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"The Mahtra War" in Tallinn Drama Theatre (1954)

Original title: "Mahtra sõda" Tallinna draamateatris

Newsreel “Soviet Estonia” No. 32, November 1954

Newsreels Duration 01:17

Plot summary

Theatrical production "The Mahtra War" based on the novel of the same title by Eduard Vilde, performed in Tallinn Drama Theatre.

Theatrical production "The Mahtra War" based on the novel of the same title by Eduard Vilde premiered on the evening of the anniversary of the October Revolution in Tallinn Drama Theatre. Full house in theatre hall. A scene from the theatrical play of the same title by Priit Põldroos and Ilmar Tammur is performed on stage, the peasants of Mahtra with sticks upraising against the soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army. Actor Aksel Orav (synchronized) and many other actors on screen. Residents of Tallinn observing the fireworks in the evening sky of Tallinn. 

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