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  • It All Happened In Võru
    It All Happened In Võru

    Original title (in Võro): Kõik sündü Võrol

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    An emotional documentary about life in a small Estonian town during 100 years.

  • Teacher Johannes Käis
    Teacher Johannes Käis

    Title in Estonian: Õpetaja Johannes Käis

    1990 | Documentary, Portrait, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Peep Puks

    Portrait documentary directed by Peep Puks about the life and ideas on education of Johannes Käis, Estonian teacher and head of school innovation in Estonia.

  • Videoringvaade "Eestimaa", oktooberl 1989
    Videoringvaade "Eestimaa", oktooberl 1989

    1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:

  • Koondise M.I.Kalinini nim.Elektrotehnikatehase abimajand Võru raj.Kuldres
  • Horse Gates
    Horse Gates

    Original title: Hobuväravad

    1982 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

    Observational documentary about the present situation of horse breeding and its future perspectives in 1980s.

  • The Ploughman's Fatigue
    The Ploughman's Fatigue

    Title in Estonian: Künnimehe väsimus

    1982 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Enn Säde, Jüri Müür

    This documentary is a critical analysis of the severe negative consequences of the centrally planned agricultural policy. A policy which imposes a new technology without taking into account the specific needs and conditions of the farming-land in Estonia.

  • Neli sammu
    Neli sammu

    1978 | Other categories, Commissioned, Educational | Director: Rein Maran

  • Valdai-Riia gaasitrassi ehitusel
    Valdai-Riia gaasitrassi ehitusel

    1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1971 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1969 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kuzmin

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