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Tulivesi
''Firewater'' ( et, Tulivesi) is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994. ''Tulivesi'' is based on the historical situation in Estonia at the end of 1920s and sets a precedent of the struggle between the Estonian government and the spirit-smugglers. This film is dedicated to those who carry on the difficult and hopeless struggle against the narcotic business. Plot At the end of the 1920s the Finnish government proclaimed dry law which lasted 12 years. Estonian bootleggers living on the neighboring coast of the Gulf of Finland profited from prohibition which staggered Finnish economy. In the fishermen's fictional village called Ropsi accedes a new honest chief of the border guard station, lieutenant Aleksander Kattai (role cast by Jaan Tätte) who wants to "lay down the law and order". At the same time the most famous of the village's spirit-smugglers, Eerik Ekström ( Erik Ruus) drives over the Gulf of Finland with his queuely firewater-cargo. He has spirit cans i ...
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Ain Lutsepp
Ain Lutsepp (born 6 May 1954) is an Estonian actor and politician. Early life and education Born in Tallinn, Ain Lutsepp began his career as a child actor at age thirteen as the character Tõnisson in the 1969 Arvo Kruusement directed Estonian language film '' Kevade'' (English: ''Spring''); a film adaptation of author Oskar Luts' popular 1913 novel of the same name. In 1972, he graduated for the Tallinn 10th Secondary School (now, the Tallinn Nõmme Gymnasium) and in 1980 he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department (present-day Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) under course instructor Merle Karusoo.Eesti Draamateater
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Graduating classmates included actors Roman Baskin,
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Hardi Volmer
Hardi Volmer (born 8 November 1957 in Pärnu) is an Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...n film director, puppet theatre set decorator and musician. Volmer is the singer in the Estonian punk rock band Singer Vinger. Animated cartoons *"Imeline nääriöö" (Wonderful New Year's Eve, 1984) *"Nõiutud saar" (Bewitched Island, 1985) *"Kevadine kärbes" (Fly in Spring, 1986) *"Sõda" (War, 1987) *"Tööd ja tegemised" (Works and Doings, 1988) *"Animeeritud autoportreed" (Animated Self-portraits, 1989) *"''Jackpot''" (1990) *"''Incipit vita nova''" (1992) *"Hilinenud romanss" (Late Romance, 1994) *"Keegi veel" (Someone More, 1998) *"Primavera" (1999) Movies *''Igaühele oma'' ("Something to Everyone", 1992) *'' Tulivesi'' ("Firewater", 1994) *'' Minu Leninid ...
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Enn Kraam
Enn Kraam (born Enn Kram; 20 July 1943, Uusküla – 18 June 2001) was an Estonian actor. In 1965 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. From 1965 to 1992 he worked at the Noorsooteater, and from 1994 to 2001 at Ugala Theatre. Selected filmography * 1967 '' Keskpäevane praam'' (feature film; role: Boy) * 1970 '' Valge laev'' (feature film; role: Juhan Saks) * 1971 '' Metskapten'' (feature film; role: Antti) * 1971 ''Tuuline rand'' (feature film; role: Pastor) * 1975 ''Indrek'' (feature film; role: Tigapuu) * 1977 '' Surma hinda küsi surnutelt'' (feature film; role: ?) * 1989 '' Regina'' (feature film; role: Karla) * 1991 ''Surmatants'' (feature film; role: Father Eugenio) * 1991 ''Vana mees tahab koju'' (television film; role: Andres Virkov) * 1992 ''Lammas all paremas nurgas''(feature film; role: Valvur) * 1993 ''Suflöör'' (feature film; role: Father) * 1994 ''Tulivesi ''Firewater'' ( et, Tulivesi) is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994. '' ...
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Eve Kivi
Eve Kivi (real name Eeve Kivi; born on 8 May 1938 in Paide) is an Estonian actress. Biography In 1959 she graduated from Estonian Drama Theatre's learning studio. She has worked at Tallinnfilm and Mosfilm. Since 1955 she has played on about 50 films. From 1965 until 1972, she was married to speed skater Ants Antson. Awards: * 1983: Estonian SSR merited artist Selected filmography * 1959 "Vallatud kurvid" (role: ?) * 1961 "Ohtlikud kurvid" (role: ?) * 1969 "Viimne reliikvia" (role: ?) * 1974 " Ohtlikud mängud" (role: ?) * 1975 "Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile" (role: ?) * 1992 "Need vanad armastuskirjad" (role: ?) * 1994 "Tulivesi" (role: Lulu) See also * Dean Reed Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kivi, Eve Living people ...
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Jaan Tätte
Jaan Tätte (born 24 March 1964 in Viljandi) is an Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer. Biography From 1982 to 1984 Tätte studied biology at the University of Tartu. From 1985 to 1986 he attended a graduate program at the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (now Tallinn University) and studied acting in the drama department of the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1990. Since 1990 he has been an ensemble member of the Tallinn City Theatre.''Eesti kirjanike leksikon''. Koostanud Oskar Kruus & Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 623. Since 2003 he has worked as a playwright at the same theater. He has also been involved in films. Towards the end of the 1990s, he began to write plays that would make him well-known beyond the borders of Estonia. His first piece "Ristumine peateega" (Bungee Jumping) was a great success. In 2000 "Sild" (The Bridge), followed in 2001. In 2005, he wrote "Palju õnne argipäevaks!"(Fasten Sea ...
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Erik Ruus
Erik Ruus (until 1986 Erik Molodov, pseudonym Erik Moldov; born on 23 April 1962 in Elva) is an Estonian actor. In 1982 he graduated from Viljandi Culture Academy. Between 1985 and 1995 and 1996 and 2009, he was an actor at the Rakvere Theatre. From 1995 and 1996, he was an actor at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu. Since 2009, he has been a freelance actor. Besides stage roles he has also acted on films and television series. Filmography * 1987: '' Vaatleja'' * 1991: ''Ainus pühapäev'' * 1995: ''Tulivesi'' * 1997: '' Minu Leninid'' * 2002: ''Ferdinand'' * 2005: ''Stiilipidu'' * 2006: ''Ohtlik lend ''Ohtlik lend'' (English: ''Dangerous Flight'') is an Estonian television crime series. In the series, detective Andres (Marko Matvere) and his colleague Rita ( Elisabet Reinsalu) solve crime cases. In the first series, the activities take place i ...'' * 2009: ''Päeva lõpus'' * 2010: ''Kutsar koputab kolm korda'' * 2019: ''Johannes Pääsukese tõeline elu'' References {{DEF ...
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Epp Eespäev
Epp Eespäev (born 25 October 1961 in Võru) is an Estonian actress. In 1988 she graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. Since 1988 she is working at Tallinn City Theatre. Eespäev was previously married to actor and politician Artur Talvik. The couple have two children, a son and a daughter. Awards: * 1987: Voldemar Panso prize * 1996: Selected filmography * 1992 ''Daam autos'' (feature film; role: Daam) * 1993 '' Suflöör'' (feature film; role: Melissa) * 1994 ''Tulivesi ''Firewater'' ( et, Tulivesi) is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994. ''Tulivesi'' is based on the historical situation in Estonia at the end of 1920s and sets a precedent of the struggle between the Estonian government and the ...'' (feature film; role: Hilda) * 2003-2004 '' Kodu keset linna'' (television series; role: Marju) * 2011 ''Ainult meie kolm'' (feature film; role: Regina) * 2014 ''Zero Point (film), Nullpunkt'' (feature film; role: Johannes' mother) * 2018 '' Võta või j ...
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Marko Matvere
Marko Matvere (born 4 February 1968) is an Estonian actor and singer. He was the lead actor of the Tallinn City Theatre, but left to become a freelance actor in 2004. Biography Matvere was born in Pärnu and graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory (now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in 1990. He is married to Tiina Matvere and they have a daughter, Matilde, and a son, Oskar. Matvere has performed in many musicals, including ''Les Misérables'', ''Tanz der Vampire'', ''The Sound of Music'', and ''Miss Saigon''. He has performed the main role in several films (''"Georg'') and television series. He hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with Annely Peebo. He has also hosted the TV show ''Songs with Stars'' with Karin Rask. He has been a member of the music group "Väikeste lõõtspillide ühing" ("Association of Little Accordions") since 1989 and released two albums with Jaan Tätte. He made his first movie appearance in ''Suflöör'' (1993). So far, Matvere has play ...
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Eduard Toman
Eduard Toman (born 25 May 1960 in Kharkiv) is an Estonian actor. In 1983 he graduated from the theatre school in Moscow. 1983-1993 and 2005–2011, he was an actor at Russian Theatre; 1993-2005 being its artistical manager ( et, kunstiline juht). Besides theatrical roles she has also played on several films and television series. Awards * 2002: Order of the White Star, V class. Filmography * 1992: ''Need vanad armastuskirjad'' * 1994: ''Tulivesi'' * 1993-1995: ''Salmonid'' * 2006-2007: ''Kelgukoerad'' * 2008: ''Tuulepealne maa ''Tuulepealne maa'' ("Windward Land") is a twelve-part Estonian television mini-series about the pre-World War II history of Estonia, its birth as a country, the Estonian War of Independence, post-war life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World ...'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Toman, Eduard Living people 1960 births Estonian male stage actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male television actors Estonian theatre directors Recipients of ...
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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 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland i ...
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Janika Piibemaa
Janika is a given name. The feminine name is a diminutive form of the name Jana. The English equivalent of the name is Janice. Pronounced ''yah-nee-kah''. It may refer to: People Female: * Janika Sillamaa (born 1975), Estonian singer and actress * Janika Vandervelde (born 1955), American composer Male: * Janika Balázs (1925–1988), tamburitza musician and band leader from Vojvodina, Serbia Film * ''Janika (film)'', a 1949 Hungarian comedy film See also * Janica Janica is a Slavic female given name, generally used in Croatia, the diminutive form of the name Jana. The English equivalent of the name is Janice or Janie. People Notable women named Janica: * Janica Kostelić, Croatian female alpine skier Fi ...
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Arvo Kukumägi
Arvo Kukumägi (9 August 1958, Litvina village, Setomaa – 16 May 2017) was an Estonian film and theatre actor. In 1980 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. 1980-1984 he was an actor at Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre. Since 1984 he was a freelance actor. In total, he acted or appeared in 50 films and 13 plays. Selected filmography *'' Metskannikesed'' (1980) *'' Tants aurukatla ümber'' (1987) *''Äratus'' (1989) *''Rahu tänav'' (1991) *''Firewater'' (1994) *'' All My Lenins'' (1997) *'' The Heart of the Bear'' (2001) *'' Revolution of Pigs'' (2004) *'' The Visit of the Old Lady'' (2006) *''Georg'' (2007) *'' Graveyard Keeper's Daughter'' (2011) *''November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. Nove ...'' (2017) References {{DEF ...
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