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Saa vabaks, Eesti meri

1991 | Documentary | Director: Toivo Kusmin
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Us, the residents of Piirissaare

Original title: Meie, piirissaarlased

1987 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov about the life and vanishing population of Piirissaare island.

The documentary tells the story of Piirissaare island and its residents though Georgi Pankruhhin's point of view - he is a local medical assistant and a resident of Piirissaare who has lived there for about fifty years. Georgi thinks back to the times when there were ten times more residents, more children and even a school for them in Piirissaare. Currently, in the year of 1987, there are only elderly women and men living there who are still successfully growing onions.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1970 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peep Puks
Eesti

1966 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
Letters from the Island of the Insane

Original title: Kirjad Sõgedate külast

1966 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Müür

The epistolary drama directed by Jüri Müür is based on the collection of short stories "Letters from the Island of the Insane" by Juhan Smuul and tells about the life and human relationships in a fishermen's village.

Martin Puri is an elderly fisherman who is told to retire because of his old age by their chief fisherman August on a beautiful fishing day. Every now and then, Martin's fellow fishermen have saved him from hard work; however, every generation of the fishing people of the village has always known that they cannot be forced to be separated from the sea. At sea, one has to possess more than physical strength. When a group of people has to be saved from a boat in an autumn storm, Martin understands that one cannot act against the sea but together ...
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Ice Tram

Original title: Jäätramm

1964 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Semjon Školnikov

The journey of ferry "Suurupi" in the Great Strait between Virtsu and Kuivastu in winter.

Ferryboats "Suurupi" and "Sõprus" operate between Kuivastu and Virtsu. Whereas people can cross the water by plane or even on foot walking on ice then for trucks the ferryboat is the only possibility in order to cross the frozen trait. Despite the short distance of only 7 kilometres the ferry ride can sometimes take even 10 to 12 hours in harsh weather conditions. Filmmakers observe the journey of the ferryboat "Suurupi" across the trait.
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Yachts at Sea

Original title: Jahid merel

1955 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mihhail Jegorov

The film, directed by Mikhail Yegorov who worked in several film studios in the Soviet Union, is about the uncovering the plot of a hostile foreign espionage in a small town by the sea where two rivaling yacht clubs operate.

Not only plenty of joy, energy and love can be found under white sails but also betrayal and intrigues. After the war, young yachtsmen from the coastal town deal with daily work, training and competitions without knowing about the downside. Suddenly, mysterious events start to happen, testing the vigilance, ideological and moral beliefs of the local people.
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