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The Dissidents
''The Dissidents'' ( et, Sangarid) is a 2017 Estonian comedy-action film directed by Jaak Kilmi. The film is about three young men escaping from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s. Cast * Märt Pius - Ralf * Karl-Andreas Kalmet - Mario / Speculator * Veiko Porkanen - Einar / Meathead * Esko Salminen - Lars-Jukka Lampinen * Julia Berngardt – Rita * Henrik Kalmet - Mario's brother * Tõnu Kark - Grandfather * Ott Sepp - Hillbilly * Kristjan Lüüs Kristjan Lüüs (born 17 March 1991),
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Jaak Kilmi
Jaak Kilmi (born 23 October 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1998 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University's film school. Since 2001, Kilmi has been teaching documentary studies to scenography students at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Selected filmography * ''Külla tuli'' (1997) * ''Revolution of Pigs'' (2004) * ''Disco and Atomic War'' (2009) * '' The New World'' (2011, producer) * ''The Dissidents ''The Dissidents'' ( et, Sangarid) is a 2017 Estonian comedy-action film directed by Jaak Kilmi. The film is about three young men escaping from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s. Cast * Märt Pius - Ralf * Karl-Andreas Kalme ...'' (2017) * ''Jõulud džunglis'' (2020) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilmi, Jaak 1973 births Living people Estonian film directors Estonian film producers Estonian screenwriters Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Arts Tallinn University alumni People ...
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Taska Film
Taska Film sometimes credited as Taska Productions (owned by Kristian Taska) is an Estonian film production company responsible for producing the number 1 Estonian box office hit during the last decade: '' Names in Marble''. '' Candles in the Dark'' directed by Maximilian Schell was filmed in Estonia (produced by Ilmar Taska) in association with The Kushner-Locke Company. The movie was possibly the first movie ever screened in the US that was shot in Estonia. Ilmar Taska is an Estonian filmmaker has been the writer and producer for 20th Century Fox movie ''Back in the USSR'' (1992). Ilmar's son Kristian Taska born on 23 November 1973 has been the producer of Estonian feature films like ''Names in Marble'' (2002), ''Set Point'' (2004) ( et, Täna öösel me ei maga) directed by Ilmar Taska, ''Röövlirahnu Martin'' (2005) directed by René Vilbre. In 2022 they produced ''Melchior the Apothecary ''Melchior the Apothecary'' ( et, Apteeker Melchior) is a 2022 Estonian historical ...
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Märt Pius
Märt Pius (born 4 February 1989)vooremaa.ee
''Rahutu hingega Nelli Pius leidis tegevuspaiga Põltsamaa kandis'' 16 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor whose career began in the 2010s.


Early life and education

Märt Pius was born in Tallinn to Jüri and Nelli Pius (''née'' Paap). His twin brother is actor . He has one older brother, as well as two half-siblings from his father's previous marriage. He grew up in and attended schools in Tallinn before the family moved to the small village of Mällikvere in

Karl-Andreas Kalmet
Karl-Andreas Kalmet (born on 8 February 1989) is an Estonian actor. Kalmet's parents are actor and director Madis Kalmet and diplomat and former actress Gita Kalmet (née Ränk). In 2008, he graduated from British School in The Netherlands in The Hague and in 2012 as an actor at from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's Performing Arts Department. Then, until 2015, he worked as an actor at the Tallinn City Theatre. In 2012 he co-hosted for the TV3 television series ''Eesti otsib superstaari'' with his older brother, actor Henrik Kalmet. He is an attacker in football club Tallinna FC Reaal. Filmography * ''1944'' (2015) * ''The Days That Confused'' (2016) * ''The Dissidents ''The Dissidents'' ( et, Sangarid) is a 2017 Estonian comedy-action film directed by Jaak Kilmi. The film is about three young men escaping from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s. Cast * Märt Pius - Ralf * Karl-Andreas Kalme ...'' (2017) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalmet, Kar ...
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Veiko Porkanen
Veiko Porkanen (born 4 January 1989 in Põltsamaa) is an Estonian actor. In 2014 he graduated from Estonian Music and Theatre Academy. Since 2014 he is an actor at Vanemuine Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films. Filmography * 2015: ''Must alpinist A list of films made in the Republic of Estonia since 1991: For a list of Estonian films released prior to 1991, see List of Estonian films. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Estonian Films 1991 File ...'' * 2017: '' Sangarid'' * 2019: ''Johannes Pääsukese tõeline elu'' * 2019: ''Reetur'' (television series) * 2023: ''Kuulsuse narrid'' References Living people 1989 births Estonian male film actors Estonian male stage actors Estonian male television actors 21st-century Estonian actors Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni People from Põltsamaa {{Estonia-actor-stub ...
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Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based administrative subdivision of the former Soviet Union (USSR) covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991. The Estonian SSR was nominally established to replace the until then independent Republic of Estonia on 21 July 1940, a month after the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet military invasion and occupation of the country during World War II. After the installation of a Stalinist government which, backed by the occupying Soviet Red Army, declared Estonia a Soviet constituency, the Estonian SSR was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union as a "union republic" on 6 August 1940. Estonia was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and administered as a part of ''Reichskommissariat Ostland'' until it was reconquere ...
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ...
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ...
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Helsinki International Film Festival
The Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy ( fi, Rakkautta & Anarkiaa) is a non-competitive film festival held since 1988 in Helsinki, Finland, yearly in September. The festival promotes the artistry of filmmaking, the inventive, visually stunning and controversial new films, revealing the promising talents of tomorrow. The festival was named after the 1973 Lina Wertmüller film ''Love and Anarchy ''Love and Anarchy'' ( it, Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza..., lit=Film of love and anarchy, or rather: this morning at 10, in via dei Fiori, in the well-known brothel ...) i ...''. In 2015 the festival attracted over 61,000 visitors. References External links Helsinki International Film Festival {{coord missing, Finland Film festivals in Finland Festivals in Helsinki Autumn events in Finland ...
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Esko Salminen
Esko Salminen (born 12 October 1940, in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor with careers on television, the stage and on the silver screen. He has had three marriages: (1961–1963); 1971–1981); and (present). He had two children with his second wife, one of whom is an actor. Selected filmography *''The Dissidents'' (2017) *''August Fools'' (2013) *''Härmä (2012 film), Härmä'' (2012) *''The Storage'' (2011) *''Unna ja Nuuk'' (2006) *''Mother of Mine (film), Mother of Mine'' (2005) *''Aapo (film), Aapo'' (1994) *''The Last Border'' (1993) *''Hamlet Goes Business'' (1987) *''Sign of the Beast'' (1981) *''Flame Top'' (1980) *''Poet and Muse'' (1978) *''Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika'' (English title ''Speedy Gonzales - The Son of About Seven Brothers'') (1970) *''Nutty Finland ''Nutty'' was a British comic magazine that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with ''The Dandy''. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, ''Nutty'' wa ...
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Henrik Kalmet
Henrik Kalmet (born 19 April 1986) is an Estonian actor, comedian, and television personality. Kalmet began his career in 2010 and has appeared as an actor on stage, television, and films. He is also a stand-up comedian and has appeared as a judge and presenter on several Estonian television series. In 2011, he was a cofounder of the theatre troupe . Early life and education Henrik Kalmet was born in Tallinn to actor and director Madis Kalmet and former actress and diplomat Gita Kalmet (née Ränk). His younger brother is actor Karl-Andreas Kalmet. Because of his mother's position with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he spent part of his youth in the Netherlands and France and attended the Lycée La Fontaine in Paris. Kalmet graduated from secondary school at the Gustav Adolf Gymnasium in Tallinn in 2005. from 2005 until 2008, he studied philosophy at the University of Tartu before enrolling in the drama department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre to study acting ...
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Tõnu Kark
Tõnu Kark (born on 4 December 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. His older brother is actor and caricaturist Feliks Kark. Notable roles Notable film roles: * '' Nest of Winds'' (1979) * ''Metskannikesed'' (1980) * '' Nukitsamees'' (1981) * ''Äratus'' (1989) * '' Firewater'' (1994) * ''Screwed in Tallinn'' (1999) * '' Good Hands'' (2001) * ''Lilya 4-ever'' (2002) * '' Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat'' (2004) * '' The Power of Fear'' (2006) * ''Lotte from Gadgetville'' (2006) * ''The Visit of the Old Lady'' (2006) * ''Georg'' (2007) * ''December Heat'' (2008) * ''Devil Incarnate'' (2008) * ''Circulation of the Blood'' (2011) * ''Lotte and the Moonstone Secret'' (2011) * ''Rat Trap'' (2011) * ''Family Lies'' (2016) * ''Green Cats'' (2017) * ''The Dissidents ''The Dissidents'' ( et, Sangarid) is a 2017 Estonian comedy-action film directed by Jaak Kilmi. The film is about three young men escaping from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s. Cast * Märt Pius - Ra ...
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