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Leelo (1969)

Documentary Duration 28:55

Leelo

Male choirs perform the song "Leelo" composed by Mart Saar, conducted by Gustav Ernesaks. Lighting the song celebration torch fire in Tartu and its journey through the summer-time Estonia to Tallinn. The procession of the song celebration and lighting the festival torch fire in Tallinn. Performance by joint choirs and women's choirs. The camera depicts Gustav Ernesaks, Arvo Ratassepp, Heino Kaljuste. Views to the monuments of Lydia Koidula, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Carl Robert Jakobson, Miina Härma etc. Honouring of the general leaders of the song celebration.

Director: Jüri Müür

Keywords: homages | car ride | throwing a conductor in the air | conductors | conductor conducting a choir | honoring the conductors | photographers | jubilee song celebration | activists in culture and in society | cultural events | View all »

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Production Firm(s) Tallinnfilm
Color color
Sound sound
Film Category Documentary, Music Documentary
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Duration 28:55

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm