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Rita Rätsepp
Rita Rätsepp (born 17 July 1962) is an Estonian actress and psychologist whose career began in the mid-1980s. She has performed on onstage, in television and in motion pictures. Early life and education Rita Rätsepp was born in rural Lääne-Viru County to Richard Rätsepp, a forester, and Aino Amanda Rätsepp (''née'' Kull) and spent most of her childhood in the small village of Tammiku. She attended secondary schools in Rakke and Võhma. Afterward, she studied at the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) under the instruction of Mikk Mikiver, graduating in 1984. Among her graduating classmates were Terje Pennie, Margus Tabor, Kiiri Tamm, Gita Ränk, Toomas Urb, and Peeter Sauter. In 2008, she received her master's degree in social sciences in the field of psychology from University Nord in Tallinn. Career Actress After graduation from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Rätsepp performed as a stage actress at the Estonian Drama Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammiku, Väike-Maarja Parish
Tammiku is a village in Väike-Maarja Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru .... Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian local governments, the village was part of Rakke Parish. Name The village was originally called Suure-Tammiku (literally, 'big Tammiku') in contrast to neighboring Väike-Tammiku (literally, 'little Tammiku'). It was attested in written records as ''Tamicas'' in 1241 (referring to the village), as ''Gross-Tamkas'' in 1526 (referring to the manor), and as ''Сууръ-Таммикъ'' 1900. The name (in the genitive case) comes from the common noun ''tammik'' 'oak forest', referring to the local vegetation. References Villages in Lääne-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Nord
University Nord () was a private university in Tallinn, Estonia, established in 1991. In 2010 it joined the University of Tallinn. See also * List of universities in Estonia The following is a list of university, universities in Estonia. Public comprehensive universities Sources: *Tallinn University ''(Tallinna Ülikool)'' *Tallinn University of Technology ''(Tallinna Tehnikaülikool)'' *University of Tartu ''(Tart ... References Universities and colleges in Estonia Education in Tallinn Educational institutions established in 1991 1991 establishments in Estonia {{Estonia-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Stage Actresses
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 people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) * Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) * Georg Hellat (1870–1943) * Otto Pius Hip ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1962 Births
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – The office of Pope John XXIII announces the excommunication of Fidel Castro for preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Netherlands, Dutch rail disaster. * January 9 – Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact. * January 12 – The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations in West Irian. * January 13 – People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China. * January 15 ** Portugal abandons the United Nations General Assembly due to the debate over Angola. ** French designer Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent launches Yves Saint Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocca Al Mare
Rocca al Mare (Italian for ''"Fortress-by-the-Sea"''; ) is a subdistrict () in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru .... It is mostly covered by the Estonian Open Air Museum. Besides the museum there is also a private secondary school Rocca al Mare School located in the subdistrict. Estonia's third largest shopping centre, Rocca al Mare Shopping Centre is located southeast of Rocca al Mare, officially located in the Haabersti subdistrict. There are no residents living in the subdistrict. Gallery File:Kolu tavern.jpg, Kolu tavern File:Sutlepa chapel.jpg, Sutlepa chapel File:Estonian Open Air Museum.007.JPG, Ülendi windmill File:Rocca"al mare juga.JPG, Rocca al Mare waterfall References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( ; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade ('' The Maltese Falcon''), Nick and Nora Charles (''The Thin Man''), The Continental Op ('' Red Harvest'' and '' The Dain Curse'') and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9. Hammett is regarded as one of the very best mystery writers. In his obituary in ''The New York Times'', he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." ''Time'' included Hammett's 1929 novel '' Red Harvest'' on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. In 1990, the Crime Writers' Association picked three of his five novels for their list of '' The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time''. Five years later, ''The Maltese Falcon'' placed second on '' The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time'' as selected by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Key
''The Glass Key'' is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett. First published as a serial in '' Black Mask'' magazine in 1930, it then was collected in 1931 (in London; the American edition followed 3 months later). It tells the story of a gambler and racketeer, Ned Beaumont, whose devotion to Paul Madvig, a crooked political boss, leads him to investigate the murder of a local senator's son as a potential gang war brews. Hammett dedicated the novel to his onetime lover Nell Martin. There have been two US film adaptations (1935 and 1942) of the novel. A radio adaptation starring Orson Welles aired on March 10, 1939, as part of his '' Campbell Playhouse'' series. The book was also a major influence on the Coen brothers' 1990 film '' Miller's Crossing'', which features a similar scenario. The Glass Key Award (in Swedish, ''Glasnyckeln''), named after the novel, has been presented annually since 1992 for the best crime novel by a Scandinavian writer. Plot summary The story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvo Kruusement
Arvo Kruusement (born 20 April 1928) is an Estonian actor, theatre and film director who has made some of Estonia's classic novels into films; '' Spring'' (1969), ''Summer'' (1976), and ''Fall'' (1990) The movie ''Spring'' has been noted as the best Estonian feature film in the Top Ten Poll held by Estonian film critics and journalists in 2002. In 1970 the movie sold 558,000 tickets in Estonia (Total population 1.34 million) and in 1971 8,100,000 tickets in Soviet Union. Arvo Kruusement attended GITIS in Moscow, Russia from where he graduated in 1953. in 1953-1961 he worked as an actor at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. In 1962-1964 Arvo Kruusement was the director of the Endla Theatre in Pärnu, Estonia, and film director for Tallinnfilm Tallinnfilm () is the oldest surviving film studio in Estonia. It was founded as Estonian Culture Film in 1931, and was nationalized in 1940 after Estonia was integrated into the Soviet Union. During the first year of Soviet occc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Class (2007 Film)
''The Class'' () is a 2007 Estonian drama film directed by Ilmar Raag. Themed on school violence, it was released on March 16, 2007. A 7 episode series was later produced, telling what happens after the initial movie. The series was called ''Class: Life After'' (, which can also be translated as "Class: For Life/Life After"). Plot Joosep Raak is an Estonian teenager who is being bullied by his entire high school class. The bullying is spearheaded by Anders, his accomplice Paul, and three other friends: Toomas, Tiit, and Olav. Anders encourages the class to continually beat up Joosep, and harass him in other ways as well, such as fully undressing him and then pushing him into the girls' changing room after playing basketball. Classmate Kaspar Kordes decides to defend and help Joosep, such as giving him a spare pair of shoes after Paul tore Joosep's shoes, which does not sit well with the whole class; Kaspar becomes separated from the group. Kaspar's love interest Thea becomes di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmar Raag
Ilmar Raag (born 21 May 1968 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film '' The Class''. He was CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a well known columnist in many prestigious Estonian newspapers (''Postimees'', '' Eesti Päevaleht''). He has written many scripts and directed critically acclaimed films, notably ''August 1991'' and ''The Class''. Life Raag was born in Kuressaare on 21 May 1968. He received his high school education from Aleksander Mui ( :et) secondary school No 2 of Kingissepa. He graduated from University of Tartu in 1997 and received his M.A. degree in screenwriting from Ohio University, the School of Telecommunications (1999). He made internships in Hollywood development departments (New Regency, Phoenix Pictures). His further career took him to the TV management. After being the Head of Acquisitions for Estonian National Television, he was promoted to the Chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ETV2
ETV2 () is the second channel of the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) focusing on children's programming during the day and providing cultural content in the evening. ETV2 is known for its quality art house feature film and documentary selection. The flagship in-house production is a cultural talk show. ETV2 began broadcasting on 8 August 2008. Children's programming is also central to the channel, having started following the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro .... References External links * Television channels in Estonia Television channels and stations established in 2008 2008 establishments in Estonia Mass media in Tallinn Eesti Rahvusringhääling {{europe-tv-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
