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Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe

Original title: Marju Lepajõe. Päevade sõnad

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Toomla

This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant.

People wander around looking for their lives that will always remain unattainable. This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant. Even universities, temples of erudition and culture, are losing their intellectual aspect. Where can a scholar find their place in these unfavourable circumstances? The viewers get a chance to follow Marju on her path towards ...
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Virolog

Original title: Viirusekandur

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk

Charismatic freethinker and libertine Kalev Rajangu is searching new intellectual and physical challenges to his life. Unfortunately life is offering only too lousy options.

Kalev Rajangu is a small town organist, a grave-digger, a radical artist and charismatic lector, a free thinker and a provocateur, for somebody a real genius for somebody a real madman. But the hermits life doesn’t offer too many challenges. He decides to demolish the system with süstem’s own means and herald his message to the most influential audience. Rain Tolk’s and Andres Maimik’s documentary is following his triumphs and lowpoints on this hard but interesting journey.
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Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat

Original title: Masingu maastikud: Inimesepoeg valgel laeval

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

The second part of the biographical film trilogy "Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat" by Vallo Kepp. The documentary focuses on the period when Uku Masing, a poet, theologian and teacher, lived in Tartu, Estonia.

People who got acquainted with Uku Masing in 1950s and grew stronger in time, either in Tallinn Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Estonian Museum of Literature in Tartu, or in Masing's apartment in Vilde (now Hurda) Street help to recollect memories about the acknowledged poet, theologian and teacher. Among others, Jaan Kaplinski, Vello Salo, Kalle Kasemaa, Hando Runnel, Andres Ehin, Ave Alavainu, Viivi Luik, Jaan Kiivit, Toomas Paul and Jaan Tooming share their memories and contemplate.
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The Philosopher

Original title: Inimeste lemmik

2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Meelis Piller

Documentary shows the daily life of philosopher Arnold von Keyserling and his wife Wilhelmine in Vienna - life full of astrology, Eastern philosophy, shamanism and mysticism.

Meelis Piller follows the daily life of philosopher Arnold von Keyserling and his wife Wilhelmine in Vienna. Their life is full of astrology, magic of numbers and geometry, Eastern philosophy, shamanism and mysticism. Arnold's father Earl Hermann Alexander von Keyserling was born and lived in Estonia. Arnold's life is in a way a symbol of contemporary society - noblemen who used to reside in luxurious castles are now pressed to live into one-bedroom apartments. Despite everything Arnold and Wilhelmine Keyserling have managed to remain the same people as they were born. Even if a bit tired they work in a ...
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Intimate Adams

Original title: Intiimne Adams

1986 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Tooming

Portrait documentary by Peeter Toomingas about Valmar Adams, Estonian writer, poet and teacher - a diverse personality.

Valmar Adams (1899-1993), writer and literary historian with artistic nature, has played an important part as a mediator of Russian literature and culture while working in the facuclty of Russian language and literature at the University of Tartu during 1931-1974. First poems in Russian and German were published already in 1915; he was also the co-author of "Via Sacra", an almanac in Russian published in Tartu. First Estonian poems were published in 1920s when Adams had an important role as a promoter of literary life in Tartu and Estonia; however, his hot-bloodedness often caused trouble. Trivimi Velliste, Rein Veidemann and ...
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Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe

Virolog

Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat

The Philosopher

Intimate Adams