Why do the stars fall

    • Original title: Miks kukuvad tähed
      • 1987
      • Documentary, Problem oriented
      • Director: Märt Müür
      • Duration: 45:37
    Why do the stars fall

    The sincere documentary about the heads of collective farms in Soviet Estonia who have worked hard without being afraid of risk and responsibility. However, due to the pressure by the Communist Party, its authorities envy and out-dated legislation they had to pay for it with their positions, health and often with their lives. Vello Tire, head of Viiratsi pig farm, died at the age of 51; Tomas Sooaluste, the head of Gagarin Sovkhoz Tech School, died at the age of 43; Georg Suurmets, the head of Energia collective farm, became disabled. The author of the documentary, Märt Müür, discusses the subjects of life and work, responsibility and acknowledgement together with these men and their close ones, while asking: "Why do the stars fall?"

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    • 01.04.1988, Cinema House, Tallinn, Estonia

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    Awards

    • Estonian Documentary Film Festival (Rakvere Film Club, USSR), 1988
      1st Prize, Ed. Vilde kolkhoz Award, Saku Brewery film club Award

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    • Film Category
      Documentary, Problem oriented
    • Text / Dialogue
      Estonian, Russian
    • Voiceower
      Estonian

    Physical Description Area

    • Basic physical description (film)
      5 osa, 35 mm, A, bw, 1248,8 m, 45:37, sound, 4478

    Archival Data from the Film Archive

    • Incoming date
      2000.a.
    • Delivered by
      Tallinnfilm
    • Archival collection name
      Tallinnfilm AS
    • Archival collection nr
      203
    • Archival item nr
      4478
    • Format of screening copy
      608 DVD
    • Access restrictions
      puudub
    • Additional materials
      Filmitoimik nr 4478 (venekeelne muusikaleht, tehniline dokumentatsioon, kunstinõukogu protokoll, katkend arutelust, leping, montaažlehed eesti ja vene keeles)
    • Other locations of the item and documents
      Rahvusarhiiv: ERA.R-1707.1.2666 (lepingud, aktid, käskkirjad, eelarve, kalenderplaan, kalkulatsioon, linastusluba)
      Rahvusarhiiv: ERA.R-1707.2.341 lk 17-69 (venekeelne montaažleht, laenutusluba, venekeelne annotatsioon)
      Rahvusarhiiv: ERA.R-1707.1.2562 lk 171-176 (kunstinõukogu protokoll)

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