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Unanswered questions. Maria Laidoner’s letters to my grandfather

Original title (in Estonian): "Vastuseta küsimused ehk Maria Laidoneri kirjad minu vanaisale"

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Andres Tarto
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Dance With The Devil's Grandma

Original title: Tants vanakuradi vanaemaga

2015 | Documentary | Director: Alice Järvet

The film summarises the sad truth about the “games” played at the edge by Konstantin Päts, the first President of the Republic of Estonia, and Johan Laidoner, the then Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Estonia.

The film summarises the sad truth about the “games” played at the edge by Konstantin Päts, the first President of the Republic of Estonia, and Johan Laidoner, the then Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Estonia. It reviews their domestic policy activities and their role in the relationship with Soviet Russia that ended so badly for both these men – and for the whole Estonian nation. More than a quarter of a century ago Eesti Video AS, a company owned by Viktor Siilats, managed to acquire amateur video footage of the discovery of the final detention location of Konstantin ...
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The Mystery of the Kaleva

Original title: Kaleva müsteerium

2012 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sigrid Reede

Documentary about the Finnish passenger aircraft OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down by two Soviet bombers above the Baltic Sea in 1940.

“The Mystery of the Kaleva” is a documentary about a Finnish passenger plane OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down during peacetime in 1940 by two Soviet bombers. Nine people from six countries were killed. Toivo Kallas, a contemporary historian and a professional architect, has been investigating this politically controversial story about OH-ALL Kaleva since 2002. Why was the plane shot down during peacetime? What documents, conspiracies or secrets were hidden on that plane? Toivo Kallas has gone through archive materials from Russia, Finland, Sweden and Estonia and collaborating with many people in finding the truth. Fascinating plane wreck searches are combined with interviews ...
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So long, Dracula!

Title in Estonian: Isake Dracula Eesti variant

1993 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves

Anatomy of totalitarism. Sarcastic retrospect to the darkest era in Estonian history during 20th century.

Occupied Estonia. Stalin and his era when poets wrote him odes and poems but the bushwhackers sang: " ... and our aim is to kill Stalin". From the tribunes, Stalin was addressed as "the great friend of Estonian nation", nevertheless, for the majority of Estonian Stalin's name embodied the violence and lies that hit Estonia. This influenced all areas of life and no-one was left untouched by the terror. The documentary breakrs the myth about the joint resistance of Estonian nation to the foreign power and gives the warning that there is the possibility that similar things could happen again.
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Black Ribbon Day on 23.08.1991

Title in Estonian: Musta lindi päev

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Demonstration in Toronto on August 23rd 1991 for supporting the independence of the Baltic States.

Demonstration on Black Ribbon Day in Canada on August 23rd 1991 for supporting and acknowledging the independence of the Baltic States and other countries. Canadian politicians give speeches, and interviews are being given by the participating people.
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Estonians. That's the Way it Was.

Original title: Eestlased. Nii see oli

1984 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Film for the children of expatriate Estonians in Canada introduces the history of the Republic of Estonia, events of WW2 and the destiny of refugees.

Lesson of the expatriate Estonian pupils in Canada, singing class. Film's director Arved Viirlaid with his wife explains the reasons of making the film. Chronicle frames: Tallinn before World War I, Nicholas II of Russia, battle scenes from World War I. Revolution of 1917 in St. Petersburg, Kerenski, Lenin, manifesto of declaration of the Republic of Estonia; German forces in 1918, the Red Army, Danish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence, armoured trains and armoured vehicles; the original document of the Treaty of Tartu. Chronicle scenes about the restructuring of the Republic of Estonia after the War of Independence: ...
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Author of a folk song

Title in Estonian: Rahvalaulu autor

1981 | Documentary | Director: Vitali Gorbunov

Documentary about Estonian Nikolai Kool, the author of the lyrics of the folk song "Far away behind the river".

Vitali Gorbunov, cameraman of film chronicles and documentaries, attemps to find out if Estonian Nikolai Kool is the author of the folk song lyrics "Far away behind the river".
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Nõukogude Eesti

1970 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
Võitluse tee

1963 | Other categories, Commissioned, Educational | Director: Eduard Eljas
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