu keset linna'' (2012) * ''The Wall'' (2012) * ''Living Images'' (2013) * ''It Flies to the Hive '' (2015) * ''Üheotsapilet'' (2015) * ''The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow'' (2017) * ''Deserved Happiness'' (2018) * ''On The Water'' (2020) * ''Salmonid 25 aastat hiljem'' (2020) * ''Kuulsuse narrid'' (2023) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kangur, Guido 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piret Tibbo-Hudgins
Piret is an Estonian feminine given name. People named Piret include: *Piret, wife of Suur Tõll in Estonian mythology *Piret Bristol (born 1968), poet, prosaist and novelist *Piret Hartman (born 1981), Estonian politician * Piret Jaaks (born 1980), writer * Piret Järvis (born 1984), singer, guitarist, and songwriter ( Vanilla Ninja) *Piret Kalda (born 1966), actress *Piret Krumm (born 1989), actress, singer, and comedian *Piret Laurimaa (born 1971), actress * Piret Niglas (born 1968), cross-country skier *Piret Pormeister (born 1985), cross-country skier * Piret Raud (born 1971), children’s writer, illustrator and translator *Piret Viirma Piret Viirma (born 27 March 1968 Paide) is an Estonian 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 lang ... (born 1968), draughts player References {{given name Estonian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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